Morales must have been favourite against Manny?Quote:
Originally Posted by ElTerribleMorales
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Morales must have been favourite against Manny?Quote:
Originally Posted by ElTerribleMorales
nope Morales was coming off his "loss" to Barrera in their 3rd fight, and Pacquiao was coming off his previous wins against Barrera, 3k Battery, and his draw against JMM, Morales pulling off the win was considered an upset at the timeQuote:
Originally Posted by MasterMorales must have been favourite against Manny?Quote:
Originally Posted by ElTerribleMorales
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Originally Posted by bzkfn
I got ridiculed for picking ....
Margarito over Cotto
Ike Ibeabuchi over Tua
Lennox Lewis over Razor Ruddick
Bernard Hopkins over Trinidad
Bernard Hopkins over Pavlik
Hearing the apologies was well worth it though
BULLSHIT, I do not believe youQuote:
Originally Posted by Bill Paxtom
Some were picked on favoritism and some you just KNEW ;D
Hopkins vs Trinidad. Still scratching my head over how Hopkins was made to sound a afterthought
Simon Brown vs Terry Norris 1..just had that sneaking feeling after initial cancellation
Holyfield vs Tyson 1...still remember some press heads saying they feared for his life :-X
Sorjaturong vs Chiquita Gonzalez
Azumah Nelson vs Jeff Fenech II...regardless of first fight 'draw' still no clue how it was thought an upset.
Frankie Randall vs J.C Chavez I...Randall was just so damn sharp and supremely confident. In another life and minus the demons and vices Randall should have been so much more.
Nigel Benn vs Gerald McClellan...the phenomenal bricks of Jackson aside the G-man had never faced anything close to Benn.
Joseph Agbeko vs Vic The crab
Rafa Ruelas vs Oscar De La Hoya...ok I was wrong there. Terribly wrong and borderline delusional dislike wrong ;D
When Naz defended his world title for the first time, against Said Lawal, I watched it in the pub. That was, I think, in 2001.
I turned around to the whole room, all of whom believed the hype about the Prince, and said that there was a young Mexican called Marco Antonio Barrera who would beat Hamed.
Howls of drunk enough derision ensued .... 5 years later I was proven right
I think one of the most famous ones in the UK was Ryan/Thaxton.
Ryan may have been 22-0 and the champ and this fight was non title and Thaxton was moving up in weight and 3-3 in his six fights previous. But it was well known style wise it was a horrible matchup for Scrap Iron; there was plenty of money on the big underdog, all the rumours about the outcome were even hinted at on TV and two minutes after the first bell Thaxton had duly flattened Ryan...
Can't think of too many massive ones, although Calzaghe - Lacy sticks out.
I knew Tyson Fury would beat Wlad.
You were pretty non-committal till after the event. Then , all of a sudden you turned into a Ross clone. ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by Master
Non committal my ass, saddo league prediction was Fury points UD.Quote:
Originally Posted by Primo CarneraYou were pretty non-committal till after the event. Then , all of a sudden you turned into a Ross clone. ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by Master
Wasn't UD, you just said Pts.Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterNon committal my ass, saddo league prediction was Fury points UD.Quote:
Originally Posted by Primo CarneraYou were pretty non-committal till after the event. Then , all of a sudden you turned into a Ross clone. ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by Master
Same thing ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by Primo CarneraWasn't UD, you just said Pts.Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterNon committal my ass, saddo league prediction was Fury points UD.Quote:
Originally Posted by Primo CarneraYou were pretty non-committal till after the event. Then , all of a sudden you turned into a Ross clone. ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by Master
Ok then.;D
Not sure if Mosley was an underdog vs Margarito, but the website I was at scorned me for saying Mosley would take away the taller man's inside game and yes ...stop him.
Gatti vs Gomez. The fact that he would choose such an opponent made me loathe to watch it.