Your upset picks in fantasy matchups

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  1. kirk

    kirk l l l Staff Member

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    Ive always somewhat thought Tua is a bad matchup for Tyson.
     
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  2. ChrisJS

    ChrisJS Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Rodriguez over Leonard and Duran is a very good one.
     
  3. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I gravitate towards heavyweight boxing so ill list my opinions.
    I think Riddick Bowe would KO Sonny Liston
    Larry Holmes would UD Tyson Fury
    Rocky Marciano is tailor made for Gerry Cooney
    Evander Holyfield Beats Joe Louis
    George Foreman destroys every heavyweight before the 70s besides maybe Sonny Liston


    Ive also always thought top fighters from the 90s were better than top fighters from any other era before because heavyweights were larger, more powerful and more skilled than they were in the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s and they were larger than 70s fighters but not exactly more skilled

    Feel free to disagree with me
     
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  4. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Felix Trinidad over Thomas Hearns at Welterweight...by a clean knockout.
     
  5. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I would n't describe Holmes beating Fury as an "upset pick"

    I agree with you that Cooney would have a good shot against Marciano. Provided Gerry gets his big shots off quickly.

    LIston/Bowe - Have to think about that one.

    Louis/Holyfield - I go with Joe.

    Foreman - Maybe
     
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  6. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Not exactly an upset but fury is being overrated in the world boxing forum for his win against one trick pony wilder.
     
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  7. HolDat

    HolDat Well-Known Member Full Member

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  8. WAR01

    WAR01 In the 7.2% Full Member

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    I don’t see Liston as the underdog, I have the names reversed in my own upset.
     
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  9. WAR01

    WAR01 In the 7.2% Full Member

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    Not with actual judges.
     
  10. WAR01

    WAR01 In the 7.2% Full Member

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    Arm punching coke giant is obnoxious indeed.
     
  11. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Most would have Holmes over Liston Id think no? Either way interesting take
     
  12. slash

    slash Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Holyfield puts an offensive barrage on 73 Foreman
     
  13. Guru88

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    Michael Spinks beats Tyson Fury, (Fury hates small nimble fighters)
    Holmes beats Foreman very comfortably
    Liston knocks Louis out early
    Ike Ibeabuchi beats Tyson
    Rigondeaux has a very good chance at anybody below 126 of all time
     
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  14. Showstopper97

    Showstopper97 The Icon Full Member

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    Quarry UD or KO Bowe
    Cotto KO Benitez
    M Spinks UD Holyfield
    Dempsey KO Holmes (late stoppage)
    Tunney UD Prime Foreman
     
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  15. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Don't agree with any of these, but I'd love to be wrong about the bolded.
     
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