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Top Upsets 1980-2004

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Anybody know why there was none awarded in 1991? Surely there were some upsets! What about this year, do you think McBride will get it?

1980 - Yasutsune Uehara KO 6 Sammy Serrano
1981 - Roger Stafford UD 10 Pipino Cuevas
1982 - Kirkland Laing UD 10 Roberto Duran
1983 - Gerrie Coetzee KO 10 Michael Dokes
1984 - Gene Hatcher TKO 11 Johnny Bumphus
1985 - Michael Spinks UD 15 Larry Holmes
1986 - Lloyd Honeyghan TKO 6 Donald Curry
1987 - Sugar Ray Leonard SD 12 Marvin Hagler
1988 - Iran Barkley TKO 3 Thomas Hearns
1989 - Rene Jacquot UD 12 Donald Curry
1990 - Buster Douglas KO 10 Mike Tyson
1991 - No award given
1992 - Azumah Nelson TKO 8 Jeff Fenech
1993 - Simon Brown KO 4 Terry Norris
1994 - Vuyani Bungu UD 12 Kennedy McKinney
1995 - Willy Salazar TKO 7 Danny Romero
1996 - Evander Holyfield TKO 11 Mike Tyson
1997 - Vince Phillips TKO 10 Kostya Tszyu
1998 - Ivan Robinson SD 10 Arturo Gatti
1999 - Willy Wise UD 10 Julio Cesar Chavez
2000 - Jose Luis Castillo MD 12 Stevie Johnston
2001 - Hasim Rahman KO 5 Lennox Lewis
2002 - Juan Carlos Rubio UD 10 Francisco Bojado
2003 - Corrie Sanders TKO 2 Wladimir Klitschko
2004 - Glen Johnson KO 9 Roy Jones Jr.
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johnswan1 wrote:Anybody know why there was none awarded in 1991? Surely there were some upsets! What about this year, do you think McBride will get it?

1980 - Yasutsune Uehara KO 6 Sammy Serrano
1981 - Roger Stafford UD 10 Pipino Cuevas
1982 - Kirkland Laing UD 10 Roberto Duran
1983 - Gerrie Coetzee KO 10 Michael Dokes
1984 - Gene Hatcher TKO 11 Johnny Bumphus
1985 - Michael Spinks UD 15 Larry Holmes
1986 - Lloyd Honeyghan TKO 6 Donald Curry
1987 - Sugar Ray Leonard SD 12 Marvin Hagler
1988 - Iran Barkley TKO 3 Thomas Hearns
1989 - Rene Jacquot UD 12 Donald Curry
1990 - Buster Douglas KO 10 Mike Tyson
1991 - No award given
1992 - Azumah Nelson TKO 8 Jeff Fenech
1993 - Simon Brown KO 4 Terry Norris
1994 - Vuyani Bungu UD 12 Kennedy McKinney
1995 - Willy Salazar TKO 7 Danny Romero
1996 - Evander Holyfield TKO 11 Mike Tyson
1997 - Vince Phillips TKO 10 Kostya Tszyu
1998 - Ivan Robinson SD 10 Arturo Gatti
1999 - Willy Wise UD 10 Julio Cesar Chavez
2000 - Jose Luis Castillo MD 12 Stevie Johnston
2001 - Hasim Rahman KO 5 Lennox Lewis
2002 - Juan Carlos Rubio UD 10 Francisco Bojado
2003 - Corrie Sanders TKO 2 Wladimir Klitschko
2004 - Glen Johnson KO 9 Roy Jones Jr.
Maussa's win over harris is a shoe in!!
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Post by johnswan1 »

Yeah, in fact I don't think the McBride-Tyson fight should be considered for anything, it was a joke. Maussa over Harris or Raheem over Morales for me.
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Post by Old bones Ian »

Zahir Raheem for his win over Morales might get a look in.
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Post by MightyWarrior »

Maussa over Hatton maybe?? Hatton over Tszyu was unexpected...yep the McBride fight is meaningless.

Honeyghan's year was 1986, otherwise it'd have gone to Edwin Rosario upsetting Bramble.

People will look back at the 2002 winner and wonder who the hell are they?
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Surely Morales-Raheem would be a strong contender surely, no one expected Raheem to do the job, it was a warm up blowout in some people's eyes.
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Post by Jack Berrisford »

Anybody know why there was none awarded in 1991? Surely there were some upsets!
Are these upsets from The Ring? I think there was no award in '91 because that was the year they went bankrupt.
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johnswan1 wrote:Anybody know why there was none awarded in 1991? Surely there were some upsets!
Toney over Michael Nunn might've got it in 91
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Post by stujones »

Taylor vs Hopkins was a pretty big upset this year.

Soto vs Juarez was a another biggie.

Surprised not to see Little vs Nunn on that list and Booth vs Sheika.
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rahman upset vitali by wanting to fight him
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McBride beating Tyson was an upset of sorts, but given Tyson's recent form it really wasn't THAT much of a surprise.
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1984 Meza - Garza

1989 Jaquot - Curry

1990 Norris - Mugabi
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Post by stujones »

Definately would have had Williams vs Tyson as a bigger upset than Johnson vs Jones.
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Post by dve3333 »

Jameel McClines loss to Zuri Lawrence was a pretty big shock although lower profile
At British level Ricky Burns beating Graham Earl was a shocker as well
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stujones wrote:Definately would have had Williams vs Tyson as a bigger upset than Johnson vs Jones.
Agree with that. Tyson hadn't been beaten for a while, and for the first two rounds looked like the usual Tyson stuff. Then Williams refused to budge and Tyson capitulated. For the McBride fight, Tyson wasn't even in it from the start. Slow and ponderous, he looked nothing like the Tyson at the start of the Williams fight, let alone his old self.

The victory against Tyson for Williams is a bigger upset for me at least. How many people predicted him to win (apart from me, winning 660 pounds - rounds 3-5 at 66/1)
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I won money on Williams beating Tyson, actually. 8)
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1987? For the TV execs - Starling - Curry
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jeej wrote:I won money on Williams beating Tyson, actually. 8)
and me, went for Williams in 4 (thanks to me dream).
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Post by Manos de Oro »

KO Atrist wrote:1987? For the TV execs - Starling - Curry
Don't you mean Curry - McCallum? As for Starling - Curry: I got the rematch about a year ago after bennie (who used to post on here) recommended it. Top fight...
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Post by Raff The Frenchman »

you seem to be forgetting Virgill HILL KO1 Fabrice Tiozzo
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Stevie cruz v Barry Mcguigan
Roberto Duran vDavey Moore
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Raff The Frenchman wrote:you seem to be forgetting Virgill HILL KO1 Fabrice Tiozzo
Or Hearns W12 Hill 1991
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