Biggest Hyped Fight Disappointment?

[Redd Foxx]

The answer is beyond obvious, so let's do something more interesting and try ranking them.
May/Pac
Wlad/Haye
DLH/May (wasn't that bad though there was a shyt load of running & hunting)

DLH/Tito- I liked this fight, for the most part.
Leonard/Duran- Would have to go back and watch it again.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

The answer is beyond obvious, so let's do something more interesting and try ranking them.
May/Pac
Wlad/Haye
DLH/May (wasn't that bad though there was a shyt load of running & hunting)

DLH/Tito- I liked this fight, for the most part.
Leonard/Duran- Would have to go back and watch it again.

I have to disagree. De la Hoya- Mayweather was THAT BAD. Just terrible. If anyone did any fighting in there it was Oscar and he didn't do much.

[Robbie Barrett]

Mayweather-Pacquiao wasn't disappointing for me, can't be disappointed with something you knew would happen.

[Redd Foxx]

I have to disagree. De la Hoya- Mayweather was THAT BAD. Just terrible. If anyone did any fighting in there it was Oscar and he didn't do much.

I was a casual fan when that fight happened and I still enjoyed it. To each his own I suppose.

[-Kev-]

Well it happens so much between the best, who are in the same stage of their careers, that you have to stop blaming them and take a step back and ask why does it happen. I think around 7 out of 10 of these fights where the best fight the best, the reason the fight are dull is because two high level fighters are fighting eachother. I think when the best fight the good or the good fight the bad, or even worse the best fight the worst (of the available opposition), that's when these great KO's are produced. Now you can sit here and mention so many exceptions to put down my theory, but when you do, think about if it really was the best fighting the best in their prime, or if one guy was past his best but was seen as great, and he was fighting another great in a better stage of his career. i.e. Tyson vs Holyfield/Lewis.

[-Kev-]

Mayweather-Pacquiao wasn't disappointing for me, can't be disappointed with something you knew would happen.

Yeah I mean when outcomes are largely predictable, no one should be disappointed. Unless they are disappointed that their guy didn't prove the large majority wrong. "Boring UD" is synonymous with Mayweather-Pacquiao predictions from 2009-2015, at least from the sensible crowd. Now there was another crowd who felt Pacquiao was gonna win by KO, citing that Mayweather sruggled with Maidana so it will translate into the Pac fight, who's much smaller, not 1/3 as rough as Maidana, and not as careless throwing combos as Maidana (Maidana never been knocked out, Pac more careful due to recent KO loss to JMM). But yeah, I agree with your post, that if you feel strongly about a specific prediction, you won't be disappointed when the same exact decision in the same way you thought it would happe, happens.

[Rich2123]

May-Pac was by far the biggest disappointment, but that's not entirely to them. At least in the US, the hype level for the fight so far beyond any fight in 20 years or so. Unless it had been spectacular, it was going to be a let down.

All of those fights ****** though.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

Well it happens so much between the best, who are in the same stage of their careers, that you have to stop blaming them and take a step back and ask why does it happen. I think around 7 out of 10 of these fights where the best fight the best, the reason the fight are dull is because two high level fighters are fighting eachother. I think when the best fight the good or the good fight the bad, or even worse the best fight the worst (of the available opposition), that's when these great KO's are produced. Now you can sit here and mention so many exceptions to put down my theory, but when you do, think about if it really was the best fighting the best in their prime, or if one guy was past his best but was seen as great, and he was fighting another great in a better stage of his career. i.e. Tyson vs Holyfield/Lewis.

It's not about a great KO. It's about action. The lack of action in the fights mentioned made them dull and boring for anyone. Even the hardcores who say they liked them are making excuses because their guy won. Had it went the other way, they'd be calling it boring too. I'm a Trinidad fan and was glad he got the decision against De La Hoya, but it was still a terrible fight.

What about the Barrera-Morales fights? What about Pac-Marquez 1, 2 and 4? What about Duran-Leonard 1? Leonard-Hearns 1? Hagler-Hearns? Bowe-Holyfield? Trinidad-Vargas? All great fights with two excellent fighter in the best stages of their careers and not boring at all. There is a big difference.

[Eff Pandas]

I think Tito vs Oscar. I expected a war & got a very strategic battle where Oscar openly blew the final rounds thinking he was way further ahead than he was. That fight shoulda been some Tito vs Vargas on steroids type ****.

I'm sure Floyd vs Manny will win this poll cuz its fresh on peoples minds, but idk what people expected there. That fight was a battle of styles & it was either gonna be exactly what happened or Manny catching Floyd somewhere between the first & last round. That fight was only disappointing if you were heavily invested in a Manny W. If you were invested in the fight Floyd did what he always does & there shouldn't be any disappointment.

[-Kev-]

It's not about a great KO. It's about action. The lack of action in the fights mentioned made them dull and boring for anyone. Even the hardcores who say they liked them are making excuses because their guy won. Had it went the other way, they'd be calling it boring too. I'm a Trinidad fan and was glad he got the decision against De La Hoya, but it was still a terrible fight.

What about the Barrera-Morales fights? What about Pac-Marquez 1, 2 and 4? What about Duran-Leonard 1? Leonard-Hearns 1? Hagler-Hearns? Bowe-Holyfield? Trinidad-Vargas? All great fights with two excellent fighter in the best stages of their careers and not boring at all. There is a big difference.

Like I predicted, someone would start mentioning fights. But those are called exceptions.