Which upset was most importaant...

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  1. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    ...in catapulting the under-dog's career/legacy ?

    E.g.

    Norton over ALi, Ward over Kessler (still in progress), Clay over Liston, Schmeling over Louis...
     
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  2. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    James J Corbett over John L Sullivan; it help drag the sport into the 20th Century.

    For the modern era, I would say Wepner stepping on Ali's foot, which created arguably the greatest fictional sports character in Film history.
     
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  3. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    I like the original. A little gem of a movie.


    2,3 ....27 ?

    All shyte.

    Good call on Gentleman Jim.
     
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  4. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    3 and 4 had good soundtracks, and iconically camp brilliance. 6, was a pretty solid effort IMO, I liked it.
     
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    Schmelin over Louis. It was the win out of this group over a prime opponent, no excuses which elevated him to a Top 20 all time position.
     
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    i'll go with the obvious one....buster douglas
     
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    Clay over Liston, and Ali over Foreman

    Pacquiao over Barrera

    Leonard over Hagler

    Foreman over Moorer

    Hopkins over Pavlik

    Dempsey over Willard
     
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  8. ripcity

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    Of these choices I'd go with Norton over ALi. Had he not beaten Ali Norton would have been grouped with Quary, Lyle, Young and Ellis. Not a bad group to be a part of. However Norton's win over Ali puts him ahead of that group.
    Ward might be young but he's a better boxer than Kessler.
    Clay (Ali) would have probbly gotten another shot at the heavyweight championship. I think he would keepet quiet about his membership in the Nation of Islam intell after he became the champion.
    Schmeling's win over Louis is no dobut a great win and is my second choice here. However Schmeling had already ben the heavyweight champion, and the method that Louis won the rematch chop his legacy down a bit.
     
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