Upsets

[littlepug]

Derek Angol v Tyrone Booze

[Deserter]

Glen Johnson vs Toks Owoh

Julius Francis vs Pele Reid

Wally Swift Jnr vs Tony Collins

[danconnollyeire]

Glen Johnson vs Roy Jones Jr

[Deserter]

Glen Johnson vs Roy Jones Jr

It was an upset, but Jones doesn't really fit the OP's talk about up and comers given he'd just come off the Tarver KO loss.

[leejonesjnr]

Glen Johnson vs Roy Jones Jr

It was an upset, but Jones doesn't really fit the OP's talk about up and comers given he'd just come off the Tarver KO loss.

And Roy is younger than Johnson but only by a few months

[Rexob]

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.

Watson was 26 when he fought Benn not exactly past it.

[Taansend]

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.

Watson was 26 when he fought Benn not exactly past it.

Yeah, they were both up & coming prospects

[PredatorHayds]

Other end of the scale but William Warburton has done it a few times.

His Mano Lee one probably the biggest.
Good bit of hype about Lee in South Wales.
Warburton got up for it and beat him twice.

[Englishfan]

The 2 that spring to mind for me is

Benn v McClennan.
Benn written off as having no chance

Alex Arthur v Michael Gomez
Although to be fair, Gomez was a class although inconsistent fighter so not sure how much of an underdog he actually was

[TheGman]

Glen Johnson vs Roy Jones Jr

It was an upset, but Jones doesn't really fit the OP's talk about up and comers given he'd just come off the Tarver KO loss.

Think he means johnson being the old fighter and beating the young guy,was huge upset,i had jones as the p4p fighter for the previous 10-11 years before tarver 2

[Rexob]

The 2 that spring to mind for me is

Benn v McClennan.
Benn written off as having no chance

Alex Arthur v Michael Gomez
Although to be fair, Gomez was a class although inconsistent fighter so not sure how much of an underdog he actually was

Another 2 of my favourite fights absolutely loved Gomez demolishing the overhyped big headed twat Arthur.

[TheGman]

The 2 that spring to mind for me is

Benn v McClennan.
Benn written off as having no chance

Alex Arthur v Michael Gomez
Although to be fair, Gomez was a class although inconsistent fighter so not sure how much of an underdog he actually was

I was thinking benn McClellan aswell mate,forgot about gomez tho lol

[Lenny Cravats]

38 Year old Javier Castillejo knocking out 27 year old, heavy favourite Felix Sturm with a thunderous punch has got to be near the top of the list.
He was well behind on points in the 10th round as well.

[rubberneck]

38 Year old Javier Castillejo knocking out 27 year old, heavy favourite Felix Sturm with a thunderous punch has got to be near the top of the list.
He was well behind on points in the 10th round as well.

Had never seen this before. Such a vicious left hook followed by 3 vicious left uppercuts and then a left hook to the body. And a perfectly timed intervention by the ref.
Great stuff.

[Deserter]

Glen Johnson vs Roy Jones Jr

It was an upset, but Jones doesn't really fit the OP's talk about up and comers given he'd just come off the Tarver KO loss.

Think he means johnson being the old fighter and beating the young guy,was huge upset,i had jones as the p4p fighter for the previous 10-11 years before tarver 2

I'm perfectly aware of that. And I'll simply state what I've already said - Jones was coming off a KO defeat to Tarver and he was not at that point regarded by anyone as either an up and comer or even p4p . He was in the 15th year of his career as a pro and it was 11 years after he'd first won a world title by beating Hopkins. He doesn't meet any of the criteria specified by the OP. Not sure what about that isn't clear.

[TheGman]

It was an upset, but Jones doesn't really fit the OP's talk about up and comers given he'd just come off the Tarver KO loss.

Think he means johnson being the old fighter and beating the young guy,was huge upset,i had jones as the p4p fighter for the previous 10-11 years before tarver 2

I'm perfectly aware of that. And I'll simply state what I've already said - Jones was coming off a KO defeat to Tarver and he was not at that point regarded by anyone as either an up and comer or even p4p . He was in the 15th year of his career as a pro and it was 11 years after he'd first won a world title by beating Hopkins. He doesn't meet any of the criteria specified by the OP. Not sure what about that isn't clear.

Wow did you have too many sherbets last night pal? Easy tiger easy

[Deserter]

Think he means johnson being the old fighter and beating the young guy,was huge upset,i had jones as the p4p fighter for the previous 10-11 years before tarver 2

I'm perfectly aware of that. And I'll simply state what I've already said - Jones was coming off a KO defeat to Tarver and he was not at that point regarded by anyone as either an up and comer or even p4p . He was in the 15th year of his career as a pro and it was 11 years after he'd first won a world title by beating Hopkins. He doesn't meet any of the criteria specified by the OP. Not sure what about that isn't clear.

Wow did you have too many sherbets last night pal? Easy tiger easy

Haha! The truth is I actually did
All cool man, I'm back to sobriety...

[bigjack]

The 2 that spring to mind for me is

Benn v McClennan.
Benn written off as having no chance

Alex Arthur v Michael Gomez
Although to be fair, Gomez was a class although inconsistent fighter so not sure how much of an underdog he actually was

I don't think Benn was considered past it,he was the reigning WBC champ,the reason he was written off is because of McClellans crazy punching power.

[TheGman]

I'm perfectly aware of that. And I'll simply state what I've already said - Jones was coming off a KO defeat to Tarver and he was not at that point regarded by anyone as either an up and comer or even p4p . He was in the 15th year of his career as a pro and it was 11 years after he'd first won a world title by beating Hopkins. He doesn't meet any of the criteria specified by the OP. Not sure what about that isn't clear.

Wow did you have too many sherbets last night pal? Easy tiger easy

Haha! The truth is I actually did
All cool man, I'm back to sobriety...

Haha good man,hope you had a good night

[Deserter]

Wow did you have too many sherbets last night pal? Easy tiger easy

Haha! The truth is I actually did
All cool man, I'm back to sobriety...

Haha good man,hope you had a good night

I did man.... paying a terrible price for it now though!

[black panther]

Danny Williams vs Scott Gammer


Great thread! Toks Awoh! That’s a name I haven’t heard in about a decade.

[leejonesjnr]

More or less everyone that boxed Arthur Abraham from about 2014 on as everyone always felt sure he was ready to be had.

[JC]

The most obvious one of all - Ali vs Foreman.

Shane Mosley Vs Margarito.

[bennie]

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

Jim was the pre-fight favourite because most of O'Grady's 75 wins came in his native Oklahoma and were handpicked by Pat O'Grady, his father, manager and promoter. Don't get me wrong, O'Grady could fight but you had to be somebody special to beat southpaw Watt in his own Glasgow and the Scot boxed O'Grady's ears off for much of the fight, which people tend to forget. The champion was ahead on all three cards at the finish.

[bennie]

Mike Weaver's stunning two-round win over Carl "The Truth" Williams falls well into this category. Williams had just given Larry Holmes 15 rounds of hell for the world heavyweight title while Weaver, an ex-champion, was only there as a stepping stone. The muscled ex-marine failed to read the script.