Has there ever been a more dominant performance as a HUGE underdog

[Clegg]

The mention of Foreman brings to mind The Rumble In The Jungle as well, although I'm not sure what the odds were I'm sure they weren't in Ali's favour.

[jabsRstiff]

I'm pretty sure Max Schemling was a serious underdog heading into his first fight with Joe Louis....

[Clegg]

There is a cruiserweight named Alexeev who was 50/1 to win a fight a couple of years ago and lost. It wasn't a notable fight, of course, and I've no idea how dominant it was, but it's worth a mention anyway.

I'm sure there are a lot of other fights where a guy no one gave a hope to was able to pull it off because he was fighting an overrated prospect, it's just that they weren't big fights so aren't remembered.

[GJC]

He was a 3 to 1 underdog with few giving him a chance to beat Frazier.

I don't think I was alone in thinking that the fight was a couple of years too soon for Foreman and expected Frasier to dominate the division for a fair while yet.

[New England]

Right, but he said "No one gave B-Hop even the slightest chance" and I'm proving that wasn't the case.

yes, sir


the list of writers hammered the point home as well as any. i was actually surprised so many got it right (though almost everybody thought it would be closer if they were picking b hop. i confess didn't read all 2,000 writers on the list ^^ )

[Capaedia]

Dempsey Vs. Willard had Dempsey as the underdog, didn't it?

[Yogi]

Dempsey Vs. Willard had Dempsey as the underdog, didn't it?

A slight underdog, yes.

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive...8CD85F4D8185F9

[Yogi]

I'm pretty sure Max Schemling was a serious underdog heading into his first fight with Joe Louis....

Schmeling was indeed a huge underdog against Louis;

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id...ing+odds&hl=en

[Greatest1942]

Schmeling was indeed a huge underdog against Louis;

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id...ing+odds&hl=en

Was anyone a bigger underdog than leon Spinks vs Ali 1? I doubt. many betting agencies even did not bother to put up the odds. yet Spinks did beat Ali...and he did it by a clear margin.

[jabsRstiff]

Was anyone a bigger underdog than leon Spinks vs Ali 1? I doubt. many betting agencies even did not bother to put up the odds. yet Spinks did beat Ali...and he did it by a clear margin.

From what I remember, only one house put odds on Douglas-Tyson...42-1.

I seriously doubt the odds for Spinks-Ali were that humongous.