BoxRec

Any upsets you can think of where a guy is considered past it but beats a young champion/contender?

Foreman v Moorer is an obvious one,

Enjoyed Jhonny Gonzalez knocking out Mares as well

Discuss....

Stuarty wrote: ↑21 Jun 2018, 13:33 Any upsets you can think of where a guy is considered past it but beats a young champion/contender?

Foreman v Moorer is an obvious one,

Enjoyed Jhonny Gonzalez knocking out Mares as well

Discuss....

That's the one i thought of instantly,Hopkins v Pavlik was another.

bigjack wrote: ↑21 Jun 2018, 13:34

Stuarty wrote: ↑21 Jun 2018, 13:33 Any upsets you can think of where a guy is considered past it but beats a young champion/contender?

Foreman v Moorer is an obvious one,

Enjoyed Jhonny Gonzalez knocking out Mares as well

Discuss....

That's the one i thought of instantly,Hopkins v Pavlik was another.

Hopkins was really good to watch in the fight for a change! In and out very sharp, loads of combinations, excellent movement! Completely took Pavlik to school! Good shout

Holmes v Mercer is another.

Haye-Thompson
Graham-Johnson

David Lemieux vs Marco Antonio Rubio was a good one

I don’t remember exactly whether it was a big upset or not, but I think Julius Francis v Danny Williams meets the criteria of a young contender getting beaten by a ‘past it’ champ?

Kiko martinez knocking bernard dunne out in 58 seconds, ouch

Boxerbeetle wrote: ↑21 Jun 2018, 13:51 I don’t remember exactly whether it was a big upset or not, but I think Julius Francis v Danny Williams meets the criteria of a young contender getting beaten by a ‘past it’ champ?

I watched that the other week.

Medina v Scott Harrison.

dubliner wrote: ↑21 Jun 2018, 14:16 Kiko martinez knocking bernard dunne out in 58 seconds, ouch

Yeah sore one! Martinez was young and up n coming at the time though, His war with Córdoba was something else!

TheGoods wrote: ↑21 Jun 2018, 14:26 Medina v Scott Harrison.

Great shout. I was there. Gutted lol.

Duran v Davey Moore. Moore went off 2/5 favourite to win that.

David Price v Tony Thompson

Hearns vs Virgil Hill

Hopkins was an 11/4 underdog vs Pavlik

TheGoods wrote: ↑21 Jun 2018, 14:27 Duran v Davey Moore. Moore went off 2/5 favourite to win that.

Great example. Duran had looked subpar leading up to this bout. I honestly thought Davey was going to beat him handily

leejonesjnr wrote: ↑21 Jun 2018, 16:30 David Price v Tony Thompson

Forgot about that one

tiny_acres wrote: ↑21 Jun 2018, 16:58

TheGoods wrote: ↑21 Jun 2018, 14:27 Duran v Davey Moore. Moore went off 2/5 favourite to win that.

Great example. Duran had looked subpar leading up to this bout. I honestly thought Davey was going to beat him handily

One of my favorite fights. Moore got systematically broken down by Duran's sublime boxing skills that night, brilliant performance by Duran.

Terry Norris v Simon Brown

Another favorite fight Calzaghe vs Jeff Lacy!
Calzaghe absolutely battered Lacy, great great performance. The crowd where in awe that night of Calzaghe's combos fantastic.

Rexob wrote: ↑21 Jun 2018, 17:11 Another favorite fight Calzaghe vs Jeff Lacy!
Calzaghe absolutely battered Lacy, great great performance. The crowd where in awe that night of Calzaghe's combos fantastic.

It’s the manner of the victory that made that an upset.
Lacy was certainly the favourite but it was 60/40 or closer, though there were worries about JCs hands too

Michael watson vs Mike Mccallum.
Azumah Nelson vs take your pick, there was a few of them

leejonesjnr wrote: ↑21 Jun 2018, 17:14

Rexob wrote: ↑21 Jun 2018, 17:11 Another favorite fight Calzaghe vs Jeff Lacy!
Calzaghe absolutely battered Lacy, great great performance. The crowd where in awe that night of Calzaghe's combos fantastic.

It’s the manner of the victory that made that an upset.
Lacy was certainly the favourite but it was 60/40 or closer, though there were worries about JCs hands too

They brought Lacy over thinking he was the next big thing and was quite heavily favored going in.

Not exactly past (no where near, in fact) but Hopkins beating Trinidad in 2001 was a massive upset. Most boxing writers had Trinidad down as a dead cert to win. I think that in Ring magazine out of about 40 boxing writers/heads only one went for Hopkins. It was a massive surprise when Trinidad was schooled, beaten up over 11 rounds and then stopped in the final round.