Fights in which a fighter was CLEARLY overconfident

[Tam Seddon]

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...

Lets be fair and honest, are you saying Groves didn't make Froch look bad in their first 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.

[beenKOed]

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...

Lets be fair and honest, are you saying Groves didn't make Froch look bad in their first 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.

Really not saying you are wrong. Fighters are notoriously good, until they aren't, and that can happen in a single night.
That's what made everyone excited about the rematch plus the fact that the stoppage was a little fast.

[J_Undisputed]

Add Codrington against Green to that List... G0ddamn!!

[ykdadamaja]

Add Codrington against Green to that List... G0ddamn!!

The madness in the ring after this was scary. They could have caused Codrington some real serious hurt as a result of this.

[Master]

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.

[denilson200]

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.

[Bill Paxtom]

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."

[Britkid]

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.

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.

[Beanflicker]

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.

[AdamGB]

Edit: wrong thread!!

[bradlee180]

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.