Upsets

[leejonesjnr]

Another favorite fight Calzaghe vs Jeff Lacy!
Calzaghe absolutely battered Lacy, great great performance. The crowd where in awe that night of Calzaghe's combos fantastic.

It’s the manner of the victory that made that an upset.
Lacy was certainly the favourite but it was 60/40 or closer, though there were worries about JCs hands too

They brought Lacy over thinking he was the next big thing and was quite heavily favored going in.

'They' (Shaw and the team) might have expected easy pickings from a spent force but thats not how I remember the build up or perception of the boxing establishment here, I can't really add to what I have already said, I recall the general feeling to be 'Lacy has been killing people, is JC as good as we think?'

EDIT
A quick google seems to suggest that we over here also expected Joe Calzaghe to be smashed with ease.

EDIT EDIT
Further investigation puts me back to it being highly debated and pretty even predictions.

[Stuarty]

Not exactly past (no where near, in fact) but Hopkins beating Trinidad in 2001 was a massive upset. Most boxing writers had Trinidad down as a dead cert to win. I think that in Ring magazine out of about 40 boxing writers/heads only one went for Hopkins. It was a massive surprise when Trinidad was schooled, beaten up over 11 rounds and then stopped in the final round.

Brilliant fight

[tiny_acres]

Great topic. Brings back a ton of memories

[stu 27]

Wayne elcock getting stopped in the first round by Lawrence Murphy

[littlepug]

On a lower level Ryan Rhodes reclaiming the british title from the champion whose name escapes me right now

[Gnome]

Wlad Klitschko v Corey Sanders.

[Stuarty]

On a lower level Ryan Rhodes reclaiming the british title from the champion whose name escapes me right now

Gary Woolcombe or something? Can't mind haha

[littlepug]

On a lower level Ryan Rhodes reclaiming the british title from the champion whose name escapes me right now

Gary Woolcombe or something? Can't mind haha

Thats him, 11 years after first winning it !

[Stuarty]

Wayne elcock getting stopped in the first round by Lawrence Murphy

I was at that one as well. Harrison Medina rematch. Arnie Farnell beat him after that didn't he?

[Stuarty]

On a lower level Ryan Rhodes reclaiming the british title from the champion whose name escapes me right now

Gary Woolcombe or something? Can't mind haha

Thats him, 11 years after first winning it !

I really enjoyed that phase of Rhodes career from that win. His fight with Moore was epic

[littlepug]

Gary Woolcombe or something? Can't mind haha

Thats him, 11 years after first winning it !

I really enjoyed that phase of Rhodes career from that win. His fight with Moore was epic

Yeah it was fun, must have been about 11 years seperating his 2 world title challenges also

[Taansend]

Jim Watt v Sean O'Grady.

Watt was 32 and an old 32. O'Grady was 21 with a 75-1 record and expected to smash old Jim.

But (and I haven't seen it since watching it live on telly) a few Glasgow kisses sorted the young Yank out

[Gnome]

Nobuhiro Ishida v James Kirkland, 1st round TKO

Here's a preview of the fight

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/6596 ... ds-tonight

[SamWise72]

Michael watson vs Mike Mccallum.
Azumah Nelson vs take your pick, there was a few of them

Watson McCallum? Who was expecting Watson to win that one? Watson -Benn, definitely.

[Stuarty]

Jim Watt v Sean O'Grady.

Watt was 32 and an old 32. O'Grady was 21 with a 75-1 record and expected to smash old Jim.

But (and I haven't seen it since watching it live on telly) a few Glasgow kisses sorted the young Yank out

Yasss bruv

[Stuarty]

Thats him, 11 years after first winning it !

I really enjoyed that phase of Rhodes career from that win. His fight with Moore was epic

Yeah it was fun, must have been about 11 years seperating his 2 world title challenges also

I was gutted when he lost his first one against Grant. I was only 13 at the time. Was very emotional

[Boxerbeetle]

Nobuhiro Ishida v James Kirkland, 1st round TKO

Here's a preview of the fight

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/6596 ... ds-tonight

That fight was hilarious, Kirkland looked like he’d never even been in a fight before

[Taansend]

Jim Watt v Sean O'Grady.

Watt was 32 and an old 32. O'Grady was 21 with a 75-1 record and expected to smash old Jim.

But (and I haven't seen it since watching it live on telly) a few Glasgow kisses sorted the young Yank out

Yasss bruv

Here you go Mate

[Stuarty]

Jim Watt v Sean O'Grady.

Watt was 32 and an old 32. O'Grady was 21 with a 75-1 record and expected to smash old Jim.

But (and I haven't seen it since watching it live on telly) a few Glasgow kisses sorted the young Yank out

Yasss bruv

Here you go Mate

Cheers mate. I'll watch that in the morning after I've been out and done a bit

[Taansend]

Yasss bruv

Here you go Mate

Cheers mate. I'll watch that in the morning after I've been out and done a bit

It was live on primetime tv back then. Free.

[Stuarty]

Here you go Mate

Cheers mate. I'll watch that in the morning after I've been out and done a bit

It was live on primetime tv back then. Free.

He's a Rangers man is Jim. I'm sure he fought at Ibrox

[HyacinthusTurnipseed]

Orlando Salido vs Vasyl Lomachenko
Michael Cabajal vs Jorge Arce
Bernard Hopkins vs Jean Pascal
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam vs Koki Kameda

[dubliner]

Kiko martinez knocking bernard dunne out in 58 seconds, ouch

Yeah sore one! Martinez was young and up n coming at the time though, His war with Córdoba was something else!

Yeah great come back from the martinez defeat but then he had a similer defeat to poonsawat not long after. Dunne was chinney at super bantam always felt he should of stayed at feather when he came home from the states.

[leejonesjnr]

Brian Rose v Carson Jones perhaps?

[Stuarty]

Brian Rose v Carson Jones perhaps?

Another good one