Shame thread: When have you been woefully wrong in your boxing predictions

Ok Guys, on here we have plenty of posters who like to put their sigs where their typing fingers are. Well I want you all to own up to your mistakes. When have you been completely and utterly wrong about the outcome of a fight or the outcome of a fighters career? When have you said a guy will make it to the top, only for him to fail miserably? Equally when have you said a fighter will amount to nothing, when he turned out to be a superstar. Lets hear those crappy predictions right here...


I'll begin with myself.

I said Hatton would beat Mayweather. More a pride thing. Gotta love Ricky, and the Floyd fans were pretty mouthy, so I said hatton would stop him. Kinda stupid when you look back.

I said Andre Ward wouldn't stand a chance in the Super Six. Thought he was inexperienced and overrated and certainly wouldn't have a prayer against the other fighters (other than Taylor). Oh how wrong I was!

Not in the bin yet, but I said Tony Jeffries could win a World Title. Unless he learns from his mistakes, that aint gunna happen anytime soon.

Far too many times and I feel no shame in admitting it. I like supporting the underdog so will sometimes make a case for a fighter who realistically has no more than an outside chance of winning. These days I sit on the fence a lot more though, the Hatton/Pac fight was the last time I really built into the hype of a fight and it didn't turn out so well.

I'm always going with the underdog. I've been wrong with ever fight except Mayweather Jr fights and RJJ fight(except Tarver).
I was wrong in . . .
Mosley vs Forrest(both)
B-Hop vs Tito
Prince Nas vs Barrera
Judah vs Zu
Vic Darchinyan vs Donaire
I picked everyone to defeat Pacman after he fought Daiz and except Hatton
Tito vs Sweat Pea

I made some predictions. I was right on the money with some of them. And I was also woefully wrong with some of them.

Bradley-Alexander is the recent one. :mad:

But. I go looking for someone to have sig bet with if I really feel my fighter is gonna win. And so far, I've been really successful with it. 8-0 baby. And it'll be 9-0 if Donaire wins this Jan 19. ;D

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I made some predictions. I was right on the money with some of them. And I was also woefully wrong with some of them.

Bradley-Alexander is the recent one. :mad:

But. I go looking for someone to have sig bet with if I really feel my fighter is gonna win. And so far, I've been really successful with it. 8-0 baby. And it'll be 9-0 if Donaire wins this Jan 19. ;D

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Pacquiao's last 8 fights by any chance?

Most recently convinced a few people to put money on Froch getting hammered by Abraham.

I fully expected Haye to lose to Audley. Not because I think Audleys any good but I just expected us to have to suffer Audley as a 'world' champion until he lost to Tyson Fury or John McDermott.

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Originally Posted by Memphis

Most recently convinced a few people to put money on Froch getting hammered by Abraham.

I fully expected Haye to lose to Audley. Not because I think Audleys any good but I just expected us to have to suffer Audley as a 'world' champion until he lost to Tyson Fury or John McDermott.

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I did the exact same thing. I should have had more faith in Froch.

i have been mainly right recently

one recent fight i remember getting wrong is when munroe went to japan

I remember thinking cotto would have too much skill for margarito and had a chance of beating pac although i didnt back him

i also thought smith would beat degale :-\

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Most recently convinced a few people to put money on Froch getting hammered by Abraham.

I fully expected Haye to lose to Audley. Not because I think Audleys any good but I just expected us to have to suffer Audley as a 'world' champion until he lost to Tyson Fury or John McDermott.

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I did the exact same thing. I should have had more faith in Froch.

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everybody always backs the other guy when froch fights

i bet this johnson fight is the first in about 6 that the saddo opinion sides with froch

it will be back against him in the final tho and people will be eating their words again

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Originally Posted by :::PSL:::

I made some predictions. I was right on the money with some of them. And I was also woefully wrong with some of them.

Bradley-Alexander is the recent one. :mad:

But. I go looking for someone to have sig bet with if I really feel my fighter is gonna win. And so far, I've been really successful with it. 8-0 baby. And it'll be 9-0 if Donaire wins this Jan 19. ;D

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Pacquiao's last 8 fights by any chance?

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About 90% guilty as charged. ;D

Anytime I picked against Calzaghe :-\

I was bang wrong saying that Hatton would walk through Pacquiao's shots.

:lol::lol::lol::lol: :vd:

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Originally Posted by :::PSL:::

I made some predictions. I was right on the money with some of them. And I was also woefully wrong with some of them.

Bradley-Alexander is the recent one. :mad:

But. I go looking for someone to have sig bet with if I really feel my fighter is gonna win. And so far, I've been really successful with it. 8-0 baby. And it'll be 9-0 if Donaire wins this Jan 19. ;D

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didn't know that the fight already happened lol

One miserable weekend in Las Vegas I bet on McGirt vs Howard Davis Jr to go the distance (McGirt, KO 1) and Buster Drayton to beat Julian Jackson (Jackson KO in three very very very very one sided rounds.).

