What are your top examples of out-of-character performances in a victory?

I'd have the say Douglas vs Tyson , cause douglas had never before or after looked soo good.

I truely believe Trinidad expected a brawling war with Hopkins. In his previous fight Hopkins brawled Keith Holmes and every indication before the fight with Trinidad, Hopkins acted like he was bringing a war as he had in many of his recent outtings. Come fight time Hopkins moved jabbed and boxed carefully competely upseting any game plan or expectations Tito had going in.

It's not up to Hagler-Hearns in terms of fighting out of one's usual style, but I liked Julio Cesar Chavez's boxing against Rocky Lockridge. Chavez is known for being such a great pressure fighter, but Chavez spent most of this fight circling the ring or boxing on the backfoot. He was very effective in picking his shots and being accurate. The uppercut was a good weapon for him here. I didn't think the fight was nearly as close as others (particularly one judge) thought it was.

Even though he was accustomed to fighting flat footed in his post-layoff years,to see Ali walk down another opponent for twelve rounds,consistently hitting him with power shots is an unusual sight.He did just this in his first fight with Joe Bugner. I was also very impressed,and somewhat surprised with Matthew Saad Muhammad ability to hold his own in a boxing match,in what was pretty much a contest of jabs against John Conteh.The fourteenth round is what you'd usually expect from a Saad contest,but the preceding thirteen doesn't quite fit the image of the all-action brawler.

Is it just me or is there a bizarre amount of ignorance from fans who seem to think that was what Hagler was always like? I mean, for such a huge name, you'd think people would see how uncharacteristic it was of Hagler to do that. Great example. It's a common myth. When people talk about Hagler and say stuff like "oh, he was such an animal, he never stopped coming, so aggressive, etc.." it's obvious they haven't watched enough of him. Oh and for that matter, Sugar Ray Leonard fought out of character in the Roberto Duran rematch and the Hagler fight. He wasn't traditionally so fleet-footed and on the retreat so much. He generally fought flat-footed, and was more aggressive and offensive-minded than many remember him. Just shows the versatility of both of them.

Pernell Whitaker later in his career after falling behind on the scorecards, turning stalker and going all out for the knockout against Diosbelys Hurtado. He caught up to him and stopped him in the final round to retain the title.

Hopkins Vs Kelly Pavlik is a more of recent fight but the emotion Hopkins showed that night, breaking expectations, defying age, setting standards was a sight to watch indeed. Sugar ray leonard vs Marvin hagler both men went at each other displaying the sweet science and skills that make Boxing unique and one and only! and both men went to diffrent dimensions to give the best of what each other had and made the fight the classic that it was and is. These are some at the top of my head

Marvin Hagler against Thomas Hearns. Hagler was usually a boxer who stayed in the center of the ring, moving laterally, using his jab. When he was more aggressive, it was usually more methodical (unless it was a hurt opponent and then he jumped on them). In this case, Hagler was all over Hearns from the beginning like Charlie Sheen on a call-girl. Muhammad Ali against George Foreman. While Ali did spent some times on the ropes in other fights, it wasn't as much as this one, where he spent nearly all of it from round 2 on. Is it just me or is there a bizarre amount of ignorance from fans who seem to think that was what Hagler was always like? I mean, for such a huge name, you'd think people would see how uncharacteristic it was of Hagler to do that. Great example.

Marvin Hagler against Thomas Hearns. Hagler was usually a boxer who stayed in the center of the ring, moving laterally, using his jab. When he was more aggressive, it was usually more methodical (unless it was a hurt opponent and then he jumped on them). In this case, Hagler was all over Hearns from the beginning like Charlie Sheen on a call-girl. Muhammad Ali against George Foreman. While Ali did spent some times on the ropes in other fights, it wasn't as much as this one, where he spent nearly all of it from round 2 on.