Potential Upsets

[El Kabong]

I have wondered which big name is going to get knocked off this year. I have my eye on two long shots

Lucian Bute-Edison Miranda: Bute has a questionable chin and Miranda can still punch pretty good.

Alexander Povetkin-Dominick Guinn: Right now Guinn is an easy guy to look past especially with a title shot coming up right after this fight and Povetkin's chin is questionable as well seeing how Chambers rocked him pretty good and Guinn eventhough he's a journeyman now he can still punch and he's got a hell of a chin, he's just lazy in the ring. I think it's HIGHLY doubtful this will happen because Teddy Atlas will not allow Povetkin to look past Guinn but he's a dangerous fighter if you do look past him.

[killersheep]

I can't picture Miranda getting to Bute, I would be shocked if that happens.

Guinn/Povetkin - still a stretch, but I could see it happening.

Good lookin out though.

[ElTerribleMorales]

Quintana over Berto

[yvonne]

Khan vs Magic man??Could be,though i dont think Magic man could really KO khan but if he fights as if its his last fight he could well winning by MD.

[paddy448]

if mosley beats mayweather that would be(for me anyway) classed as an upset.even tho the general opinion is mosley has a genuine chance in that fight. a mosley victory would definately be an upset

[OumaFan]

Guinn-Povetkin is a gigantic stretch IMO.

Miranda-Bute less so but I'd be surprised if Miranda didn't get lit up.

Would anybody be all that shocked if Quintana beat Berto? I know it would be an upset but not a shocker to me.

[Violent Demise]

Quintana over Berto

I don't consider that an upset

[CFH]

I have wondered which big name is going to get knocked off this year. I have my eye on two long shots

Lucian Bute-Edison Miranda: Bute has a questionable chin and Miranda can still punch pretty good.

Alexander Povetkin-Dominick Guinn: Right now Guinn is an easy guy to look past especially with a title shot coming up right after this fight and Povetkin's chin is questionable as well seeing how Chambers rocked him pretty good and Guinn eventhough he's a journeyman now he can still punch and he's got a hell of a chin, he's just lazy in the ring. I think it's HIGHLY doubtful this will happen because Teddy Atlas will not allow Povetkin to look past Guinn but he's a dangerous fighter if you do look past him.

Since when? Bute has a very solid chin. It took a massive, flush punch from Andrade to put him down and he was exhausted when it happened. He was badly hurt, but he still got up and won the fight. I've never seen anything which would indicate that Bute has a shaky chin. He's going to murder Miranda, which is too bad because I rather like Miranda.

[JazMerkin]

For me it's Juan Urango over Devon Alexander, although it's not one I'm that confident about. Urango is about the most rugged guy in boxing & I'm not yet sure Alexander has the experience or physical strength to see him off.

In regards to those mentioned, I don't see any of them really happening except possibly Mosley over Mayweather, but I wouldn't consider that an upset that is close on evenly matched.

Berto stops Quintana. Quintana has shown he can use his skills to befuddle fighter, but they're generally guys with little amateur pedigree like Williams & Julio, who seem to struggle with decent movement. In contrast, Berto is an Olympian with great handspeed & I think he absolutely blitzes Quintana. I suspect DiBella is giving Quintana a last big payday, as well as an HBO opportunity for Berto to look fantastic.

Guinn just won't have enough for Povetkin. He might buzz him, but I think Atlas is smart enough to have slowed Povetkin down to eliminate those errors he made earlier in his career.

Bute batters Miranda, he's got serious power & I'm not sure Miranda has the chin at 168. I think it's a stoppage inside of 4 rounds.

Another one is Martinez beating Pavlik, which I don't see happening, but it's a decent possibility as an upset.

[amat]

I would say the biggest longshot in the whole thread is Guinn-Povetkin. I just would not see that happening. Guinn iis a dangerous guy to look past if you're Audley Harrisson only

[Zilla]

I have wondered which big name is going to get knocked off this year. I have my eye on two long shots

Lucian Bute-Edison Miranda: Bute has a questionable chin and Miranda can still punch pretty good.

Alexander Povetkin-Dominick Guinn: Right now Guinn is an easy guy to look past especially with a title shot coming up right after this fight and Povetkin's chin is questionable as well seeing how Chambers rocked him pretty good and Guinn eventhough he's a journeyman now he can still punch and he's got a hell of a chin, he's just lazy in the ring. I think it's HIGHLY doubtful this will happen because Teddy Atlas will not allow Povetkin to look past Guinn but he's a dangerous fighter if you do look past him.

Of those two I'd have to say Povetkin-Guinn. No way Bute lets Miranda do anything close to looking like he's winning. Miranda doesn't belong in the same building as him and Bute is going to rape him in front of 50,000 of his closest friends. Guinn has pop and chin- he just has *bleep* for brains too. Povetkin better fight smarter, not harder or he'll never get the chance to get beaten up by Klitschko.

[Master]

Kevin Mitchell stopping Katasidis

[eagle]

Kevin Mitchell stopping Katasidis

Is that really an upset?

[El Kabong]

Oh I totally forgot one but it's not really an "upset" because I really rate Glen Johnson but I would not be shocked if Glen Johnson tore up Tavoris Cloud. It would be kind of bitter sweet as Glen Johnson is a true class act but I really like Cloud....but the kid just doesn't BOX enough and he'll be in with a guy who is WAAAAYYY too dangerous to simply rely on your power to overwhelm him. You could see when Cloud fought Clinton Woods that he got busted up a couple times with counters and Woods can't punch like Johnson can.

Bute basically got TKO'd vs Andrade. Andrade IMO gets the majority of his power from tiring out his opponent...I think if Edison pops him good Bute is going to feel it. How many true big time punchers especially ones as aggressive as Miranda has Bute fought?

As for Guinn, Povetkin is either going to have to tire out or trade with Guinn to lose. OR Guinn could FINALLY come out of his "I don't want to hurt anybody" shell...I knew he didn't have the "killer instinct" when he fought Michael Grant and just carried him.....horrible. But make no bones about it DG is a tough cookie, he's never been down, never been stopped, and only been outworked by guys who establish and use the jab effectively or have very solid defense so that's something to think about.

Friday Ahunaya vs David Tua won't be a walk in the park either seeing how Tua isn't active enough to have any fights considered "easy"...could be a good action fight depending on how heavy each fighter is

[amat]

Cintron and Angulo fought already