Best Boxing Upsets Of The Past Twenty Years

[ICB]

Douglas over Tyson is the biggest upset in boxing history IMO!

Barkley over Hearns was huge!

Tarver knocking out Roy Jones jr in 2 rounds...never expected that!

Phillips over Tszyu was a shock, Tszyu nearly had Phillips outta there in 3.

Quintana over Williams...in hindsight WTF happened?

Hate to be a dick Thirdman but i think Iran Barkley vs Thomas Hearns 1 was 1988 so i think your a year off don't matter though just letting you know. Heres some of mine.

Roberto Duran vs Iran Barkley
Simon Brown vs Terry Norris 1
Donald Curry vs Rene Jacquot
Buster Douglas vs Mike Tyson
Azumah Nelson vs Jeff Fenech 2
Vuyani Bungu vs Kennedy McKinney
Willy Wise vs Julio Cesar Chavez
Glen Johnson vs Roy Jones Jr
Antonio Tarver vs Roy Jones Jr 2
Zahir Raheem vs Erik Morales
Tommy Morrison vs Michael Bentt
Nonito Donaire vs Vic Darchinyan
Hasim Rahman vs Lennox Lewis 1

[ElTerribleMorales]

Douglas over Tyson is the biggest upset in boxing history IMO!

Barkley over Hearns was huge!

Tarver knocking out Roy Jones jr in 2 rounds...never expected that!

Phillips over Tszyu was a shock, Tszyu nearly had Phillips outta there in 3.

Quintana over Williams...in hindsight WTF happened?

Hate to be a dick Thirdman but i think Iran Barkley vs Thomas Hearns 1 was 1988 so i think your a year off don't matter though just letting you know. Heres some of mine.

Roberto Duran vs Iran Barkley
Simon Brown vs Terry Norris 1
Donald Curry vs Rene Jacquot
Buster Douglas vs Mike Tyson
Azumah Nelson vs Jeff Fenech 2
Vuyani Bungu vs Kennedy McKinney
Willy Wise vs Julio Cesar Chavez
Glen Johnson vs Roy Jones Jr
Antonio Tarver vs Roy Jones Jr 2
Zahir Raheem vs Erik Morales
Tommy Morrison vs Michael Bentt
Nonito Donaire vs Vic Darchinyan
Hasim Rahman vs Lennox Lewis 1

oopsie didn't read the 20 lol

[THE THIRD MAN]

Douglas over Tyson is the biggest upset in boxing history IMO!

Barkley over Hearns was huge!

Tarver knocking out Roy Jones jr in 2 rounds...never expected that!

Phillips over Tszyu was a shock, Tszyu nearly had Phillips outta there in 3.

Quintana over Williams...in hindsight WTF happened?

Hate to be a dick Thirdman but i think Iran Barkley vs Thomas Hearns 1 was 1988 so i think your a year off don't matter though just letting you know. Heres some of mine.

Roberto Duran vs Iran Barkley
Simon Brown vs Terry Norris 1
Donald Curry vs Rene Jacquot
Buster Douglas vs Mike Tyson
Azumah Nelson vs Jeff Fenech 2
Vuyani Bungu vs Kennedy McKinney
Willy Wise vs Julio Cesar Chavez
Glen Johnson vs Roy Jones Jr
Antonio Tarver vs Roy Jones Jr 2
Zahir Raheem vs Erik Morales
Tommy Morrison vs Michael Bentt
Nonito Donaire vs Vic Darchinyan
Hasim Rahman vs Lennox Lewis 1

Yeah, i think i tried to slip it in and hope no one would notice that. Rahman V Lewis was certainly a huge upset! Perfect example of how anything can happen in boxing and it usuaally does!.

[CutMeMick]

Mosley beating Margarito was a an upset especially after his sub-par performance against Mayorga. Not many people (including myself and im a massive Mosley fan) had him down to win after what Margarito did to Cotto and to win in such a dominant fashion and with a KO not many predicted it!

You beat me to it...

Nothing tops Douglas beating Tyson in my book. I would also say Baldomir beating Judah was a huge upset no one ever saw that coming. Another biggie was Vernon Forrest beating Shane Mosley when he was considered invincible. Foreman Moorer has to make the list.

Props on the Baldomir-Zab...

The two I liked are because I picked them:

Watson over Benn (just in the time frame), it still amazes me Benn came in a huge favourite; anyone who had seen Watson/Lee could see what was going to happen!

The best bet I ever had was putting a tenner on the 24/1 shot Holyfield to beat Tyson...

The biggest in the last 20 years is Tyson/Douglas; then Tyson/HolyfieldI and I would say Forrest/MosleyI sneaks bronze.

Good call on SSM-Forrest.

Phillips over Tszyu was a shock, Tszyu nearly had Phillips outta there in 3.

Quintana over Williams...in hindsight WTF happened?

Brilliant...
2 that came to mind.
I sat ringside for Quintana-Paul 1 and it's one of the most amazing things I've seen ringside.
The way CQ fought and how he countered Paul all night was great.
Def. a upset that is over looked IMO and should be highly regarded.
I don't care what Paul did after in the rematch the point is he lost the 1st time around and that is huge upset.

[CutMeMick]

Think all the real top ones have been listed...

Others that come to mind.

Duran over Barkley
Toney over Nunn

[pacman79]

awhile back but this was a big upset at the time
1936-06-19 : Joe Louis 198lbs lost to Max Schmeling 192lbs by KO in round 12 of 15


top upsets got me thinking and i forgot about the 20 years bit

[Spicoli]

p4p ranked Humberto Gonzalez being Demolished in a war by unknown Saman Sorjaturong.

[CutMeMick]

p4p ranked Humberto Gonzalez being Demolished in a war by unknown Saman Sorjaturong.

top stuff Spicoli...


Others that came to mind while I was driving.
Naito over PongsaShit
Sanders over Wladdy
JML over DPDL
Viloria over Solis
Moreno over Sidorenko
Garcia over Condes