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Most recently convinced a few people to put money on Froch getting hammered by Abraham.

I fully expected Haye to lose to Audley. Not because I think Audleys any good but I just expected us to have to suffer Audley as a 'world' champion until he lost to Tyson Fury or John McDermott.

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I did the exact same thing. I should have had more faith in Froch.

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everybody always backs the other guy when froch fights

i bet this johnson fight is the first in about 6 that the saddo opinion sides with froch

it will be back against him in the final tho and people will be eating their words again

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I thought he'd beat Dirrell, and I backed him against Kessler & Pascal, but I really thought Abraham would win the Super Six. Superb power and an awesome defense I just thought would be too much for the inexperienced American fighters, an overrated Kessler and for Froch. Glad I was wrong though.

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Most recently convinced a few people to put money on Froch getting hammered by Abraham.

I fully expected Haye to lose to Audley. Not because I think Audleys any good but I just expected us to have to suffer Audley as a 'world' champion until he lost to Tyson Fury or John McDermott.

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I did the exact same thing. I should have had more faith in Froch.

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everybody always backs the other guy when froch fights

i bet this johnson fight is the first in about 6 that the saddo opinion sides with froch

it will be back against him in the final tho and people will be eating their words again

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I thought he'd beat Dirrell, and I backed him against Kessler & Pascal, but I really thought Abraham would win the Super Six. Superb power and an awesome defense I just thought would be too much for the inexperienced American fighters, an overrated Kessler and for Froch. Glad I was wrong though.

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do you think he beat dirrell?

I thought Dela Hoya would kill Mayweather.... Thinking way back, I even thought Gatti would :-X

t wasn't horribly wrong but I was absolutely convinced that Mosley would outbox Cotto.

Oh and I was sure that Haye/ Maccarinelli would be an over-cautious 12 round snoozefest.
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Not really a prediction but I remember bragging about Wladimir Klitschko to my uncle and my cousins when they came to visit from out of town. Unfortunately it was the day he fought Corrie Sanders ;D :owned:

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I thought Dela Hoya would kill Mayweather.... Thinking way back, I even thought Gatti would :-X

t wasn't horribly wrong but I was absolutely convinced that Mosley would outbox Cotto.

Oh and I was sure that Haye/ Maccarinelli would be an over-cautious 12 round snoozefest.
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before haye and macrinelli i said to my mate it is like the time millwall got to the FA cup final and played united, they did well getting there and deserved it but once they were there had no chance of winning

i was right

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Most recently convinced a few people to put money on Froch getting hammered by Abraham.

I fully expected Haye to lose to Audley. Not because I think Audleys any good but I just expected us to have to suffer Audley as a 'world' champion until he lost to Tyson Fury or John McDermott.

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I did the exact same thing. I should have had more faith in Froch.

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everybody always backs the other guy when froch fights

i bet this johnson fight is the first in about 6 that the saddo opinion sides with froch

it will be back against him in the final tho and people will be eating their words again

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I thought he'd beat Dirrell, and I backed him against Kessler & Pascal, but I really thought Abraham would win the Super Six. Superb power and an awesome defense I just thought would be too much for the inexperienced American fighters, an overrated Kessler and for Froch. Glad I was wrong though.

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do you think he beat dirrell?

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Yeah just. Was one of the worst fights I've ever seen though.

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Most recently convinced a few people to put money on Froch getting hammered by Abraham.

I fully expected Haye to lose to Audley. Not because I think Audleys any good but I just expected us to have to suffer Audley as a 'world' champion until he lost to Tyson Fury or John McDermott.

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I did the exact same thing. I should have had more faith in Froch.

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everybody always backs the other guy when froch fights

i bet this johnson fight is the first in about 6 that the saddo opinion sides with froch

it will be back against him in the final tho and people will be eating their words again

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I thought he'd beat Dirrell, and I backed him against Kessler & Pascal, but I really thought Abraham would win the Super Six. Superb power and an awesome defense I just thought would be too much for the inexperienced American fighters, an overrated Kessler and for Froch. Glad I was wrong though.

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do you think he beat dirrell?

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Yeah just. Was one of the worst fights I've ever seen though.

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i think that is my least liked fight in history, people are actually happy to say dirrell should have won the fight despite his display

Whenever I make predictions I always give someone a slight nod to win but always credit the other fighter and giving them a chance so that I never have the opportunity to dine on some crow.

In hindsight, I had WAY TOO much confidence in Jermain Taylor. I thought he wasn't finished after the Pavlik losses and predicted he would make some noise in the Super 6. At least I wasn't completely wrong. He did make noise thudding on the canvas during his fights in the tourney.

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Originally Posted by :::PSL:::

I made some predictions. I was right on the money with some of them. And I was also woefully wrong with some of them.

