what where the 10 greatest upsets in boxing history?

Same goes with Corbett Sullivan, Jeff Johnson ete. Or even Holyfiled Tyson.

 

Most of the defeated fighters on that list weren't.

 

agreed..it helped both careers it made rahman the lineal heavywieght champion(and kept him in the picture for so long) and gave lewis a fire that he lost...but yet again big upset

 

it was a big upset but in later eyes you could tell that sullivan is a london prize fighter not a marques fighter corbett used the rules to his advantages and won at the time sullivan was a dempsey or tyson like figure. he was a man of brute strength and bad intentions.

corbett was the sugar ray clay jones jr of his day and won like a boxer should do.

big upset but it was an old fighter vs a young very skilled fighter.



and for all the other fights a upset doesnt mean that a man is shot or isnt prime like tyson vs holyfield or lewis rahman.
it's the general publics opinion that one man is gonna win. dempsey tunney was a big upset so was the 2nd (dempsey was still the favorite for the rematch) but in later years we notice how old, ring rusted and undertrained he was.

 

My pick was Hopkins but what do I know?

 

Sandoval-Chandler is a memorable upset. In a battle royal, RS could do no wrong while Jeff could do little more than complain about Sandoval's holding but in truth, Sandoval was in control every moment until the carnage ended.

As far as upsets go, this was much more so than Leonard-Hagler because it was a decisive win and more than that, very one sided.

 

i think most people forget how many experts and celebrities, not to mention fans, were actually picking leonard to win the fight.

 

True, but rationally speaking, it wasn't a logical conclusion to draw beforehand. John Mugabi was an absolutely awesome looking contender, yet Hagler took everything he had, sent him into a grudging retreat, and dropped him for the count, in what may have been the peak performance of Mugabe's career. Given all that, it didn't seem as though Hagler was noticably slipping. Credit Marv's opponents prior to SRL for employing a style suitable for enabling Hagler to cloak his dimished speed and reflexes from many observers. Ray was very, very observant of Hagler's performance in the Mugabe fight from his ringside vantage point. Very shrewd perception.

 

What were the odds for Dempsey Tunney 2??
for fight 1, I think Tunney was a 7-1 underdog.

 

Leon Spinks-Muhammad Ali
Mike Weaver-John Tate

Those two could be added.

 

Ali should have NEVER lost to Spinks. Gold medal winner or not. We dont see Marciano or Louis loseing there titles to 7-0 fighters. But guys like Patterson was deck by a 0-0 fighter in a title defense. At Least Patterson got up and won that fight. I cant say the same for Ali in that regard.

 

Ali was way over the hill. I think every fighter no matter how great has at least one performance to be embarrassed over - except for Monzon.

 

Were Marciano and Louis still defending their titles at the age of 36 ?

 

Thing is, Still at 36 of age, Louis or Marciano would not have been beating by a novice. Hell Louis at 37 was beating top contenders before Marciano.

 

That isn't the point. Fact is, neither of those guys were holding belts at that age. Louis was done being champ at 34, and marciano retired at 32, after being floored by a 39 year old lightheavyweight. Also, jimmy Bivens and Lee Savold were both past it when Louis fought them in preparation for the Marciano fight. I'll agree that Ali shouldn't have lost to Spinks, but you can't start up with this hypothetical bull****, about what Louis and Marciano would or wouldn't do, especially if both of them had already relinquished their titles by that stage in their careers.