Comments Thread For: BoxingScene Upset of the Year: Joe Smith KO's Andrzej Fonfara

[M Bison]

Boxingscene at it again....you guys are just rubbish with these awards....I think you all go by popularity vote. Off the top of my head Ondongo won a world title @ 140 in Russia in devastating KO victory in around 44 seconds. You guys need to pay me.

Yes that's a good pick, I think Smith Jr wasn't as much of an underdog as people make him out to be he clearly isn't as bad as some people are trying to make him out as I thought he'd beat both Bhop and Fonfara can't buy much into his only defeat he suffered a bad injury in that fight.

[b Murphington]

Smith-Fonfara wasn't all that surprising since they were both journeymen.

How was Fonfara a journeyman??? How can you make that statement?

The guy had a fantastic year last year and was a top 10 ranked light heavyweight.

And you can't claim that Smith is a journeyman because he hasn't even fought anyone. Journeymen are known and established boxers used as stepping stones for up and coming boxers.

What a crazy and absolutely false statement. I don't even know how you came up with that.

This could be trolling though.

Actually yeah. Trolling for sure.

[HandsofIron]

How was Fonfara a journeyman??? How can you make that statement?

The guy had a fantastic year last year and was a top 10 ranked light heavyweight.

And you can't claim that Smith is a journeyman because he hasn't even fought anyone. Journeymen are known and established boxers used as stepping stones for up and coming boxers.

What a crazy and absolutely false statement. I don't even know how you came up with that.

This could be trolling though.

Actually yeah. Trolling for sure.

No, I'm not trolling. He lost to some guy who has about 9 loses, 7 by KO.

Edit: My mistake, that was Smith's record. Fonfara lost to some guy who got KO too.

[Teetotaler]

The literal cab driver beating Guerrero is the best upset.
Huge for cab drivers everywhere

Nah man. It would only inspire pbc for more mismatches. It was a good win for him since guerrero for whatever reason was deemed a good fighter

[b Murphington]

No, I'm not trolling. He lost to some guy who has about 9 loses, 7 by KO.

Edit: My mistake, that was Smith's record. Fonfara lost to some guy who got KO too.

Yeah that may be true, but you have to understand that he was very green when he got KOed.

Same with Smith.

Just because you get KOed by a nobody when you're 21 years old doesn't make you a Journeyman. You're so young and still learning on the job at that point in time.

Like I said before, Fonfara had an excellent year last year and was a legit top 10 ranked light heavyweight when he fought Smith.

Journeymen, aren't ranked in the top 10, at all.

Now, Fonfara getting KOed by Smith, in the 1st round. Now that raises some red flags and hurts his fighting career and I don't know if Fonfara can bounce back, he very well might turn into a journeyman. If his next outing is a bad one, I'll consider him a journeyman.

[HandsofIron]

Yeah that may be true, but you have to understand that he was very green when he got KOed.

Same with Smith.

Just because you get KOed by a nobody when you're 21 years old doesn't make you a Journeyman. You're so young and still learning on the job at that point in time.

Like I said before, Fonfara had an excellent year last year and was a legit top 10 ranked light heavyweight when he fought Smith.

Journeymen, aren't ranked in the top 10, at all.

Now, Fonfara getting KOed by Smith, in the 1st round. Now that raises some red flags and hurts his fighting career and I don't know if Fonfara can bounce back, he very well might turn into a journeyman. If his next outing is a bad one, I'll consider him a journeyman.

I'm not bashing the guy, he had a good year. I'd just prefer Uchiyama-Corrales as uoty over Smith-Fonfara.