Quote Originally Posted by The Six Four View Post
Master & Primo Carnera, Honeyghan’s win over Curry may have been the bigger upset (debatable), but Turpin’s victory over Robinson stands as the greater win for me. Robinson was a global icon, riding an 89-fight unbeaten streak (55 KOs) with a record of 129-1-2-1 (84 KOs). Many consider him the greatest fighter of all time.
I wouldn’t argue with that , although I wasn’t around at the time . But it all depends how you define “greatest win”?
Greatest win and biggest upset don’t necessarily equate to the same thing.
For example you could say something like Ali v Foreman was the greatest win because many people just couldn’t see how he could beat Foreman after what Foreman had done to Frazier and Norton, who had both beaten Ali.
Other examples are Benn v McLennan and Calzaghe v Lacy.
They weren’t the biggest upsets odds wise because they were World class fighters, but they had to do something very special to win.