Besides Lacy and Calzage name a time where the heavy favorite was destroyed.
I was just tryin to remember a fight where a heavily picked favorite in a fight but the so called experts and fans not only lost the fight but destroyed from the begining to end. I thought Tyson and Douglass, but even Tyson had one or two moments in his loss.
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Tyson v Holyfield I
Honeyghan v Curry
Spring to mind.
Lacy wasn't a big favourite in UK ;)
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Barrera vs. Pacquiao I
Trinidad-Hopkins
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Norris vs. Simon
Tyson vs. Douglas
Hearns vs. Barkley
Wladdy vs. Corrie
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Barrera vs Hamed
IIRC I think Trinidad was a bigger favorite against Wright since it was though that you needed to have good movement to beat Tito and Winky was never known for a mover. I don't think anybody expected Winky to just stand there with his hands up and 1-2 Tito to death for 12 rounds.
Also Tarver vs Hopkins. B-Hop had just come out of 2 straight losses and moved up 2 weight classes against the man who beat the unbeatable Jones Jr., not to mention he was also 40 years old. I many don't have a very high opinion on Tarver but at the time he was a heavy favorite.
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I forgot about winky and tito now that most definitley is a time because winky beat tito ass from the begining to the end and tito didn't have a moment in that fight where he even looked like he stood a chance.
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Others that came to mind...
Rosario vs. Hiranuka
Monzon vs. Nino
Humberto vs. Saman
Schemling vs. Louis II
'Kid' Diaz vs. Valenzuela
Roger vs. Rocky
Junior Jones vs. JMJackson II
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Nate Campbell vs. Kid Diamond.
That was a beatdown. And I loved every minute of it.
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Marco Antonio Barrera vs Junior Jones 1
Azumah Nelson vs Jeff Fenech 2
Mike Tyson vs Buster Douglas
Tommy Morrison vs Michael Bentt
Rocky Lockridge vs Roger Mayweather
Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield 1
Lloyd Honeyghan vs Donald Curry
Bernard Hopkins vs Felix Trinidad
Kostya Tszyu vs Vince Phillips
Randy Turpin vs Sugar Ray Robinson 1
Gene Tunney vs Jack Dempsey 1
Floyd Patterson vs Ingemar Johansson 1
Carlos Baldomir vs Zab Judah
Joe Louis vs Max Schemling 1
Humberto Gonzalez vs Saman Sorjaturong
Manny Pacquiao vs Marco Antonio Barrera 1
Thomas Hearns vs Iran Barkley 1
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Originally Posted by Ice Cold Boxing
Marco Antonio Barrera vs Junior Jones 1
Azumah Nelson vs Jeff Fenech 2
Mike Tyson vs Buster Douglas
Tommy Morrison vs Michael Bentt
Rocky Lockridge vs Roger Mayweather
Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield 1
Lloyd Honeyghan vs Donald Curry
Bernard Hopkins vs Felix Trinidad
Kostya Tszyu vs Vince Phillips
Randy Turpin vs Sugar Ray Robinson 1
Gene Tunney vs Jack Dempsey 1
Floyd Patterson vs Ingemar Johansson 1
Carlos Baldomir vs Zab Judah
Joe Louis vs Max Schemling 1
Humberto Gonzalez vs Saman Sorjaturong
Manny Pacquiao vs Marco Antonio Barrera 1
Show off...
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Originally Posted by Ice Cold Boxing
Marco Antonio Barrera vs Junior Jones 1
Azumah Nelson vs Jeff Fenech 2
Mike Tyson vs Buster Douglas
Tommy Morrison vs Michael Bentt
Rocky Lockridge vs Roger Mayweather
Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield 1
Lloyd Honeyghan vs Donald Curry
Bernard Hopkins vs Felix Trinidad
Kostya Tszyu vs Vince Phillips
Randy Turpin vs Sugar Ray Robinson 1
Gene Tunney vs Jack Dempsey 1
Floyd Patterson vs Ingemar Johansson 1
Carlos Baldomir vs Zab Judah
Joe Louis vs Max Schemling 1
Humberto Gonzalez vs Saman Sorjaturong
Manny Pacquiao vs Marco Antonio Barrera 1
Thomas Hearns vs Iran Barkley 1
I would not call the losers in those fights destroyed. As they were competitive and some were actually winning at the time they lost
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Forrest - Mayorga I
Liston - Ali I
Foreman - Ali
Foreman - Frazier I
Forrest - Mosley I & II
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Originally Posted by Lyle
Forrest - Mayorga I
Liston - Ali I
Foreman - Ali
Foreman - Frazier I
Forrest - Mosley I & II
Great list Lyle, especially Ali-Liston & Foreman-Frazier.
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From the lists everyone's made, Forrest-Moseley 1 and WLaddy - Sanders are the recentish ones that stick out for me. Got my dad to tape Wladdy fight and made him promise not to givfe the result away when I got back from Rugby training, the git handed me the tape and said 'good fight, you'll be surprised', fucking moron.
