Unexpectedly great fights

[Tom Cruise]

The list for this goes on and on and on. That's why Boxing is the best sport in the world. Although it can be predictable at times, very predictable. It's also the most unpredictable sport at times. Take the glaringly obvious answer, Tyson-Douglas, in 1990 ask 1,000 people who wins that fight I guarantee you 1,000 people will pick Tyson. Fast forward 5 years later you'd get similar results Tyson-Holyfield.

Take a recent fight for example, Salido-Garcia, everyone is expecting an absolute barn burner and it turns out to be a one sided fight with little action.

Then take last weekends fight, everyone's expecting a boring, one sided fight and it ends up being an all out war.

A few examples of this;

Marquez-Diaz 1, people expected a good fight but not FOTY.

Mayweather-Chavez, after Mayweather's demolition of Hernandez, Corrales and Manfredy no one is expecting Chavez, albeit a good, top fighter to give him his toughest test at 130. And that was a great fight, exciting, a war. Chavez-Morales very similar situation.

Jamie Moore-Matthew Macklin, similar to Marquez-Diaz in the fact people were expecting fireworks but nothing like what we got.

Benitez-Curry
Foreman-Lyle
Whitaker-Hurtado
Hamed-Kelly (Hamed rarely in a dull fight but no one was expecting the up and down fight these two had)
Norris-Walters

The list could go on all day.

One of my favourite all time fights, great shout.

Also i'm going to throw Lewis vs Klitschko into the hat. Lewis had always been known as such a cautious fighter, and VK was underestimated. Turned out to be a great slugfest between two superheavies.