Inexplicable losses?

**fistic flow** · 05-13-2020, 10:17 AM

Barkley v Hearns. I expected Tommy to win the second fight after getting caught with a Hail Mary in the first, but it didn't happen.

**Real King Kong** · 05-13-2020, 10:34 AM

Originally posted by Gamer30168

In this sport of boxing sometimes we see very surprising results. I'm not talking just about robbery either. I'll give 3 examples of fights where I think the results are damned near inexplicable.

1. Mosely Vs. Forrest
Why did Forrest seem to have Mosely's number? I thought clearly Mosely was the superior fighter but I guess not, at least in those fights

2. Roy Jones Jr Vs Tarver
Again I feel like RJJ was the better overall fighter, what happened?

3. Bhop Vs Taylor?
C'mon! Bhop dominated the MW division for 10 years straight. Taylor deposed Bhop and then almost immediately flamed out! Wtf?

What do you guys think happened and can you name some more "surprise results" that probably shouldn't have happened?

Of your list, bhop vs Taylor is the most perplexing.

**chaosisme** · 05-13-2020, 10:49 AM

Mosley is one of the most overrated fighters ever. He has 1 good win against De la Hoya, and an alright win against Margarito (who only has one good win against Cotto, which has an asterisk next to it).

I picked Forrest to win that fight. I think a better fight for this thread is Forrest vs Mayorga. That was a shocker.

**Gamer30168** · 05-13-2020, 10:59 AM

Originally posted by chaosisme

Mosley is one of the most overrated fighters ever. He has 1 good win against De la Hoya, and an alright win against Margarito (who only has one good win against Cotto, which has an asterisk next to it).

I picked Forrest to win that fight. I think a better fight for this thread is Forrest vs Mayorga. That was a shocker.

Shane was slick and sharp in his younger days. I pulled him up on wiki and took a screenshot of the overview and wanted to post it but I guess it isn't that easy. Shane enjoyed a period of being ranked #1 p4p. I don't recall Forrest enjoying that same level of success. Whether or not Shane was overrated surely Forrest was a scrub in comparison

**chaosisme** · 05-13-2020, 12:12 PM

Originally posted by Gamer30168

Shane was slick and sharp in his younger days. I pulled him up on wiki and took a screenshot of the overview and wanted to post it but I guess it isn't that easy. Shane enjoyed a period of being ranked #1 p4p. I don't recall Forrest enjoying that same level of success. Whether or not Shane was overrated surely Forrest was a scrub in comparison

So we agree that he got dominated twice by a scrub who also beat him in the amateurs.

**Gamer30168** · 05-13-2020, 01:54 PM

Originally posted by chaosisme

So we agree that he got dominated twice by a scrub who also beat him in the amateurs.

Absolutely!

**Gamer30168** · 05-13-2020, 02:08 PM

Originally posted by chaosisme

So we agree that he got dominated twice by a scrub who also beat him in the amateurs.

And I use term "scrub" loosely. Vernon Forrest was certainly a good fighter. The term "scrub" is probably disrespectful and I didn't really mean it that way but I hope you guys can understand what I meant

**True-Boxing-Fan** · 05-13-2020, 02:10 PM

Originally posted by Gamer30168

In this sport of boxing sometimes we see very surprising results. I'm not talking just about robbery either. I'll give 3 examples of fights where I think the results are damned near inexplicable.

1. Mosely Vs. Forrest
Why did Forrest seem to have Mosely's number? I thought clearly Mosely was the superior fighter but I guess not, at least in those fights

2. Roy Jones Jr Vs Tarver
Again I feel like RJJ was the better overall fighter, what happened?

3. Bhop Vs Taylor?
C'mon! Bhop dominated the MW division for 10 years straight. Taylor deposed Bhop and then almost immediately flamed out! Wtf?

What do you guys think happened and can you name some more "surprise results" that probably shouldn't have happened?

Its the old adage, Styles make fights.

**real raw** · 05-13-2020, 07:28 PM

Camacho vs Haugen

Inexplicable losses?