what where the 10 greatest upsets in boxing history?

I dont think Number 9 is an upset is it?

 

You missed Ali over both Liston and Foreman. He was around 6 or 7/1 in both.

 

The odds on Holyfield were long. I'm trying to think if he was even fave in the rematch.

 

maybe going by the odds on the fight, but not when you consider it from the point of view that tyson was nowhere near the fighter he was!

 

I got 24/1 on a Holyfield win (first fight of course). I think Tyson was 2/5 favourite in the rematch with Holyfield at 7/4.

 

Not at all. Tyson was declared as good as he had been pre prison and just look at the odds TBooze got on Holyfield. The world believed Tyson was back to close to his best, hindsight and opinion doesn't impact at all on what a big upset this was.

 

Well done. Isn't the Tyson mystique amazing, even after Holyfield's supreme effort Mike is still the strong fave. Unreal.

 

Yes from Berbick up to the Lewis fight, Tyson was pretty much unbackable unless you were some zillionaire. Another intresting point is about the Berbick fight: By bell time Tyson was a strong 1/3 favourite, but believe it or not, the fight was pick-em until the final week of the build up.

 

Yeah, i remember there were a few doubts, how was he going to go vs a genuine opponent with vast experience and there was the never been done at that age thing too. I got even money on Lewis with a few $50 wagers between pals. I am pretty sure Lewis was 7/5 fave.

 

decalred by who? i never expected him to win, so in MY opinion it wasnt an upset, thats all im saying

 

I believe that just before the fight the odds on the first Holyfield-Tyson fight shortened to 6-1. But thats still a pretty big underdog.

In regards to this thread, I think Judah-Baldomir was a pretty big upset. Don't know what the odds were though.

 

I think it was either Douglas/Tyson or Schmeling/LouisI that were statistically the biggest upsets.

Mentions can go to Ali(Clay)/ListonI; Ali/Foreman; Spinks/AliI; Honeyghan/Curry; Turpin/RobinsonI; Jones/GriffinI; Benn/Watson; Sullivan/Corbett and due to the times probably Johnson/Jeffries

 

Fair enough, it certainly fits perfectly in here tho. Not a single person i spoke (many) to was picking Holyfield. In hindsight i'd take his unbelievable spirit vs any Tyson, tho i thought Holy a bit undergunned at the time having come from cruiserweight. Great fight.

 

Thanks Pat, no surprise. Any fighter as good as Holyfield was worth money at those odds. Hearn's came from 4-1 to 2-1 the day of the Hill fight.