THE Greatest Wins In History???

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  1. smiffy

    smiffy Well-Known Member Full Member

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    i go on about this fight so much it even bores me but nigel benn v gerald mclellan still stands ouit for me as the most brutal fight i've seen. and benn was a huge underdog.
     
    smiffy, Sep 16, 2008
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  2. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    40-1 was available on Benn.
     
    McGrain, Sep 16, 2008
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  3. El Cepillo

    El Cepillo Baddest Man on the Planet Full Member

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    Benn vs G-Man comes to mind.
     
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  4. kosaros

    kosaros Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I am not discrediting the performance, hell it would probably be in my top ten, but duran got into leonard's head - he insulted him and leonard took it personally so he basically went out there and tried to take duran out, which is the wrong tactic (unless your hearns) to do against duran.
     
    kosaros, Sep 16, 2008
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  5. smiffy

    smiffy Well-Known Member Full Member

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    are you sure about that ? seems very long odds .
     
    smiffy, Sep 16, 2008
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  6. madmanc3210

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    nowhere near 40-1 closer to 4-1 benn has never been 40-1 in his career and with good reason
     
    madmanc3210, Sep 16, 2008
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  7. madmanc3210

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    douglas against tyson was 40-1 i believe
     
    madmanc3210, Sep 16, 2008
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  8. smiffy

    smiffy Well-Known Member Full Member

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    its like the douglas tyson one, the myth that douglas was 60-1 is just bollocks. you don't get 60-1 in a two horse race.
     
    smiffy, Sep 16, 2008
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  9. DINAMITA

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    I'm sure men with the boxing brains of Sugar Ray Leonard and Angelo Dundee would have realized after a few rounds of Duran outbrawling Leonard, that "taking him out" was simply not possible. If Leonard could have changed the fight that night, he would have done. But he couldn't. That was because of the performance of Roberto Duran.
     
    DINAMITA, Sep 16, 2008
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  10. McGrain

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    Not 100%, the source is Dark Trade by Donald McRae. It doesn't specify what the specific bet was - just "it was possible to lay money on Benn at 40-1".
     
    McGrain, Sep 16, 2008
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  11. kosaros

    kosaros Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It is highly plausible that they felt leonard could have taken duran out in the later rounds, with duran moving up in weight, they may have felt that leonard had more power and speed combined than anyone duran had faced before.

    Look at margarito vs Cotto - cotto was outboxing margarito but margarito kept with the same gameplan all night (not that he has any other :)) and it eventually paid off.
     
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  12. kosaros

    kosaros Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Maybe it meant you could get benn stopping mcclellan in the later rounds for 40-1?
     
    kosaros, Sep 16, 2008
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  13. DINAMITA

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    It is highly implausible that if victory in that fight was as straightforward as "if Leonard had boxed he would've won" as you suggested, that Leonard would have taken the risk and the punishment of brawling for 10-15 rounds for the mere hopeful chance of a stoppage win.
     
    DINAMITA, Sep 16, 2008
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  14. The Thruth!!!!!

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    Ali/Foreman & Loius/Schmelling II
     
    The Thruth!!!!!, Sep 16, 2008
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  15. Sweet Pea

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    You are clearly very inexperienced in regards to knowledge of combat.
     
    Sweet Pea, Sep 16, 2008
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