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Over Night Sensations!!
I was reading about Baldomir the other day and it started me thinking about fighters who one minute were practically obsolete in the game or maybe I should say complete nobody's then in just a matter of one fight they are on top of everyones news list....Now how long they reamined there is one thing but fact they made it there is another...
Baldomir-Before beating Judah his biggest moment in the sun was a DQ win over Clottey....
Leon Spinks- Yeah he was a gold medalist but his win over Ali with just 8 fights turned him into a household name
Buster Douglas-- He was in the abyss of washed up heavyweights when he beat Tyson..became the modern cinderella man
Anyone have a few to add?
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Hasim Rahman obviously springs to mind, Paul Williams recently maybe.
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hasim rahman against lenox lewis
pacquiao against mab
viloria against ortiz
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Dare I say Hatton when he beat Kostya? His name became bigger anyways, at least to many American fans it seemed. Oliver McCall with Lewis. Morrison with his role in Rocky 5??
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Frankie Randall over night sensation vs. Chavez
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I know its not in the same scale, but as he's been in the news over this past week, how about Kiko Martinez?
Had anyone ever heard of him before he absolutely destroyed Bernard Dunne to take the Euro super-bantamweight title?
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More recently
Nonito Donaire after his shock KO over Vic D
Pavlik after destroying Miranda then Taylor.
Any of the CONTENDER winners.
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If Hatton beats Floyd...you can bet your ass that he'll be one.
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Ingemar Johannson, Buster Douglas, Leon Spinks and Hasim Rahman all have to be top contenders for this.
Notice they are all Heavyweights who caused huge upsets!
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To men when you say over night sensations, it means someone whom was not on the scene and was obscure coming into the fight.
Recent:
Linares over Larios
Mijares over Arce
Baldomir over Zab
Kiko over Dunee
Seguei over Lamon
Karmazin over Ouma
Katsidis over Earl
Agbeko over Perez
Past:
Canto over Oguma
Harada over Jofre
Mayorga over Lewis & Forrest back to back
Hatton over Tszyu
Galaxy over Espinal
Ingerman over Patterson
Carl over Ralf
Lopez over Ohashi
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Originally Posted by CutMeMick
To men when you say over night sensations, it means someone whom was not on the scene and was obscure coming into the fight.
Recent:
Linares over Larios
Mijares over Arce
Agreed...& honestly...glad you jogged the memory on those two.
Linares is the gotdam bomb in Wacko's book...not so much Mijares...but I don't think that I've ever been that pleased with a performance as the night I saw Linares Larios live.
That guy is the shit.
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Originally Posted by CutMeMick
To men when you say over night sensations, it means someone whom was not on the scene and was obscure coming into the fight.
Recent:
Linares over Larios
Mijares over Arce
Baldomir over Zab
Kiko over Dunee
Seguei over Lamon
Karmazin over Ouma
Katsidis over Earl
Agbeko over Perez
Past:
Canto over Oguma
Harada over Jofre
Mayorga over Lewis & Forrest back to back
Hatton over Tszyu
Galaxy over Espinal
Ingerman over Patterson
Carl over Ralf
Lopez over Ohashi
Arguello V Olivares? Up to that fight Arguello had a 1st round KO over Jose Legra but lost a UD to Marcel, beating Olivares certainly put him in the A league.
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Originally Posted by wacko3205
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Originally Posted by CutMeMick
To men when you say over night sensations, it means someone whom was not on the scene and was obscure coming into the fight.
Recent:
Linares over Larios
Mijares over Arce
Agreed...& honestly...glad you jogged the memory on those two.
Linares is the gotdam bomb in Wacko's book...not so much Mijares...but I don't think that I've ever been that pleased with a performance as the night I saw Linares Larios live.
That guy is the shit.
I most certainly agree with 'ya Wacks... Linares was gotdamn! impressive on that night.
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Originally Posted by THE THIRD MAN
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Originally Posted by CutMeMick
To men when you say over night sensations, it means someone whom was not on the scene and was obscure coming into the fight.
Recent:
Linares over Larios
Mijares over Arce
Baldomir over Zab
Kiko over Dunee
Seguei over Lamon
Karmazin over Ouma
Katsidis over Earl
Agbeko over Perez
Past:
Canto over Oguma
Harada over Jofre
Mayorga over Lewis & Forrest back to back
Hatton over Tszyu
Galaxy over Espinal
Ingerman over Patterson
Carl over Ralf
Lopez over Ohashi
Arguello V Olivares? Up to that fight Arguello had a 1st round KO over Jose Legra but lost a UD to Marcel, beating Olivares certainly put him in the A league.
Right on THIR MAN, I know I can always count on you to have my back. :)
Most defintely Arguello over Olivares was an over night sensation.
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As I saw my list again right now I realized that I completely left out what IMO is quite possibly THEE BIGGEST case of an over night sensation.
The then obscure and unknown fighter who was 67-3-9 with all of his fights taking place in his native Argentina except for 3 fights which took place in Brazil. He goes over to Italy and dethrones the champ 'La Escopeta'.
