What are the best cherry picks that backfired?.

lol a lot of people here don't know the term cherry picking. As other have mentioned PAC-DE LA HOYA is one of the best cherry picks that backfired. Oscar ducked a prime margarito, picked on a LW in pacquiao who only had 1 fight at that weight. Oscar thought it would be an easy win and easy money as pac was already BIG name in boxing at that time just not mainstream. Not only did he lose but he got the absolute **** beat out of him, worst beating in his career, quit and got retired. LOL It cant get any better than that.

Pacquiao picking Bradley Pacquiao picking Marquez for the 4th time. Ortiz/Golden Boy cherry picking Josesito Lopez.

Floyd vs Pacquaio. Floyd accused Pacquaio is a PED user without any proof. Pac sued, Floyd settled the case and paid Pac for the damages he caused. kneeled for forgiveness and apologized then declared Pac is a great clean fighter never been on PED. LMAO!

Floyd vs Harris. Floyd cherry picked a woman served him 3 months in jail and was butt sore for another 3 months.

Pac vs JMM 3 & 4 Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android

Berto vs Ortiz backfired big time. Al Haymon thought Berto would walk right through the weak minded Ortiz in his first fight at 147 and set up a comeback fight for Floyd in September. Instead Ortiz looked like a beast at the weight and didn't cave when the going got tough. Backfired spectacularly as Ortiz got the Mayweather fight instead of Berto and he hasn't been the same sense.

ortiz and guerrero for Berto hahaha! Pretty much anything involving berto, hopefulyl soto-karass backfires too! Berto was in line for Mayweather both times he got exposed, embarassed, beat up and those guys got his shot!

Funny how much hate Oscar is getting in here. It was not a cherry pick at all. Most sane people knew just how drained Oscar would be. He was about 50, hadn't fought at welterweight for a decade and he looked terminally ill on 24/7. It was just one big money making exercise. No way man.... Everyone panned that decisions and thought it was a shameless fight for Oscar to retire with a KO. He clearly ducked Margarito (before Cotto-Marg Oscar was already talking about setting up a Oscar-Cotto fight) and picked the small Manny. That is about as blatant and atrocious of a cherry pick we have seen in recent years, and not only did he lose he got humiliated. In hindsight every talks about Oscar weighing in at 147 and being old, but we dont appreciate how huge of an upset this was.

Morales - Raheem for sure. Zab - Baldomir

Terry Norris-Luis Santana and Tommy Morrison-Michael Bentt are up there.

Morales vs Raheem?

Leonard - Hearns II Holyfield - Tyson I

Was Calzaghe considered a cherry pick by Lacy, lol? I'd say Ortiz vs Josesito was pretty bad.

Also, how can anyone call Pac-Marquez 4 a cherrypick, when its common knowledge that Pac lost the 3rd fight?

Hatton-collazo Pac-De la Hoya Trout-Cotto Mosley-Margarito Is this a joke? Now I see why Mayweather gets so much flack for supposedly cherrypicking. People here don't even know the meaning of the word.

Pac-Marquez 4 Pac-De La hoya Creed-Balboa

Billy Dib vs Evgeny Gradovich DLH vs Sturm DLH vs PAC DLH vs Forbes PAC vs JMM 1,2,3,4 Bute vs Andrade 1 Khan vs Garcia

It was a random draw :pat: :lol1: :lol1: It just get's worse. You think it can't, but it just always get's worse.

De La Hoya - Pacquiao Pacquiao - Marquez 3 & 4

There's been a fair share of truly ridiculous suggestions in this thread (usually from people who don't know what an actual cherry-pick is) but nothing will top this one: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If this is a cherry-pick - a fight between two prime, elite fighters; both of whom were rated as being the very best in their division, and a fight that was among the most anticipated in recent memory - then there is no such thing as an even, fair matchup in boxing. Both undefeated, no less. Taken back by that one. What an absurd choice.