Corrales/Mayweather, Mosley/DLH 1, and Forrest/Mosley 1 deserve a shoutout. Mayweather was an underdog probably the only time in his career when he fought Chico.
Mayweather-Chico wouldnt make the top 1000 non HW upsets...I dont even think you could even consider it one. Yeah a lot of people picked Diego...but I distinctly remember reading several articles having Floyd the 7-5 fav on the eve of the fight. Either way Corrales wasnt the overwhelming favorite if at all.
Hamed was favored against Barrera but I don't remember by how much. Benn was favored to beat Eubank by some. Maybe I can squeeze in Griffin when he fought Toney?
I consider twat to be an overlooked chestnut of a term. It's one where I'll forget about it for a little while because nobody is saying it then finally I hear it and go 'Hey, that's a good word. I gotta use that more often...I wonder what Zab Judah is up to.'
I am not sure that was an upset. Tommy was a favorite to win I think. I think the odds were 2-1 that Tommy win a decision against Roberto. Hearns/Barkley was more of an upset. I think Hearns was an 8-1 favorite.
:huh What about "Bramble-Mancini 1" of '84?:huh "Buddy McGirt-Simon Brown" of 1991??:huh "Simon Brown-Terry Norris 1" of 1993??:huh "Randall-Chavez 1" of 1994??:huh These were also huge....:hey MR.BILL
SRL-Hagler takes this one, and I'm amazed that more people haven't mentioned it. Marv had been the consensus P4P number one in the world for several years going into this, and he'd just battered his way to an impressive knockout win over the most feared contender in boxing at the time. Although still only 30 years old, Ray had only had one match in the previous five years. Three years earlier, fringe WW contender Kevin Howard decked him and dominated him for eight rounds in Hagler's back yard before referee Dick Flaherty saved him with a controversial stoppage. Southpaws Larry Bonds and Ayub Kalule had presented SRL with some technical difficulties, and now Ray was going in against the greatest southpaw in boxing history who was seemingly at the height of his powers. Hagler had made amends for the subpar showing against Duran by crushing Hearns. A few detractors had previously been chiding him for "choking" in the draw with Antuofermo, and in his critical ten rounder with Geraldo (for failing to take Marcos out when his shot at Minter was on the line), as well as Duran, but with the Hearns classic, he'd seemingly put the questions about his ability to perform under pressure behind him. Even with all the concessions Hagler's camp granted SRL to get him in the ring, there was still no way to reasonably expect Ray to remain on his feet and last the distance, let alone compete on the scorecards. As far as I was concerned, boxing's biggest upset took place when the final bell rang, regardless of how the judges recorded it. If Marv had been given the decision, he still would have had to address the humiliation of SRL going the distance and being competitive. (Unlike Ray though, there is absolutely zero doubt that Hagler would have opted for a rematch to redeem himself if he'd retained the title. Marv usually did rematch his most competitive opponents when given the opportunity-Seales, Watts, Monroe, Antuofermo, Hamsho, Obelmejias. (Geraldo was stopped in one twice after Hagler, by Hearns and Caveman Lee, while Duran was famously eliminated by Tommy, otherwise, each would have certainly gotten a title rematch. Arum was certainly eager to rematch Hagler and Duran the morning after their bout.)