why was the simon brown - terry norris fight considered a big upset

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  1. Vantage_West

    Vantage_West ヒップホップ·プロデューサー Full Member

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    i dont understand it. brown was a 2 time world champion only losses were to Starling and mcGirt, had a pretty good ko record, was a huge betting fav against pettway was only 28 years of age and

    norris had a long reign as champ but was an aggresive fighter and was known to have a slightly weak jaw.


    so why was it an upset
     
    Vantage_West, Apr 8, 2008
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  2. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    .............It was about the context of the times.

    We know Norris now as a skilled but weak-chinned fighter who had a nice run at 154 a decade ago, but at the time, there was very serious consideration of him being in the top two or three pound-for pound in the game. Most of the boxing magazines at the time ranked him that way. He'd had that bad spot in the fight right before that against Waters, but that was considered more an aberration than anything. He wasn't thought of as iron-chinned by any means, but he was so strong and so skilled and had such a killer's attitude that it rendered any immediate concerns about his chin almost academic.

    Brown, conversely, had been soundly thashed by McGirt and it was thought at the time that his warring style may have caught up with him. He'd looked awful against Buddy, and this natural welterweight was now stepping up against the strongest 154-pounder around (Norris regularly benched 355). Norris was supposed to absolutely steamroll him.
     
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