Fights journeymen were not supposed to win.

[Wake up call]

Many of the names listed aren't really journeymen.

William Warburton beating Jason Welborn is one I would consider a real journeyman upset. In fact, Warburton beating anyone would be considered a journeyman winning a fight he wasn't supposed to.

[skanksta]

Many of the names listed aren't really journeymen.

William Warburton beating Jason Welborn is one I would consider a real journeyman upset. In fact, Warburton beating anyone would be considered a journeyman winning a fight he wasn't supposed to.

Good shout.
A lot of these are just upsets - not WTF ? did that guy with 23 L's just beat a prospect

[Matt W]

Kevin McBride vs Tyson. Obviously Tyson was well done by the point but I still don't think many expected McBride to finish him off.

[hhaehre]

Billy Backus taking the title from Jose Napoles
Cookie Wallace beat Scott LeDoux, Johnny Boudreaux and amateur star Nick Wells. Cookie was the quintessential trial horse.

[REEVE]

Will warburton and nathan hardy are the two best away fighters on the circuit

...i wonder how far will could go if he was afforded a propa camp etc

[Old bones Ian]

Carlo Colarusso Vs Glenn Catley , although Colarusso wouldn’t of called himself a journeyman, he was 10-8 at the time and Catley was 7-0.
The win earned Colarusso a British title shot, he was stopped by Neville Brown after giving the champion a tough night.

Also Sugar Gibiliru was 12-27-7 when he got a shot at the British Superfeather title against class boxer Robert Dickie, but Gibiliru upset the odds to win in a big upset.

I was there that night, Carlo is a pal of mine too, great win for him, proper hard case but proper nice guy too.

Good to know mate, Carlo was the type of boxer who never gave anyone an easy night

[Matt Teague]

Jon Thaxton winning against Paul scrap iron Ryan (brutal KO)

Then losing to Emanuel Augustus

[gilgamesh]

While everyone keeps naming specific examples I gotta say my answer was the most accurate.

A Journeyman is NEVER supposed to beat the name fighter. NEVER. Every single time it's ever happened it was an upset, and spoiled the Promoters intended plans.

[dapug]

Anthony Campbell v Philip N'Dou

[Deserter]

While everyone keeps naming specific examples I gotta say my answer was the most accurate.

A Journeyman is NEVER supposed to beat the name fighter. NEVER. Every single time it's ever happened it was an upset, and spoiled the Promoters intended plans.

No it wasn't, because that wasn't what was posed. The OP was clearly asking people to share examples of where journeymen upset the fighter expected to win.

[jameswilson]

Not sure if he’s been mentioned but I’ve just seen that Brett Fidoe is on a 4 fight win streak.

[Cholo_cws]

Blaine Logsdon was 21-18-2 (according to Boxrec) when he beat Slobodan Kacar who was having his second fight since losing his IBF light-heavyweight title and unbeaten record to Bobby Czyz.

[spudder56]

Not sure if mentioned but steve Robinson was the ultimate one really from journeyman to worlds champ he best Jon Davison in big upset

Yeah I remember it well it was a real upset

[spudder56]

Not sure if mentioned but steve Robinson was the ultimate one really from journeyman to worlds champ he best Jon Davison in big upset

Yeah I remember it well it was a real upset

Another big shock was late sub Shane mcphilbin upsetting Leon williams for the British cruiser weight title nobody gave Shane a chance in this one

[rubberneck]

I remember watching a card on Eurosport 21 years ago(!!)
Jamie Mckeever (4-0-0)vs John T Kelly (20-23-6).
Kelly outpointed Mckeever handily and had him down once and rocking on several occasions. Kelly only had 1 ko win on his record.

[Controversial]

Maurice Harris (18-12-2) upsetting the odds by knocking out unbeaten prospect Siarhei Liakhovich (16-0)

[Deserter]

Jimmy Vincent stopping David Walker, who was 15-0-1 at the time.

[spudder56]

Jimmy Vincent stopping David Walker, who was 15-0-1 at the time.

Yeah I remember that one jimmy Vincent was a very underrated fighter but certainly people around jimmy knew what he was capable of

[Autobarn]

Mark Wills against Greg Page--twice!

Bigfoot over Tim Witherspoon.

Jesse Ferguson over Obed Sullivan.

Remember when Alex Garcia turned down million dollar paydays vs Foreman and Bowe, feeling he wasn't 'ready', then got whacked for a grand versus Mike Dixon?

Garing Lane then did it again to Garcia!

Great choice. I’d even forgotten that one.

[Tuan_Jim]

Maurice Harris (18-12-2) upsetting the odds by knocking out unbeaten prospect Siarhei Liakhovich (16-0)

He also upset Jimmy Thunder with a crushing face-down knockout, and nearly upset Larry Holmes a fight later. A handy fighter for a few years.

[Tuan_Jim]

Mark Wills against Greg Page--twice!

Bigfoot over Tim Witherspoon.

Jesse Ferguson over Obed Sullivan.

Remember when Alex Garcia turned down million dollar paydays vs Foreman and Bowe, feeling he wasn't 'ready', then got whacked for a grand versus Mike Dixon?

Garing Lane then did it again to Garcia!

Great choice. I’d even forgotten that one.

Yeah, people go straight to the Mercer fight with Ferguson. Sullivan was a wonderful late stage performance from the Boogieman. Sullivan was in the top 10 at the time. I keep meaning to put my copy on Youtube, as the one that's up there is horrible quality.

Ferguson also destroyed Samson Pouha and Bobby Harris in upsets.

[Controversial]

Maurice Harris (18-12-2) upsetting the odds by knocking out unbeaten prospect Siarhei Liakhovich (16-0)

He also upset Jimmy Thunder with a crushing face-down knockout, and nearly upset Larry Holmes a fight later. A handy fighter for a few years.

Indeed, although to be fair Holmes was 48

Harris also took the 0 from touted amateur turned pro David Izon who was 18-0, Harris was 5-6-2 at that point.


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[Ezzard]

Najib Daho over Pat Cowdell was a big one. Daho not a journeyman but not considered to be at that level.

[Deserter]

Najib Daho over Pat Cowdell was a big one. Daho not a journeyman but not considered to be at that level.

That’s why I mentioned it earlier mate

[bripez]

Najib Daho over Pat Cowdell was a big one. Daho not a journeyman but not considered to be at that level.

I used to love Fight Night with Gary Newbon and the likes of Daho and Sugar Gibiliru were winning British titles - great stuff