Which was the most dominant and impressive upset...

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  1. Maxmomer

    Maxmomer Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Mosley over Margarito
    Pacquiao over De La Hoya
    Klitschko over Peter
    Hopkins over Pavlik

    These were all not only upsets, but impressively dominant victories. Out of them I think I'd rate Hopkin's and Mosley's wins as the best. They both beat legitimately excellent fighters in or around their primes who were both No. 1 in their division, at an advanced age, and both were coming back from losses. Klitschko's was great, also, as he's also quite old, and was coming off a long, long lay off, but Peter is just **** and always has been. I didn't even think De La Hoya should have been favored over Pacquiao in their fight by much, and when I saw on fight night he didn't even have a weight advantage, I was pretty sure Pacquiao would win. That didn't even feel like an upset to me.
     
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  2. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    That was not an upset.

    Klitschko was the betting favourite.

    ESB polls also favoured Vitali.


    Only the usual group of Klit-haters held out any hope for Peter.







    Regarding biggest upset, I should probably say Pac, as I picked both BHop and Shane to win. :yep

    (I would probably have picked Pac too if I'd known Oscar was coming into the ring at 147. I started feeling he was in for a shock as soon as Lampley mentioned that.)


    But no. it's a close pick between BHop and Shane.

    I lean towards BHop but I can't really be sure.
     
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  3. Kestrel

    Kestrel Windhover Full Member

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    Klitschko over Peter of course. LOL
     
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  4. cpnasty

    cpnasty Fight Fan 83 Full Member

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    Shanbe vs Marg
     
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  5. cockneyhardman

    cockneyhardman Member Full Member

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    it's obvious something was really wrong with de la hoya that night
    if he fought like he did against mayweather, i think he would have knocked out pacquio
     
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  6. Circa

    Circa Skate And Destroy Full Member

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    by order

    Pac vs DLH
    B-hop - Pavlik / Shane - Margo
     
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  7. imp4pdabest

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    Well, let me easily help all the posters. Peter vs Klit wasn't that big!
     
    imp4pdabest, Jan 25, 2009
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  8. andyZOR

    andyZOR Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Klitschko over Peter was more impressive imo. The guy hasn't fought for 5 years, beat the odds, came back and destroyed a top fighter and WBC champion...


    Guys like Pac, Pavlik, Hoya, Hopkins, Mosley, all stayed busy... unlike Vit.

    Most dominant was definatly Mosley... Only because Margarito was a huge fluff favorite, and basically, he pwned him pretty damn good, imo more than Pac, B HOP and Klit did vs their opponents. Mosley gave this guy a ****in beating man. I don't even follow these divisions much, but man that was a straight up ass whooping.

    Gulliermo Jones vs Firat Arslan was also a impressive domination upset.
     
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  9. IsaL

    IsaL VIP Member Full Member

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    I don't think anything beats Hopkins over Trinidad.
     
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  10. andyZOR

    andyZOR Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    dannnnnnnng your ass must be sore...
     
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  11. san rafael

    san rafael 0.00% lemming Full Member

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    Mosley pounded this guy into the ****ing ground. There's little question in my mind.
     
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  12. barley96

    barley96 New Member Full Member

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    Pacquiao vs De la Hoya. Pacquiao had one fight at 135 pounds, and moved immediately to 147 pounds to fight an all time great who has held championships at 154 and 160 pounds. De la Hoya has fought bigger opponents and smaller opponents. He usually dominates smaller fighters. With all of these advantages I thought for sure that De la Hoya would win. Instead Pacquiao treated De la Hoya like he was any other fighter. Impressive!
     
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  13. enzo

    enzo Greatest Of All Time Full Member

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    :yep
     
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  14. headhunter

    headhunter Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Calzaghe vs Lacy ?
     
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  15. Lewisbell

    Lewisbell Well-Known Member Full Member

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    It wasn't a huge upset
    But it was a crushing win
     
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