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2017-01-28 wasn't the day for many favorites...

Posted: 29 Jan 2017, 09:56
by imaioral
Yesterday wasn't expecting some results since their opponents came prepared for the fight. Those a bit more expected to win like: Steven Butler, Carl Frampton, Francisco Vargas, Miguel Roman (and even for a few Dejan Zlaticanin) had their loss over long time winning straights and undefeated career.

Such a great and exciting day for boxing it worth it. :clap:

Salut to the winners they deserved it. :salut:

Re: 2017-01-28 wasn't the day for many favorites...

Posted: 29 Jan 2017, 10:02
by Boxing Prospect
Vargas and Frampton were the two upsets
Roman was actually the under-dog, however the odds moved from Miura being a 1/4 favourite to being a 4/6 (ish) favourite by fight night

Re: 2017-01-28 wasn't the day for many favorites...

Posted: 29 Jan 2017, 11:03
by imaioral
Boxing Prospect wrote:Vargas and Frampton were the two upsets
Roman was actually the under-dog, however the odds moved from Miura being a 1/4 favourite to being a 4/6 (ish) favourite by fight night
Agreed both being not an upset like 1st defeat Uchiyama vs Corrales or Andrzej Fonfara by Joe Smith, but a "justifiable disappointment" since their opponents were good (some coming from long time winnings) and came prepared for it, so it was possible their defeats and thus happened. Actually to all I quoted IMO...

I considered Roman due to him being almost 4 years without a loss, more active in 2016 and better rated than Miura until the fight.