Boxing's Biggest Underdogs

'Rocket'Rigby · Post by **'Rocket'Rigby** » 01 Dec 2006, 13:30

Just wondered who would come in at #1 in this category. Obviously; Tommy Burns, Max Schmeling, Jimmy Braddock and James Douglas can be ranked but any others...and who out out of all of them officially was the biggest underdog? I heard Tommy Burns was a 17/1 shot...

JCS · Post by **JCS** » 01 Dec 2006, 13:34

Buster Douglas vs. Tyson of course.. 42/1 was it? In the current scene, people are referring to Gavin Topp as a 26 or 28 to 1 dog against Sturm.

kick asner · Post by **kick asner** » 01 Dec 2006, 16:07

expug thought of this one from another thread so I thought I would borrow it and inject it here. Billy Backus defeated Jose Napoles on cuts. Backus was an unbeleivably big undergog in that fight.

BoxBuzz · Post by **BoxBuzz** » 01 Dec 2006, 16:12

Boxing is like the NFL if the opponents are truly good. Anything can happen which is why in the old days the VERY BEST fighters were not even given notice until they had a few losses.

This over grooming of "Bozo's with O's" is a very strange breeding ground for fierce "junkyard" records being carried around by lapdogs.

Can I get an amen here?

JC · Post by JC » 01 Dec 2006, 17:13

Preach on brother!

Nels · Post by **Nels** » 03 Dec 2006, 11:56

BoxBuzz wrote:Boxing is like the NFL if the opponents are truly good. Anything can happen which is why in the old days the VERY BEST fighters were not even given notice until they had a few losses.

This over grooming of "Bozo's with O's" is a very strange breeding ground for fierce "junkyard" records being carried around by lapdogs.

Can I get an amen here?

Amen!

Brother 'Buzz has felt the spirit move across the face of his waters, so to speak...

barry · Post by **barry** » 03 Dec 2006, 12:36

>>>Can I get an amen here?<<<

AMEN

Jesse Ferguson against Riddick Bowe was a huge underdog.

If there was any betting for the following bout then it would have to be among the biggest of odds for Emilio Hernandez versus Carlos Zarate in 1978. Hernandez was not even really a novice fighter and Zarate looked unbeatable, all-time great with a record of 50-0-0 (49 KO) going into that fight!