Underdogs that dominated their opponents...

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  1. DDDUUDDDEE

    DDDUUDDDEE Undisputed Ambien (taker) Full Member

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    Ali-Liston 1

    Ali-Foreman (Wasn't Foreman supposed to brutally KO him in 3 or something?)

    Holyfield-Tyson 1

    Douglas-Tyson

    Calzaghe-Lacy (See Ali vs Foreman)

    Hopkins-Pavlik

    Barrera-Hamed

    Those are the ones of the top off my head, but I'm sure there are plenty more.
     
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  2. Jorodz

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    honeyghan-curry
     
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  3. ironchamp

    ironchamp Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Good one....

    Hopkins vs. Trinidad

    Pacquiao vs. Barrera
     
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  4. MRBILL

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    "Chavez-Rosario"

    "Randall-Chavez 1 & 2"

    "Norris Leonard"

    "Duran-Moore"

    "Holmes-Mercer"

    "Holy-Tyson 1 & 2"

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  5. Jorodz

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    like those ones. seem silly now in retrospect but damn

    schmeling-louis 1
     
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  6. DDDUUDDDEE

    DDDUUDDDEE Undisputed Ambien (taker) Full Member

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    Hopkins-Trinidad is another good one. Some good picks.
     
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  7. Jorodz

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    pac-oscar

    carter-williams

    sanchez-gomez (great fight but...)

    foreman-frazier

    leonard-hagler (KIDDING!)
     
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  8. DDDUUDDDEE

    DDDUUDDDEE Undisputed Ambien (taker) Full Member

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    Was Leonard an underdog in the first Hearns fight?, or was it a pick 'em?

    I forget.

    (Not that he dominated or anything, just curious)
     
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  9. Jorodz

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    pick em until about 3 days before when a SHITLOAD of detroit money came in making hearns the slight favourite
     
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  10. MRBILL

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    "Hearns-Hill" of 1991.

    "Golota-Bowe 1"

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  11. DDDUUDDDEE

    DDDUUDDDEE Undisputed Ambien (taker) Full Member

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    Cool, thanks for the info.

    Young-Foreman (Surely Foreman was a big favourite going in)

    Norton-Ali 1 maybe?
     
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  12. PbP Bacon

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    Henry Armstrong-Barney Ross

    Armstrong was an ATG by his own merits, but in this fight he was the underdog. However, he amazed everybody destroying Ross in one of the worst beating ever seen inside a ring

    In his autobiography Ross explains his defeat in very simple terms: age caught with him in the worst place and the worst time possible: just in the middle of a fight against Armstrong
     
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  13. DDDUUDDDEE

    DDDUUDDDEE Undisputed Ambien (taker) Full Member

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    This is a great one.
     
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  14. bodhi

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    Hopkins-Tarver is another one.
     
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  15. PbP Bacon

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    Thanks;

    I suspect that after that brutal beating, fighting in Guadalcanal during the WWII was like leisure time for old Barney :!: (just kidding)
     
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