Fights in which you KNEW the underdog would win.
Hopkins over Pavlik. I remember the entire Pavlik camp being all cocky and overconfident, claiming they were going to knock Hopkins out, which was mind-boggling itself (Have they even watched BHop fight before?). Of course Bernard proceeded to teach that kid a boxing lesson. It wasn't even that hard of a fight for him.
Mayweather over Genaro Hernandez
Chris Byrd over Evander Holyfield
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Nate Campbell over Diaz.
Margarito over Cotto.
Williams over Margarito and Wright.
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Rahman over Lewis
Cotto over Martinez
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Buster Douglas over Tyson
Ray Leonard over Hagler
Ali over Liston and Foreman
Only because I knew the results before I watched the fights though.
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Wlad over Sam Peter I (easy looking back on it but at the time EVERYONE thought Peter was going to win)
Wright over Mosley
Thompson over Solis I (Tony wasn't the underdog in the rematch)
....not sure what other ones I've called....Cotto over Abdullaev which was a rematch of an amateur bout that Cotto lost.
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Calzaghe/Lacy. Everyone now says Lacy was shit, but they were all picking him. Calzaghe was always a league above a face first brawler. Boxing experts are a bit like leading economists. They have the loudest voices, but the rich are richer because they work for the machine.
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James 'Buster' Douglas over Mike Tyson
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I picked Margarito to beat Cotto, Hopkins to beat Tito, Cook to beat Arthur and on a much smaller scale I remember people were raving about Bradley Pryce getting a world title shot and I told my friends Matthew Hall would destroy him and knock him out.
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Nate Campbell over Diaz.
Margarito over Cotto.
Williams over Margarito and Wright.
I'm sure everyone on here had Williams as favourite over Winky. I also thought he'd beat Margarito.
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Wright v Shane as he had beaten up all our brush fighters with ease and Mosely was just too small to beat Wright.
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A lot of these fights mentioned weren't really shocking underdog upsets.
Barrera was around a 4/1 dog against Naz and Morales - first time - but plenty fancied him.
I backed Prescott to chin Khan at 125/1. Pure luck with hindsight. Yeah...
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Morales over Pacquiao I
Hopkins over Pavlik
Cotto over Margarito 2