What fights/careers have you been so wrong about in boxing?

[coghaugen11]

Quality of posters/posts has gone downhill in 8-9 years.


Thought Colin McMillan would outbox everyone, everywhere

Thought Dennis Andries would amount to nothing

Thought Lennox would lose to Mason, Ruddock, Golota and Grant

Nelson-Whitaker

Eubank-Collins (both)

Hate-Mormeck

[Bigdogsnose]

Mitchell v burns. Thought mitchell would box his ears off. Telt all my mates the odds were all wrong. Had a good bet, convinced them to.

They were lining up to chin me after ricky pummeled him in 4.

[coghaugen11]

Quality of posters/posts has gone downhill in 8-9 years.


Thought Colin McMillan would outbox everyone, everywhere

Thought Dennis Andries would amount to nothing

Thought Lennox would lose to Mason, Ruddock, Golota and Grant

Nelson-Whitaker

Eubank-Collins (both)

Hate-Mormeck

Haye*

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Dominick Guinn - I thought he was going to be the next great HW after Lewis & Tyson quit in the mid 2000s & Holyfield got living rigor-mortis.

[Wee Tommy]

Dominick Guinn - I thought he was going to be the next great HW after Lewis & Tyson quit in the mid 2000s & Holyfield got living rigor-mortis.

I thought the same. He had a big win and then went cold.

Froch I thought was a cocky wank who would never make it past British title level. I was only partly wrong.

I thought Junior Jones would be an ATG

Jones Jnr to beat Tarver and Glen Johnson.

Juan Manuel Lopez to be an ATG

Alex Arthur to beat Gomez and then become a legit world Champ and never thought he’d lose so tamely to Nicky Cook

[dookus]

Dominick Guinn - I thought he was going to be the next great HW after Lewis & Tyson quit in the mid 2000s & Holyfield got living rigor-mortis.

Froch I thought was a cocky wank who would never make it past British title level. I was only partly wrong.

For me, Warrington. I thought he'd hugely overachieved by winning the European title. Did not realise there was a fair bit more to come!

[stujones]

Two fighters who I thought would be on the P4P lists for years to come and possibly talked about in the ATG category.

Adrien Broner.
Keith Thurman.

[stujones]

Dominick Guinn - I thought he was going to be the next great HW after Lewis & Tyson quit in the mid 2000s & Holyfield got living rigor-mortis.

Froch I thought was a cocky wank who would never make it past British title level. I was only partly wrong.

For me, Warrington. I thought he'd hugely overachieved by winning the European title. Did not realise there was a fair bit more to come!

That is another good call re Warrington - although perhaps his two biggest wins might have still flattered him a little. Selby was dead at the weight and Frampton looked shot in his last fight at world class.

[REEVE]

I cant remember exactly who one of the older posters from brum (maybe orb)..used to say thomas costello was a shoe in to win a world title

[orbtastic]

Not me mate.

Was it podmore? I know CP and I were high on McDermott for a while but I don’t think I ever said he would go beyond domestic.

[orbtastic]

Remember Martin saying Hopkins was just American media hype? Lolololol

[Counter-puncher]

Not me mate.

Was it podmore? I know CP and I were high on McDermott for a while but I don’t think I ever said he would go beyond domestic.

yeah Costello was me and (maybe) Podmore too... mate you should have seen his debut though, like a young Calzaghe, he looked....

[Counter-puncher]

Remember Martin saying Hopkins was just American media hype? Lolololol

that wasn't nearly his pinnacle, though....

which was him saying 'all Floyd has got is a gameplan'

[dookus]

Froch I thought was a cocky wank who would never make it past British title level. I was only partly wrong.

For me, Warrington. I thought he'd hugely overachieved by winning the European title. Did not realise there was a fair bit more to come!

That is another good call re Warrington - although perhaps his two biggest wins might have still flattered him a little. Selby was dead at the weight and Frampton looked shot in his last fight at world class.

Very true. Still, I never had him near that level!

[JamesPhilips]

I thought Alan Temple would be a top pro

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Two fighters who I thought would be on the P4P lists for years to come and possibly talked about in the ATG category.

Adrien Broner.
Keith Thurman.

Good calls.

I also thought that greatness beckoned for both of them.

[skanksta]

Jameel "Big Time" McCline and Tyrone "Night" Nurse.

[magnus]

I still think Jorge Luis Gonzales will be THE heavyweight of the 1990s.

[margaret thatcher]

Jameel "Big Time" McCline and Tyrone "Night" Nurse.

jameel embarassed a couple of hbo hype jobs back in the day, grant and goofi whittaker. managed to drop sam peter 3x yet still lose on points in a title fight, he didnt have that killer instinct

[skanksta]

Yeah and I believed Kelly Maloney when he said...,

"Matt Ellis will be the world's first $Billion dollar athlete..!"

I didn't obvs - nobody did.

[Dioufy]

I was certain Margarito would bash Mosley,
Also thought Bellew was Commonwealth level MAX when he was getting decked by McKenzie and that bald southpaw. Forget his name.

[skanksta]

I was certain Margarito would bash Mosley,
Also thought Bellew was Commonwealth level MAX when he was getting decked by McKenzie and that bald southpaw. Forget his name.

"Box Office" Bob Ajisafe - I thought he'd achieve something too.

[Dioufy]

I was certain Margarito would bash Mosley,
Also thought Bellew was Commonwealth level MAX when he was getting decked by McKenzie and that bald southpaw. Forget his name.

"Box Office" Bob Ajisafe - I thought he'd achieve something too.

That’s the one! Made Bellend look like a novice Bellend.
Shame he had to well, wasn’t it.

[KiwiRider]

josh-ohara was seen as 50-59 at the time wasnt it

It was an upset for me. Thought the bigger man with the supposed power would take the win, and then Josh made him quit, win the WBSS and become a 4 genuine belt champ.
Hindsight eh?

[Dioufy]

Did think Martin Lindsey and Paul Appleby would enjoy world titles.
Thought Hatton would be too big for Pacquaio.
Thought Witter would beat Bradley.
Malignaggi would make Hatton potentially look silly.
John McDermott would beat Fury 2nd time.