Biggest boxing upset in history
There have been alot of upset's because boxing is a unpredictable sport but I would have to say that Buster Douglas victory over Tyson was the biggest in history. I don't think anybody expected him to leave with the belts that night. CRAZY
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I must admit that I was shocked when Shane Mosley was defeated by Forrest, at that time I thought Shane Mosley could not be beaten. I don't know if it was the headbutt that did him in or if Forrest just had his number, but Shane Mosley was never the same after the first round of the Forrest fight.
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Yes Douglas/Tyson was the biggest upset ever,not just in boxing, but in sports history, and few would disagee.
Of course, boxing's bad luck was such, it happened the same night as Nelson Mandela being released from Jail, so it was knock off virtually every papers front page.
He had been in jail for 27 years, so surely one more week would not make that much difference? :P
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Yes Douglas/Tyson was the biggest upset ever,not just in boxing, but in sports history, and few would disagee.
Of course, boxing's bad luck was such, it happened the same night as Nelson Mandela being released from Jail, so it was knock off virtually every papers front page.
He had been in jail for 27 years, so surely one more week would not make that much difference? :P
I agree with the notion of it being the biggest upset in all of sports history, does anybody remember the odds in Vegas for Douglas to win that fight. Whoever bet on him made a pretty penny.
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Turpin-Robinson is pretty huge too, though Turpin was obviously more of an entity than Buster Douglas was going in.
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Yes Douglas/Tyson was the biggest upset ever,not just in boxing, but in sports history, and few would disagee.
Of course, boxing's bad luck was such, it happened the same night as Nelson Mandela being released from Jail, so it was knock off virtually every papers front page.
He had been in jail for 27 years, so surely one more week would not make that much difference? :P
I agree with the notion of it being the biggest upset in all of sports history, does anybody remember the odds in Vegas for Douglas to win that fight. Whoever bet on him made a pretty penny.
Douglas was 35 to 1 against, Tyson 42 to 1 on
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I have to put the honorable mentions in here as well
Rahman Vs Lennox Lewis
Simon Brown Vs Terry Norris 1 IMO
Hector Mancho Camancho Jr Vs ?
Tarvar Vs Jones 2
Forman Vs Moore Hilarious
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Yes Douglas/Tyson was the biggest upset ever,not just in boxing, but in sports history, and few would disagee.
Of course, boxing's bad luck was such, it happened the same night as Nelson Mandela being released from Jail, so it was knock off virtually every papers front page.
He had been in jail for 27 years, so surely one more week would not make that much difference? :P
I agree with the notion of it being the biggest upset in all of sports history, does anybody remember the odds in Vegas for Douglas to win that fight. Whoever bet on him made a pretty penny.
Douglas was 35 to 1 against, Tyson 42 to 1 on
You should be on tv as an analyst, you are like an almanac.
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I have to put the honorable mentions in here as well
Rahman Vs Lennox Lewis
Simon Brown Vs Terry Norris 1 IMO
Hector Mancho Camancho Jr Vs ?
Tarvar Vs Jones 2
Forman Vs Moore Hilarious
If we are going for mentions I say:
Louis/SchmelingI
Ali/SpinksI
Honeyghan/Curry
Holyfield/TysonI (I made £240 on putting a tenner on Evander at 24/1)
Jones/GriffinI
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Turpin-Robinson is pretty huge too, though Turpin was obviously more of an entity than Buster Douglas was going in.
Good call [click]
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Jones Tarver II for me :(
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Jones Tarver II for me :(
Not to be (to) smug; but on one my very first posts on the Saddo's (then) new forum I wrote this about RJJ/TarverI...
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I tell you losing 45lbs, is not the smartest thing to do in a coupe of months, even for someone as talented as RJJ. And Tarver is as good as anyone RJJ has met at 175, so maybe, just maybe :o Tarver WS12
If this happens i will be able to live of this for the rest of my life ;)
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Whoa there guys, what about Clay vs Liston 1? Anyone who knew about Liston will tell you that they had problems getting fights for him because he was that mean in the ring. Yet some loud mouth kid was screaming how he was gonna whip him. Some people actually believed that Liston had him scared crazy.
Would also shout out Don Curry vs Honeygan and when Rahman laid out Lewis. Ain't nobody out there telling me that they saw that one coming :shakehead:
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Whoa there guys, what about Clay vs Liston 1? Anyone who knew about Liston will tell you that they had problems getting fights for him because he was that mean in the ring. Yet some loud mouth kid was screaming how he was gonna whip him. Some people actually believed that Liston had him scared crazy.
Would also shout out Don Curry vs Honeygan and when Rahman laid out Lewis. Ain't nobody out there telling me that they saw that one coming :shakehead:
Good point. Alot of upsets we don't mention because the fighter who wins the upset goes on to establish their legacy. Ali went on to become what many believe to be the greatest boxer in the history of the sport. Nevertheless not many people picked him to beat Liston going into that first fight, it was an upset.
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hmmm....biggest upset
Tunney-Dempsey I?
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Lewis-Rahman has always been one of my favorites.
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Yes Douglas/Tyson was the biggest upset ever,not just in boxing, but in sports history, and few would disagee.
Of course, boxing's bad luck was such, it happened the same night as Nelson Mandela being released from Jail, so it was knock off virtually every papers front page.
He had been in jail for 27 years, so surely one more week would not make that much difference? :P
Also the same night Jordan entered the 3 point shootout and had the worse showing in 3 poitn shootout history making about only 3 of them :-\ Luckily Tyson was knocked out so the story was rarely if ever covrered ;D
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Yes Douglas/Tyson was the biggest upset ever,not just in boxing, but in sports history, and few would disagee.
Of course, boxing's bad luck was such, it happened the same night as Nelson Mandela being released from Jail, so it was knock off virtually every papers front page.
He had been in jail for 27 years, so surely one more week would not make that much difference? :P
Also the same night Jordan entered the 3 point shootout and had the worse showing in 3 poitn shootout history making about only 3 of them :-\ Luckily Tyson was knocked out so the story was rarely if ever covrered ;D
Douglas KO'd Tyson!!??? Holy S***! I was so upset with Jordan missing all those shots I shut off my TV. ;D
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Buster vs Tyson is the biggest of all time bar none.
Mentions are definately:
James Toney vs Michael Nunn
Hasim Rahman vs Lennox Lewis
Baldomir vs Judah
Foreman vs Moore (and yes that was hilarious and just what Moore deserved)
Clay vs Liston
Duran vs Davey Moore
Duran vs Iran Barkley (Awesome display by Roberto Duran)
Sugar Shane vs Oscar(one of the first big fights I watched and I picked Sugar Shane)
Ricardo Mayorga vs Vernon Forrest O0
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That is a joke, right?
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Honeyghan v Curry - was big - not the biggest, but still big
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Originally Posted by Britkid
Yes Douglas/Tyson was the biggest upset ever,not just in boxing, but in sports history, and few would disagee.
Of course, boxing's bad luck was such, it happened the same night as Nelson Mandela being released from Jail, so it was knock off virtually every papers front page.
He had been in jail for 27 years, so surely one more week would not make that much difference? :P
Didn't get knocked off the Sun front page - was a split headline with pictures ' Down & Out '
They released it as a t-shirt a few years back - tried to get hold of one but couldn't :'(
