Personally, and here on NSB, Garcia beating Matthysse was the much bigger upset. Don't know the betting odds.
Matthysse was a 2.5 to 1 favorite
Broner was a 4 to 1 favorite.
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Bigger upset within Boxing insiders is definitely Maidana over Broner.
BUT biggest upset on Boxingscene was Garcia over Matthysse. The fanboys were out of control for Matthysse.
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Garcia v Matt, anyday *****, ppl actually thought Maidana had a decent chance of beatin Broner but almost everyone, cept me thought Matt would stop Garcia, aint no **** on that shine
Tbh, I had Danny/Mattysse as a 50/50 fight. So it was not surprising to see Danny do his thing.
But I honestly saw no way that broner was going to beat Maidana. I've said as much. He gets hit too much, pulls straight back, takes rounds off and has no respect for anything. I knew Maidana would beat his a$$.
Therefore the closest thing to an upset in my mind would be Garcia/Lucas cause I knew Madana was too much man for Broner.
Actually, neither was that big of an upset. In terms of the hype on this site. Clearly Garcia vs Matthysse. There were people predicting Matthysse would literally murder Garcia in the ring. I think most people assumed Broner would beat Maidana but you really didn't have a lot of people hyping him up because he gets more hate than hype.
I think the one thing people didn't take into consideration was how much Maidana improved since his loss to Alexander. I also think people overlooked the flaws that showed up in Broner against Paulie.
Broner losing from the hype stand point. I thought Matthyse would beat Garcia, but Danny and his crazy Dad shocked me. That was a fans fight, Broner had the marketing, ESPN, the whole CBS/Showtime hype going. I fell for it, and figured he was better than he really is. Pleasantly surprised.
Depends who you talk to really.
I had Garcia-Matthysse as a close fight in my prediction and was actually confused at the Matthysse KO5 predictions. I thought Maidana would show his limited self up and get battered and beaten by Broner. So to me Broner losing, especially as badly as he did, was the bigger upset.
In my wildest dreams I never believed Garcia actually had a shot against Matthysse. I seriously thought Matthysse was going to knock his head off in less than 3 rounds.
I expected Maidana to make it tough against Young Thuggin. Even though I admit I was very surprised Maidana knocked him down twice. Matthysse-Garcia wins easy.
For me, I thought Matthysse would stop Garcia quite easily whereas I thought Broner would struggle badly with Maidana so for me it's Garcia over Matthysse.
Although a lot of people thought Broner would win this fight with ease so it's hard to say.
I can understand the thinking of Matthysse knocking out Danny (Obviously, because I thought it myself :lol1:) but although it didn't happen I still see the logic and reasoning.
I cannot see how anyone could think Broner would dominate Maidana and win with no problems what so ever considering what he's shown thus far.