Comments Thread For: BoxingScene.com's 2013 Upset of The Year

[King_]

I like the choice a lot. I agree with it.

Anyone who says they predicted Jhonny would win this fight is either Dwyer or delusional. There IS NO ONE that predicted this. The ones that did on that poll were likely trolling or, like I said, Dwyer fans.

Gonzalez was coming off a really bad performance against Ponce De Leon 2 fights prior. He got dropped in that fight and lost via a controversial stoppage imo. But he was losing that fight convincingly and it looked like the end of the road for him. Then he fights two bums to get in position to challenge for the title.

Abner Mares was coming off a wipe out of Daniel Ponce De Leon.

Gonzalez was/ is past his prime, a 10-1 underdog, going up against a top 5 ranked P4P fighter in his prime, a fighter who knocked out the guy that stopped him. We knew he had punching power, but we also knew that he didn't have much left, and his chin was checked multiple times.

Gonzalez goes out and knocks out Mares in round 1. It was a massive upset.

The Price vs. Thompson was not really an upset, because Price was unproven. Thompson was his first big step up in competition, despite how old Thompson was. Price got exposed, but not upset.

I put $10 on Gonzalez.... But yeah, I didn't expect him to win. Hell I didn't even watch the fight live lol

[TGD]

Price getting ragdolled wasn't a surprise to anyone who knows heavyweight boxing. People are far too impressed by someone KOing punchbags. I said multiple times what would happen as soon as he got cracked by someone who is streetwise.

As I've said, Wilder is next. He cannot hold a shot.

[ShoulderRoll]

Mares-Gonzalez was Upset of the Year and also should have been Knockout of the Year.

No one expected Mares to get destroyed in 1 round like he did.

[JakeNDaBox]

the gonzalez ko of marquez isn't a bad choice, but some of the rest of the choices for the categories are absolute sh#T.

You talk **** about our selections and can't even properly type out the right fight?! High-larious.

[FloydTBE]

Maidana over Broner

[HanzGruber]

going into the records of the fighters, those who say its an upset don't know about boxing...

Do you people even know what upset means? Lol, there's a favorite and an underdog. If the underdog wins it's an upset. Who really saw a top 10 p4p guy getting kod in round 1

[ELPacman]

I think Maidana-Broner upset for was more significant. Mares was a fun little guy to watch but ultimately, he didn't bring as much to the table as Broner in terms of future and marketability when compared to Broner. Broner set himself at such a high bar at a young age and people were listening and talking about him. His loss was a more humbling lesson and discussion than when Mares lost. Sure, Gonzalez I believe is over the hill and it makes his win that more impressive, but it happened and I think I forgot about it a day later. Broner loss still makes discussion regularly which makes it IMO more significant.

[ShoulderRoll]

Broner was more hype than substance at 147. Mares was a legit p4p'er going into the Gonzales fight.

[KingTito]

While that's not a terrible pick, I don't agree with it. I do admit that Mares losing shocked me quite a bit. I didn't expect that. Gonzalez has quite a resume and he has some real power though. Broner-Maidana was an upset, but I don't think it was too huge. Maidana is relentless with a ton of power. There were many doubts about Broner at WW and just in general. I saw a Broner loss coming, although I didn't know it was gonna be that soon. Just off the top of my head, Price-Thompson gets it for me. I remember being most surprised at that.

[cabalas]

Upset of the year should be synonymous of the most unexpected result and I have to agree than only few picked Gonzales to win over Mares. Mares was undefeated and in a time span of 19 months won titles in 3 different divisions (bantam, super bantam and Feather weights). He was a legitimate top 10 LbxLb after going through 7 title fights in a row against 4 champs & 2 ex-champs. And although Johnny had world titles in 2 division and also had 46 KO's out of 54 wins, it is also true that Gonzales is in the last stage of his career but somehow getting Nacho Beristain in his corner got him a new strength.
Regarding Broner's defeat, I just have to say that I remember Ponce De Leon climbing divisions and beating Adrien but not getting the decision as well as watching weak Malignaggi loading lots of pitty punches over Broner so it was just a matter of time to see some solid boxer, like Maidana, defeating the cheap imitation of Floyd. In summary, Boner's defeat was not a surprise for me.