Pick your 5 favorites Upsets in Boxing from 2000-2016 ?

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  1. Macedoine62

    Macedoine62 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I will say these upsets was the most amazing for me :

    Chris John vs Simpiwe Vetyeka WBA World Featherweight championship

    Ryol Li Lee vs Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym WBA Super Bantamweight World Championship


    Masamichi Yabuki vs Kenshiro Teraji I WBC Flyweight World Championship


    Tyson Fury vs Wladimir Klitschko WBA, IBF, The Ring, WBO, IBO World Heavyweight championship
     
  2. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Sonny Boy Jaro-Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (2012) was ****ing crazy. That there was insane. Among the biggest upset in boxing history, defo the biggest in my lifetime watching boxing.

    Rodel Mayol-Edgar Sosa (2009)
    Rendall Munroe-Victor Terrazas (2010)
    Breidis Prescott-Amir Khan (2008)

    And maybe more a personal one but Dejan Zlaticanin-Ivan Redkach (2015) was a bit of a shock.
     
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  3. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Fury - WK
    Garcia - Khan
    Froch - Bute
    Maidana - Broner
    Rigo - Donaire


    There wasn't a soul who thought Khan was going to lose to Garcia :smile:
     
  4. Macedoine62

    Macedoine62 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    yes Sonny Boy Jaro vs Pongsaklek was damn crazy but I think Sonny Boy Jaro was doped in that fight if my memory is good he fails some exams after.
     
  5. Macedoine62

    Macedoine62 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Nonito Donaire have a amazing and underrated career...
     
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  6. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    The Maidana - Broner upset might be the most satisfying. And the manner that Froch absolutely manhandled Bute was probably the most astonishing, right up there with Calzaghe - Lacy.
     
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  7. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    People forget that Stevenson beating Dawson was a upset at the time;

    Prescott vs Khan was a big one
     
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  8. FThabxinfan

    FThabxinfan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Y'all should remember Rachman vs Sithmorseng,a 39 y/o still fighting in a lower division is already a wonder,yet Rachman managed to rally and pull out a ko despite being very down in the scorecards.

    Plus he didn't bring a trainer with him either, that's one way to pull out an upset.

    To add up some more..(not in order)
    John vs Marquez
    Hasegawa vs Veeraphol
    Penalosa vs Gonzalez
    Jaro vs Wonjongkam
     
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  9. ideafix12

    ideafix12 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Kovalev vs Ward 1 I think was as an absolute upset, I was high with Kovalev and imo the scorecards were ok
     
  10. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    1. Rahman vs. Lewis
    2. Tarver vs. Jones
    3. Toney vs. Jirov
    4. Sanders vs. Wlad
    5. Marquez v. Pacquiao IV
     
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