"Puncher's chance" fights?

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  1. Abraham

    Abraham Textbook beauty Full Member

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    Quite often you hear about an underdog having a "puncher's chance" (and nothing more) vs the favorite, but how often does this ever happen? Garcia vs Khan? I can't come up with anything off the top of my head...
     
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  2. critix

    critix Boxing Addict Full Member

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    randal bailey vs alexander
    chavez jr vs martinez

    couple of recent examples
     
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  3. Hatesrats

    Hatesrats "I'm NOT Suprised..." Full Member

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    Randall Bailey Vs. Mike Jones was a perfect example of this.
     
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  4. TheMikeLake

    TheMikeLake Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Corrie Sanders vs. Wlad Klitschko?
     
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  5. byron87

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    Gonzalez vs Mares
     
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  6. Cableaddict

    Cableaddict Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Stevens vs Golovkin. - Fasten your seatbelts !


    Actually, Stevens is a pretty decent boxer, he's just not quite in Golovkin's league.
     
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  7. Koba

    Koba Whimsical Inactivisist Full Member

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    Yeah, kinda this^

    Funnily enough I give Stevens a better chance than many of the top tens of beating GGG,. Whilst I see Stevens losing 80% to most of the decent boxers in the division, he actually has the small punchers chance 'gainst GGG that a lot of the better guys simply don't.

    If there was one fight, in the works at the moment, to fit that description, it'd have to be this one.
     
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  8. lefthandlead

    lefthandlead Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Paulie Magic man
     
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  9. Ricky42791

    Ricky42791 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I want to say Barkley vs Hearns but Iran beat him in a rematch over 12 rounds
     
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  10. DobyZhee

    DobyZhee Loyal Member

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    Pac JMM IV
     
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  11. Barrera

    Barrera Defeated Boxing_master Full Member

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  12. SimplyTheBest

    SimplyTheBest Heavyweight Destroyer Full Member

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    I never heard of Russ Purrity being a "puncher". It's not like Purrity beat Klitschko on the basis of a big punch, he won because Wlad threw everything he had and Ross had a decent defense and chin and Wlad gassed out allowing Ross to capitalize.
     
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  13. LoRd_inFamousX1

    LoRd_inFamousX1 Lord of the Square Rings Full Member

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    JMM knocked down Pac twice in that fight, punchers chance my ass. :patsch
     
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  14. Hatesrats

    Hatesrats "I'm NOT Suprised..." Full Member

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    Unless he ment PAC had a punchers chance against the better boxer who bested him 3x before??
     
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  15. rapidfire

    rapidfire Well-Known Member Full Member

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    It´s a bit unfair to reduce Julian Jackson in just a puncher. But looking at how the Graham fight went, that does perfectly fit, Jackson wasn´t the underdog though.
     
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