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Robinson/Turpin

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Jesse Burnett over galindez really shouldn't have been as big as it was. I loved that guy, screwed by his manager and judges alike. But capable of beating just about any of the Light Heavyweights around in one of the divisions Golden eras.

Both he and Lonnie Bennett were exceptionally talented, I thought. The latter just lacked the durability. Both had superb left hands. Great jabs.

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Ali/Norton was HUGE. We all sometimes forget about some like that because of what transpires later on. But I don't think anybody in the world thought Kenny was going to win, and win decisively at that.

Agreed. I think this was a bigger upset than Tyson/Douglas, because Douglas had at least established a track record against top HWs prior to the Tyson fight. Prior to his upset over Ali, Norton's best win was probably against fringe contender Henry Clark, while Douglas had beaten Williams, Berbick and McCall leading up to the Tyson fight.

dajuggernaut wrote:Robinson/Turpin

A massive upset at the time definitely one of the biggest upsets of all time... Just reminded of an old chap I used to work with who said he sparred with Randolph Turpin when he was younger, he said Turpin gave him a black eye so he didn't want to spar with him again

BarryWashington wrote:

p4p1 wrote:no matter which way you spin it tyson duglas was huge

DLH vs pac at the time was huge

Sure it was huge, but, 42-1 huge? No fuckin' way. Douglas' performances against : Mike Williams, Oliver McCall, Trevor Berbick & Tony Tucker showed that Douglas (when properly prepared & motivated) was a dangerous HW.

I agree, but you have to remember, Tyson was walking through guys such as Spinks & Carl Williams, who were, so the experts said, a lot better than Douglas.

Douglas-Tyson is THE One rematch I'd have loved to have seen more than any other!

not as big as some of the others on here but i remember being pretty shocked when baldomir beat Judah