Bradley-Alexander is the recent one. :mad:

But. I go looking for someone to have sig bet with if I really feel my fighter is gonna win. And so far, I've been really successful with it. 8-0 baby. And it'll be 9-0 if Donaire wins this Jan 19. ;D

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didn't know that the fight already happened lol

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Oops! Mah bad. ;D

I guess I'm that excited.

VD's wrong picks will need this thread to have a part 2. Fact.

I was 100% certain that Margarito was going to knock out Shane Mosley.

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One miserable weekend in Las Vegas I bet on McGirt vs Howard Davis Jr to go the distance (McGirt, KO 1) and Buster Drayton to beat Julian Jackson (Jackson KO in three very very very very one sided rounds.).

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You were lucky watching those fights. Wish I were around to watch Jackson vs McClellan.

I've been wrong more often than I've been right in major fights but I was pretty certain that ODH would beat Paq. Considering the one sided beat down that insued that was probably my worst pick.

I picked Abraham to knock out Froch
I thought Valuev might be too big for Haye despite the fact that he's wank
I kept telling anyone that would listen that it was Audley's destiny to knock out Haye - when it became clear he was bricking it on the ring walk but it was too late to backtrack as I was sitting there with my Audley Harrison shirt on...not one of my best moments (though thankfully I think I refrained from posting on here about that fight when I got sucked in and became as delusional as Harrison)
I also though Ward and Dirrell would be too inexperienced to have any success in the Super Six

There's probably more but I can't really remember

Pac v ODH
Pac v Hatton
Pac v Cotto

Became a Pac Fan. :cool:

Like others I was convinced that Abraham would decapitate Froch. Er... yeah :-X

In further Super Six related idiocy, I was convinced that Ward would be horribly found out because he had no power (not true) and a dodgy chin (even less true). I thought Kessler would stop him in 7 :vd:

I actually believed Kevin Mitchell would take Katsidis over 12. I was live at Upton Park to see how off I was with that :-\

I thought Graham Earl would take Amir Khan to some 'dark places'. Only place he took him was the corner as Amir pummelled the shit outta him.

I BELIEVED Librado Andrade would carry on where he left off in the Bute rematch, although he is my favourite fighter so it was more wishful thinking.

I said Lamont Peterson would beat Tim Bradley, although it was closer than the hometown scorecards.

There's probably many, many more, but I can't remember offhand.

Hatton vs Pac. Cotto vs. Pac. I thought they were to big and strong. Simply underestimated Pac speed and power. Lost money also.

I dont make any predictions anymore. I now believe I can make people lose by predicting them.

Recently, I was horribly wrong in the Brian Vera v. Sergio Mora fight. I thought Mora would box his ears off.

I was also pretty sure that Judah was going to knock out Cotto.

Pacquiao-DLH
Pacquiao-Hatton
Pacquiao-Cotto
Pacquiao-Margarito

I'm almost afraid they might announce Pacquio-Klitschko. I'd probably bet on Klitschko and lose also.

;D

I have never been wrong on any of my predictions.

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I have never been wrong on any of my predictions.

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Do you gamble? ;)

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Whenever I make predictions I always give someone a slight nod to win but always credit the other fighter and giving them a chance so that I never have the opportunity to dine on some crow.

In hindsight, I had WAY TOO much confidence in Jermain Taylor. I thought he wasn't finished after the Pavlik losses and predicted he would make some noise in the Super 6. At least I wasn't completely wrong. He did make noise thudding on the canvas during his fights in the tourney.

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As did I. Gave him to many chances. He makes a comeback, good chance I'll give him one more

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VD's wrong picks will need this thread to have a part 2. Fact.

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Still living off that one fluke win, ain't you?

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I have never been wrong on any of my predictions.

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Fool you predicted 2010 would be the year you finally had sex with a girl. Guess what? We in 2011. Have you had sex with a girl yet? No. You a pimp when it comes to dealing with the boys. But you don't even exist to the girls.

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I was also pretty sure that Judah was going to knock out Cotto.

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I thought his speed would to much for Cotto. Apparently not.

I was shamefully, woefully wrong when I "thought" (read: hoped with all my might) that Arturo Gatti would fight competitively against Floyd Mayweather. More of a fan thing than a boxing prediction, but as much as I dislike Floyd and as much as I liked Arturo, I was really chomping at the bit for Gatti to rough him up, pound the elbows, arms, any target at all he could find in Mayweather's serpentine postural defenses. Jesus, was I wrong, ate crow, and----being a writer at that time for rabbitpunchboxing.com---had to submit an article admitting my wrongness titled "Gatti Takes a Shellacking".

I had spoken via conference call to Gatti and James ‘Buddy” McGirt a few days before the fight, and Buddy told me personally they had a plan that Gatti would hit Floyd behind the ear---"Hakoona Matata" he was calling it jokingly---and hit any available target like Marciano used to do. They had me convinced........ :(

I thought Shane would beat Floyd. :rolleyes: