What are the best cherry picks that backfired?.

[Mr Ehrmantraut]

In recent memory:

Lacy picking Calzaghe.
Bute picking Froch.
Gatti picking Baldomir.
Hatton picking Collazo.

[Jam Jars]

Khan-Prescott. He dropped the FTA TV Channel that invested in him heavily and made him a star and chose to go to PPV, which pissed a lot of people including his fans off. This was his first fight and an epic karma fail.

[jaestix1]

pac-marquez 3 and 4.......and it ain't even close.

[The Big Dunn]

cotto-pac 2 combined with jmm-pac 4. Tried to CW cotto-he said no. forced to take JMM 4 fight after saying "I have nothing more to prove with him." embrassingly KTFO.

[NVSemin]

Micheal Nunn piucking James Toney

[Jam Jars]

cotto-pac 2 combined with jmm-pac 4. Tried to CW cotto-he said no. forced to take JMM 4 fight after saying "I have nothing more to prove with him." embrassingly KTFO.

He also turned down the $40 million Mayweather offer before that fight. LOL

[Calabis]

Terry Norris vs Simon Brown.....Brown just lost and moved up to knock Norris out in the 4th I think....huge upset at that time.

[Welter_Skelter]

Hatton beat Callazo.. So I am not sure how that "backfired".

Yes I know .. Hatton was out on his feet in the 12th round.. But guess what? That's like saying a Hockey team hit the post 4 times in the last minute or a Football team played their last 3 downs one inch away from the opposing end zone. Close.. but no goals awarded.
The only fighter who scored a KD in that fight was Hatton.. The guy who walked away with the belt was .. Hatton.
No backfire.

[Mr Ehrmantraut]

Hatton beat Callazo.. So I am not sure how that "backfired".

Yes I know .. Hatton was out on his feet in the 12th round.. But guess what? That's like saying a Hockey team hit the post 4 times in the last minute or a Football team played their last 3 downs one inch away from the opposing end zone. Close.. but no goals awarded.
The only fighter who scored a KD in that fight was Hatton.. The guy who walked away with the belt was .. Hatton.
No backfire.

Probably just bad matchmaking from his promoter.

It was supposed to be a cakewalk fight for his big US debut. Instead he got thrown in with a big, young, hungry welterweight. Hatton went life and death with Collazo before nearly being stopped. Not to mention Collazo was seen as the weak link at welterweight.

[comanick]

Pac vs De La hoya