Lloyd Honeyghan beating Don Curry. You need a memory for that; the records (particularly Curry's subsequent record) don't show what a huge shock that was.
I have a favorite TYPE of upset: When tomato cans and club fighters somehow find a will and a way to beat whatever hype-job prospect is being "showcased" on ESPN2 etc. I love it when a promoter thinks he is arranging a human punching bag for his prospect's inflated record, and then it dawns on them mid fight that the bum they chose actually came to fight....and he has their number.
I like seeing the "opponents" become winners, at least for a few moments.
Some of my favorites of upsets I've witnessed in my lifetime (none from the past):
http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2009/0423/box_g_trinidad_hopkins1_576.jpg
http://inboxingwetrust.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/barrera-vs-hamed.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Pacquiao-Barrera-1.jpg
of recent memory...
Margarito over Cotto... i LOVED it...
and sure everyone will say, he cheated yadda yadda... but thats speculation and at the end of the day, tony has the W and Cotto has the L...
nothing against Cotto, i just loved that fight!
margarito vs cotto
how in hell margarito over cotto was an upset?
your post actually hurt my feelings right now Bat...that upset gutted me
true story
:grr::grr::grr: It's like that huh? Fukk y'all!
Sorry guys :). To me Tyson was the hated school bully and people said he ranked better all-time than my hero Ali. So I loved it. And the fight was exiting as hell too.
Douglas vs Tyson was legendary
Quintana vs P Williams was pretty good also
in recent memory i'd go with Margs upsetting Cotto and immediately being Upset by Mosley, i don't know if they were really "big" upsets since i consider all 3 to be at the top of the WW division
Margarito - Cotto.
Everyone was expecting that Cotto is unbeatable because of his "0". Nontheless, the fight was good. It wasn't one-sided and the upset was slowly turning into reality as the plaster was doing its job. LMAO.
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Margarito - Mosley.
And as much as I loved the Marg upset over Cotto, the Mosley upset over Marg was the best beating from an underdog.
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Donaire - Darchinyan
Donaire's KO over Darchinyan also comes to mind :)