Predictions you got VERY wrong.

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  1. Shay Sonya

    Shay Sonya The REAL Wonder Woman! Full Member

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    Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk, both times.
     
    Shay Sonya, May 29, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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    USFBulls727 Active Member Full Member

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    I had Brett Lally beating Donald Curry. Curry was fresh off a loss to Rene Jacquot in a fight in which he looked shot, really having no legs. I thought Lally would rough him up and stop him. Curry blew him out in round 2, in a very one-sided fight.

    Also had Ruddock stopping Lewis, and Simon Brown stopping the fragile-chinned Pettway.
     
    USFBulls727, May 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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  3. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I thought that were going to turn Adam Kownacki into a big draw. Mind you, I never thought he was a great fighter, or anything, but I thought they would match him well and sell him to the rabid Polish fan base that always turned out for Golata. I saw him as marketable after the Charles Martin win.

    Then they threw him in there with Helenius and that was the end of that.

    Toney-Jones would be the biggest fight that comes to mind where I was spectacularly wrong.
     
    catchwtboxing, May 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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  4. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Too many to name, but the one that I always remember most when this type of question comes up is that I once wrote an article with the title "De La Hoya will inevitably beat Pacquiao".
     
    Rumsfeld, May 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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  5. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    Sanchez-Gomez but I was barely nine and knew next to nothing about boxing
    Hearns-Duran
    Hagler-Hearns
    Hagler-Mugabi
    Hagler-Leonard
    Curry-Honeyghan
    Tyson-Douglas
    Trinidad-Hopkins
     
    AntonioMartin1, May 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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    Liston v Ali 1

    Benn v McClellan
     
    mcvey, May 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Hatton-Pacquiao :(
     
    McGrain, May 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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  8. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Delusional BUT Determined Full Member

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    How did you see the bout going and why? I’m just curious, I wasn’t around for but I can sort of see why.
     
    Journeyman92, May 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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  9. Greg Price99

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    I thought that fight was a horrible mismatch, in the favour of the much bigger ODLH, at the time, too.
     
    Greg Price99, May 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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  10. Noel857

    Noel857 I Am Duran Full Member

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    I lost a lot of money betting on McCllennan to beat Beñn,so I reckon it's that one
     
    Noel857, May 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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  11. Greg Price99

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    I thought Gerald was going to take Nigel out early as well, Noel.

    Come to think of it, I've got plenty of predictions wrong over the years.
     
    Greg Price99, May 30, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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  12. OddR

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    Plenty sadly.

    To the point I go into fights not being surprised at outcomes at top level.
     
    OddR, May 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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  13. SgrRyLeonard

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    Holyfield vs Lewis I. Didn't expect Lewis to dominate that fight the way he did; the judges screwed him bad!
     
    SgrRyLeonard, May 30, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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  14. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Delusional BUT Determined Full Member

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    I picked Rolly too :lol: MOSTLY out of spite but still.
     
    Journeyman92, May 30, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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  15. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    And I liked Ruiz's odds enough to attend the fight with Joshua, even if I didn't pick him.
     
    NoNeck, May 30, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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