what was the greatest upset in boxing history?

[Daddy T]

Douglas over Tyson by a long way
Braddock over Baer in a distant second place

[raskat]

Buster Douglas-Tyson. Foreman vs Michael Moorer. Pacquiao vs De la Hoya.

Pacquiao may not have been a huge underdog on the betting odds against Oscar, but still I remember out of about 20 boxing writers only one picked Pacquiao to win

[raskat]

When it happened, Douglas over Tyson replaced Clay over Liston. Remarkably enough, Ali was involed in some of the most notable upsets in Boxing.



To the best of my knowledge or recollection:

1. Douglas over Tyson*
2. Clay over Liston
3. Schmeling over Louis
4. Ali over Foreman
5. Ali over Liston II
6. Duran over Barkley
7. Duran over Moore

* Arguably the biggest upsets in all of sports.

how was the Ali-Liston rematch an upset if Ali won the first fight?

[Sugarj]

In hind sight the odds were ridiculous but at 33:1 Evander Holyfield's win over Tyson was probably the biggest upset since the 44:1 Buster Douglas fight.

[Ray Corso]

Spinks over Ali is easily the biggest upset bout! A kid with 9 or 10 fights taking on the legendary Ali? Except Ali forgot to train and Leon out hustled him and actually had Ali in trouble at the end!
Spinks had just beat the legendary Sixto Sorra the Cuban champ who was the amatuer champ of the world at that time.
Leon was the Legend Killer!!! He should have won the best fighter award instead of Howard Davis, Leon was the man at that Olympic Game!!! Ray

[New England]

buster douglas KO10 mike tyson

[Prince_Pugilist]

When it happened, Douglas over Tyson replaced Clay over Liston. Remarkably enough, Ali was involed in some of the most notable upsets in Boxing.



To the best of my knowledge or recollection:

1. Douglas over Tyson*
2. Clay over Liston
3. Schmeling over Louis
4. Ali over Foreman
5. Ali over Liston II
6. Duran over Barkley
7. Duran over Moore

* Arguably the biggest upsets in all of sports.

This is a great list. Douglas was supposed to be wrecked in a couple rounds yet he beat Tyson's arse.

Ali v Foreman was a similar situation. Some of Muhammad's biggest fans were saying Ali would be destroyed in the ring, he wouldn't come back, 2 rounds etc etc.

[Prince_Pugilist]

how was the Ali-Liston rematch an upset if Ali won the first fight?

Because everyone said the first fight was a fluke and this time Liston had trained properly and would knock the loud mouth out.


The got caught for their

[crold1]

If you go by the listed bettings odds, Liston was 7-1 over Clay/Ali while Baer was 15-1 over Braddock.

Rahman-Lewis was like 18-1 on the books. Gargantuan upset. Douglas-Tyson is clearly #1 so the real question is what was the second biggest.

[Scott9945]

Rahman-Lewis was like 18-1 on the books. Gargantuan upset. Douglas-Tyson is clearly #1 so the real question is what was the second biggest.

I did forget that one, which is odd since I bet on Rahman at 10-1. You don't think Braddock-Baer was a bigger upset?