The "it shouldn't have happened...but it did" thread...

Just wanted to say go watch Foreman-Briggs. A ridiculous robbery. Foreman jabbed Briggs's face off the entire fight. Should have been an easy victory on points.

 

Forgot the part about Briggs our landing Foreman in power punches by a big margin #fanboys

 

On the OP list, the one that sticks out to me is Muniz-Chandler 1. The others are part of a long precedent throughout boxing history. Guys hang on long enough to be a nice scalp for another guy they'd have easily beaten a few years before. Too common a tale.

Watching Muniz-Chandler I was struck by how much that fight felt like a guy holding the tide back with a spoon and somehow succeeding. It felt like all Chandler had to do was accelerate a bit, as he was far bigger and stronger than Muniz, who simply pecked him to death and outhustled Chandler, a man who clearly had other things on his mind. The more realistic result was what happened in their rematch.

All credit to Muniz; Jeff realized too late that one has to actually show up and fight to win bouts.

 

Scott Walker beat Alexis Arguello? Man, getting older sucks.

 

If you think that's bad, just try to put some logic to the fact that Pat Lawlor holds back to back wins over Wilfred Benitez and Roberto Duran.

 

Douglas over Tyson. Its probably been talked about more than the news does with the Kardashians, but this is one of those defeats that shouldn't have happened.

Douglas dominated him all throughout that fight and it just makes literally no sense. Tyson could've beaten him and all he had to do to win was NOT be flat-footed and simply throw more combinations. Even between rounds you could hear his trainers tell him repeatedly to stop rushing in there thinking a 1-hit wonder was going to work because it wasn't. Use those combinations. But no....instead, Tyson thought it was a better idea to try bulldozing through punches being thrown by a 6'4, 234 lb monster.

What made him think he was going to ever beat Douglas with the same flawed tactic is beyond me. I just don't understand it. While we'll never know if he would've actually beaten Douglas even with a change of tactics, his odds would've been significantly higher considering the effectiveness he did have when he actually listened to what he trainers told him.

 

Willy Wise over Julio Cesar Chavez.

 

Douglas over Tyson.
Pryor over Arguello (without the black bottle it doesnt happen)
Leon Spinks over Ali.
Michael Spinks over Gerrie Cooney.
Kirkland Laing, Robbie Sims and IMO Tommy Hearns over Duran.
Willie Wise over JC Chavez.
Lula Perez over Willie Pep (Willie threw that one)
Montell Griffin and Sam Peter over James Toney -twice each.

 

That’s a great shout.

 

Pat Lawlor with his newsboy cap = legend killer.

 

What a great experience to be at a fight like that as a young fellow.

Tell us more of what you remember from it, please.