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Win or lose.
Pavlik vs Hopkins. Pavlik's camp were boasting about how he was going to knock B-Hop out, but instead got schooled. Pavlik's career hasn't been the same since.
Ali vs Frazier I. Ali was shuckin' and jiving early on and gave away the first 3-4 rounds.
Floyd vs Castillo I
*"Overconfident" and "unmotivated" are not the same.*
I know this one's been done to death, but.................
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nhsuypE7DQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTTXSJiYiss ;D The dancing and dismissal of Word started in the pre interview, the ring walk...and went until 1st bell.
Nate Campbell against Robbie Peden that time...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=240OLrIhQ9s
Groves in the second fight after a lot of people forgot what Froch had done to so many other champions and thought Frochs time had passed...
Larry Holmes vs. Muhammad Ali
Word has it, that Larry bet $1,000,000 on himself {at 'Even Odds'} that he would 'stop' Ali.
Larry pulled in a 'cool' million.
Now that's confidence.
Lets be fair and honest, are you saying Groves didn't make Froch look bad in their first fight?😳Quote:
Originally Posted by Tam Seddon
Lennox Lewis vs Hasim Rahman I .....Lennox was just thinking Rahman was gonna lay down for him. How wrong he was.
Mike Tyson vs Buster Douglas...Tyson simply didn't train and of course it didn't help Buster was dedicated to victory as his mother just passed away before the fight.
Did at the start because froch underestimated him, but Groves still didn't win when Froch had a bad start. That made Groves over confident in the second because Froch had a bad day in the office.Quote:
Originally Posted by beenKOedLets be fair and honest, are you saying Groves didn't make Froch look bad in their first fight?😳Quote:
Originally Posted by Tam Seddon
Abner Mares vs Jhonny GonzalezQuote:
Originally Posted by Sleepwalker
The first 20 guys to face Wilder.
Every prospect that gets hammered by a 10-15 journeyman.
Felix Trinidad vs. Wink Wright... he sure, sure, sure as hell thought he would knock Wright out. He cried afterwards.
;D
Khan vs. Garcia. Khan could have sworn he would outbox and out-class Garcia. Until he got chin checked.
;D
Camacho vs. Chavez... Camacho actually felt he would win that fight. lololol.....
Really not saying you are wrong. Fighters are notoriously good, until they aren't, and that can happen in a single night.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tam SeddonDid at the start because froch underestimated him, but Groves still didn't win when Froch had a bad start. That made Groves over confident in the second because Froch had a bad day in the office.Quote:
Originally Posted by beenKOedLets be fair and honest, are you saying Groves didn't make Froch look bad in their first fight?😳Quote:
Originally Posted by Tam Seddon
That's what made everyone excited about the rematch plus the fact that the stoppage was a little fast.
Add Codrington against Green to that List... G0ddamn!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRKwJwkNvJM
The madness in the ring after this was scary. They could have caused Codrington some real serious hurt as a result of this.Quote:
Originally Posted by J_Undisputed
I think Berbick was overconfident with Tyson, he fought the most stupid fight possible. I do not know what was his strategy. Charge of the light brigade.
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Originally Posted by El Kabong
Good ones. Lennox did this twice.... 'cause he did it with Oliver McCall also.
To his credit, he took them much more seriously the 2nd time around.
Hamed v MAB Even the ring post thought he would ko Barrera :kick: To the point of being given a pre bell in ring statement by Buffer ffs.
Pretty much Hamed vs anyone and everything. Fighters, interviewer's, dinner buffets ???
Gerald McClellan Vs Nigel Benn.
Nigel Benn a world champion who was a murderous puncher, a champion who had defended his title six times and McClellan was fighting away from home, moving up in weight and his first fight at that weight was to fight a guy like Benn ?
Yet he thought he could just blow Benn away ?.........and to be fair....he nearly did, in the first round, but when realized that this was not going to script, then obviously sadly what happened, happened.
Thad Spencer vs. Jerry Quarry
Thad fought the 'completely wrong fight'. He never listened to his corner's instructions
and made the fight easy for Jerry.
"Stupid Head"
Thad Spencer >
"I thought that Jerry would fall down from the 1st-Punch that I landed."
Oh Bomber, if only...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_EEeixw5yA
Why does everyone keep showing Herol Graham getting knocked out?
Bomber had a right to be confident, he was battering Jackson around for 3.5 rounds and they were about to stop it. :(
Berbick was doing alright at the start, he was landing some fair whacks himself. I think people forget when the fight was announced it was a virtual pick-em. It was late money that made Tyson the favourite. Many were unsure if Tyson was for real.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
Yeah any fight where a guy dropped his hands and got levelled.
More recently I'd have to go with Broner against Maidana, how he thought standing in front of a puncher like that was a good idea is beyond me.
I just love the commentary on that clip. And yeah it is a bit cruel on old Herol, that this keeps cropping up. So here you go, Graham in arguably his absolute pomp:Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVe9Q9wYNFU
Edit: wrong thread!!
David Hate vs Carl Thompson.
Sept 2004.
Haye, a pro since Dec 2002, ran out of gas quick, and the old veteran Thompson, a pro since 1988, took advantage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhheKWYa1Cc