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Lloyd Honeyghan Vs.Donald Curry
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Originally Posted by CutMeMick
As I saw my list again right now I realized that I completely left out what IMO is quite possibly THEE BIGGEST case of an over night sensation.
The then obscure and unknown fighter who was 67-3-9 with all of his fights taking place in his native Argentina except for 3 fights which took place in Brazil. He goes over to Italy and dethrones the champ 'La Escopeta'.
First instinct was Coggi..Think Im way off.You got a good one here Mick?? THink Italy??I am no good with nick names.Nice One
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Originally Posted by CutMeMick
As I saw my list again right now I realized that I completely left out what IMO is quite possibly THEE BIGGEST case of an over night sensation.
The then obscure and unknown fighter who was 67-3-9 with all of his fights taking place in his native Argentina except for 3 fights which took place in Brazil. He goes over to Italy and dethrones the champ 'La Escopeta'.
Arguably the greatest 160 fighter ever. Carlos 'La Escopeta' Monzon.
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Originally Posted by Spicoli Surfs In 'Nawlins
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Originally Posted by CutMeMick
As I saw my list again right now I realized that I completely left out what IMO is quite possibly THEE BIGGEST case of an over night sensation.
The then obscure and unknown fighter who was 67-3-9 with all of his fights taking place in his native Argentina except for 3 fights which took place in Brazil. He goes over to Italy and dethrones the champ 'La Escopeta'.
First instinct was Coggi..Think Im way off.You got a good one here Mick?? THink Italy??I am no good with nick names.Nice One
Carlos Monzon.
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Originally Posted by CutMeMick
As I saw my list again right now I realized that I completely left out what IMO is quite possibly THEE BIGGEST case of an over night sensation.
The then obscure and unknown fighter who was 67-3-9 with all of his fights taking place in his native Argentina except for 3 fights which took place in Brazil. He goes over to Italy and dethrones the champ 'La Escopeta'.
Arguably the greatest 160 fighter ever. Carlos 'La Escopeta' Monzon.
Right on eagle.
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:-X :-XLike I said ,Im a tard on nicknames. :dunce: :dunce: Well I didnt go running to google or box-rec,I was drawing a blank and started brainstorming Argentine fighters LMAO while overlooking one of the most obvious.Duh
My problem is overthinking S!!! I am Humbled!!
Nice swerve, good one.
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Alejandro Gonzalez knocking out the than undefeated Kevin Kelley.
He didn't win, but Andrew Golota beating the shit out of Riddick Bowe.
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robbie sims ko's duran
douglas ko's tyson
doug jones vs. clay
randall vs. chavez (2 night wonder)
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Jesse Fergusson Vs. Mercer (not a sensation but cashed in fat)
Jeff Harding Vs. Dennis Andreis
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Meldrick Taylor Tko 12 Buddy Mcgirt
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Meldrick Taylor Tko 12 Buddy Mcgirt
Kind of hard to call a Gold Medal winner an over night sensation. Great things were expected from Taylor from the beginning.
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Originally Posted by Spicoli Surfs In 'Nawlins
Meldrick Taylor Tko 12 Buddy Mcgirt
Kind of hard to call a Gold Medal winner an over night sensation. Great things were expected from Taylor from the beginning.
He realized it there though.The way he dominated Mcgirt and shut him down.The Davis comparrison alot made at time as far as Draw (taylor) and KO 1 (Buddy) were overstated on hindsight.Alot was expected of Davis also,until Mcgirt and Rosario bombed him.Taylor was a phenom that night.
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Baldomir sprang to mind when i saw the title.
Carlos Monzon after beating Nino Benvenutti in there first fight.
Zahir Raheem after beating Morales (didn't last.)
George Foreman after he beat Frazier, I know he had exposure before that but he was never expected to be top tier.
Kelly Pavlik i guess, as he was largely unknown before 07!
Juan Manuel Marquez was alaways good but never famous til the overnight acclaim he received after the Pac fight.
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Originally Posted by Daxx Kahn
I was reading about Baldomir the other day and it started me thinking about fighters who one minute were practically obsolete in the game or maybe I should say complete nobody's then in just a matter of one fight they are on top of everyones news list....Now how long they reamined there is one thing but fact they made it there is another...
Baldomir-Before beating Judah his biggest moment in the sun was a DQ win over Clottey....
Leon Spinks- Yeah he was a gold medalist but his win over Ali with just 8 fights turned him into a household name
Buster Douglas-- He was in the abyss of washed up heavyweights when he beat Tyson..became the modern cinderella man
Anyone have a few to add?
Mark Willis beating Greg Page.
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Keith Mullings Vs. Terry Norris
and for all the wrong reasons phony Luis Santana "W". Terry Norris 1,2 >:mad
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Remember being surprised by Pacquaio against Ledwabha, just beat the hell out of him. Don't know if anybody thought he would be this good though.
Maybe Mayorga-Forrest. Know he had beaten 6 heads but didn't expect him to beat Forrest. Actually know that I think about it the whole smoking a cigarette thing kind of got his name out there.
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Vince Phillips Vs. Kostya Tszyu
John Michael Johnson Vs.Poison Jr.Jones
