The Upset School

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- - Barrera was highly Ring Ranked as their champion as anyone not in grade school knew then. That was that was one of the hottest fights of the era that announced Manny as the top P4P fighter in the entire history of Ring Rankings. What grade was U in then? College :D

I'ma post a video of that one just for those who ain't seen it, I m getting to age where I forget just how long ago some of these fights were... somehow in my head even the turning of the Millennium doesn't feel like it was long ago lol.. Simply a masterclass although TBF whilst the narrative at the time heavily favoured Lacy the odds were actually much closer than you'd think, opening with Lacy at something like -110 Joe at +150 and of course Joe was the champ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VSjzPJ-p-U another one that turned out against expectations was the young bluechip Danny Jacobs getting thoroughly bamboozled and ultimately KOd by relative unknown Russian Dmitry Pirog who was about a +300 'dog. The great Manny Steward's commentary is measured and on point as ever. Miss that dude. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsBppgGwVts EDIT: Ha ha.. I forgot about that, at about 24:25 you can literally see the shock and dismay on Valcarels (then WBO pres for those who don't know) face on the second row - yellow/black tie - as his plan to install Jacobs as their champion goes up in smoke. Priceless.:lol1: I didn’t do all my homework but I did not know that the odds for Calzaghe vs Lacy the odds were that close In my head they were much wider ????? Hmmmm maybe my head is going also , as that was a while ago

Barrera vs Pacquiao 1 :D - - Barrera was highly Ring Ranked as their champion as anyone not in grade school knew then. That was that was one of the hottest fights of the era that announced Manny as the top P4P fighter in the entire history of Ring Rankings. What grade was U in then?

A fight that obeys to your required criteria is the first Terry Norris vs Simon Brown. Norris was hot at the time, whereas Brown was considered as good as shot, many boxing insiders deeming the fight a total mismatch. But Brown pulled out a small masterpiece of resistance and punch selection, taking advantage of Norris' weak chin.

EDIT: Ha ha.. I forgot about that, at about 24:25 you can literally see the shock and dismay on Valcarels (then WBO pres for those who don't know) face on the second row - yellow/black tie - as his plan to install Jacobs as their champion goes up in smoke. Priceless.:lol1: I remember this fight and that KO was exceptional. Never noticed striped tie. He may have bet one of his houses from the look on his face.

Barrera vs Pacquiao 1 :D

andre hypno eyes ward v mikkel bamboozled kessler

Kelly Pavlik - Sergio Martinez - not sure if people expected Sergio to look bad, but it was considered an upset, he dominated, and styled on him. Erik Morales - Zahir Raheem - I bet some people saw this one coming. Morales was dominated and styled on. Denis Lebedev - Guillermo Jones Marco Antonio Barerra - Junior Jones Juanma Lopez v Orlando Salido Wlad Klitschko - Corrie Sanders Paul Williams v Carlos Quintana Chris John - Juan Manuel Marquez I - not sure if this was even an upset odds wise. But my Dad and I were big JMM fan at this point, he got on LA TV a good amount coming up. It was finally supposed to be the JMM's coronation after the loss vs Freddie Norwood; Chris John was supposed to hand over his belt as far I was concerned. I didn't see the fight live, I just heard about the result on a boxing radio show hosted by Rich Moiratta the next morning\- JMM got upset, and the scores were wide. that's all I knew about that fight for a while, so it felt like he was dominated and I was shocked. Devastating loss for JMM at that point.

Hopkins vs Trinidad is up there. Also Nate Campbell vs Juan Diaz.

I've seen most of these and pretty much agree on all of them - have NOT seen Rios vs Abril or Lacy vs Calzaghe, going to check them out! I'ma post a video of that one just for those who ain't seen it, I m getting to age where I forget just how long ago some of these fights were... somehow in my head even the turning of the Millennium doesn't feel like it was long ago lol.. Simply a masterclass although TBF whilst the narrative at the time heavily favoured Lacy the odds were actually much closer than you'd think, opening with Lacy at something like -110 Joe at +150 and of course Joe was the champ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VSjzPJ-p-U another one that turned out against expectations was the young bluechip Danny Jacobs getting thoroughly bamboozled and ultimately KOd by relative unknown Russian Dmitry Pirog who was about a +300 'dog. The great Manny Steward's commentary is measured and on point as ever. Miss that dude. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsBppgGwVts EDIT: Ha ha.. I forgot about that, at about 24:25 you can literally see the shock and dismay on Valcarels (then WBO pres for those who don't know) face on the second row - yellow/black tie - as his plan to install Jacobs as their champion goes up in smoke. Priceless.:lol1:

George Kambosos vs Teofimo Lopez.

I've seen most of these and pretty much agree on all of them - have NOT seen Rios vs Abril or Lacy vs Calzaghe, going to check them out! Lacy vs Cal was on par with Maidana vs Broner :lol1: !

I've seen most of these and pretty much agree on all of them - have NOT seen Rios vs Abril or Lacy vs Calzaghe, going to check them out!

Biggest upset ever...in any sport.... Tyson vs Buster Followed by Tyson vs Holy :lol1: And unbelievably Foreman vs Frazier (Joe was the heavy favorite) Ali vs Foreman, where Ali was the huge under dog

kabayel vs. chisora, makhmudov and sanchez bivol vs. canelo (boxing fans knew bivol is good but fans of stars didn't) fury - vladimir k. sullivan barrera - shabransky

Lacy vs Calzaghe That was a classic no one knew who the Brit’s was and Lacy was making a lot of noise Only to be beaten and never the same

Brandon Rios vs Richard Abril was this but it wasn't. Rios was very overhyped at the time and very heavily favoured, Abril a short notice replacement people was disappointed with as he was practically unheard of and Abril took him to school, a literal shut out , he boxed the ears off Rios from start to finish and they still robbed him. Worst robbery I have ever seen. I'm not sure Rios even deserved a round.

...on that note, I guess DDD vs Joshua, kind of? I wouldn't call that a masterclass from DDD but it was a proper bulldozing. And I don't remember the odds disparity on that fight either.

Those are decent examples I suppose but I was thinking more along the lines of the underdog just putting on a show all around. I'd say both of those fights were more "close until they weren't" sort of deals, at least to me.