what was the biggest upset you called?

[Nawfal]

i have only been a hardcore fan for the last 5 years

so i think the biggest upset i called were

toney over holyfield
winky over mosely

[Theo]

i have only been a hardcore fan for the last 5 years

so i think the biggest upset i called were

toney over holyfield
winky over mosely

nigel benn vrs gerald mclennan

:-( unfortuantly.

[Nawfal]

benn is a brave man. that first round was crazy.

[heerko koois]

Botha beating Schultz..............

[Kolya]

Johnson beating Tarver, I think.

[1-Ton]

I picked Holyfield over Tyson.

[RAMPAGE0017]

I picked Mike Tyson to beat Lou Savarese. :yep

[David UK]

Danny Williams to beat Tyson. Won a nice few quid on that

Toney to beat Holyfield. Would have won a nice few quid on that too, had Toney won on points!!

[heerko koois]

:patsch soon or later somebody is gonna say , that he or she predicted Douglas -Tyson ....don,t believe them....

[heerko koois]

:shock: :p :!: I picked Mike Tyson to beat Lou Savarese. :yep

[KobeIsGod]

I picked Mike Tyson to beat Lou Savarese. :yep

Didn't savarese go down from Tyson's first punch which clipped his ear ? :rofl

[DrunkenShad]

I bet on a Toney - Rahman draw, and picked Winky to humiliate Tito.

[RAMPAGE0017]

Didn't savarese go down from Tyson's first punch which clipped his ear ? :rofl


Actually I think the wind from the punch might've knocked him over.

[pipe wrenched]

Recent= Pavlik over Miranda.

[pokerbox]

Mine was Lloyd Honeghan beating Don Curry for the undisputed Welterweight Title. Everyone at work thought i was some boxing genius for picking that one.

[heerko koois]

Mine was Lloyd Honeghan beating Don Curry for the undisputed Welterweight Title. Everyone at work thought i was some boxing genius for picking that one.


You were the only one to get that one right ....you must be a real Einstein !!

[Mook]

I picked Holyfield over Tyson.

same here.

[sean]

i have the same pick as pokerbox.

i attended honeyghan v sylvester mittee and then saw honeyghan brutally destroying horace shufford an american in a final eliminator and curry`s fights were all shown on uk tv with the exception of the south korean he beat and thought honeyghan would beat him.

on a way lesser note i also thought lewis would beat ruddock, which at the time ruddock was the favourite to come out on top of the 4.

[Mook]

i have the same pick as pokerbox.

i attended honeyghan v sylvester mittee and then saw honeyghan brutally destroying horace shufford an american in a final eliminator and curry`s fights were all shown on uk tv with the exception of the south korean he beat and thought honeyghan would beat him.

on a way lesser note i also thought lewis would beat ruddock, which at the time ruddock was the favourite to come out on top of the 4.

I had Lewis over Ruddock, but I don't think that's a huge call - wasn't he only a slight underdog?

[sean]

I had Lewis over Ruddock, but I don't think that's a huge call - wasn't he only a slight underdog?

memory is playing tricks and i cannot remember the odds.

i remmebr it was a halloween night, i think ruddock was 2 or 3 to 1 favourite.

so nothing mind shattering.

[ferd cloupes]

Mine was Lloyd Honeghan beating Don Curry for the undisputed Welterweight Title. Everyone at work thought i was some boxing genius for picking that one.

at the risk of jumping on the bandwagon, picking that fight was my claim to fame. I told all and sundry that honeyghan would flatten curry. my dad and brother were so unconvinced they never bothered watching the fight. honeyghan's win made me look like a proper smart arse.

the thing is, i never believed it for a second..

[heerko koois]

at the risk of jumping on the bandwagon, picking that fight was my claim to fame. I told all and sundry that honeyghan would flatten curry. my dad and brother were so unconvinced they never bothered watching the fight. honeyghan's win made me look like a proper smart arse.

the thing is, i never believed it for a second..

Curry was never knocked down in that fight.......

[sean]

i never saw honeyghan v curry live.

i think it was shown the next day on grandstand or world of sport, but it had a surreal feel to it.

there you had the number 1 fighter in the world being mullered from the first round in front of a scant few people who did not have a clue what was occuring.

sad that honeyghans greatest acheivement was not fought in front of a large boxing crowd.

[hopkinsfan07]

Joe Calzaghe over Jeff Lacy

Bernard Hopkins over Felix Trinidad

Rocky Balboa over Ivan Drago

[ferd cloupes]

Curry was never knocked down in that fight.......

sorry heerko but by flatten i meant beat him severely rather than put him on the canvas. i'll pick my words more carefully next time.
after seeing curry beat colin jones i was fearful for honeyghan if the truth be told. i was a loud mouth kid shouting his mouth off who got real lucky. everyone still thinks i knew honeyghan would win so we'll keep this between us :cool:

[thewoo]

I called Raheem over Morales that was probablly the biggest one but I have called some other upsets.

[Chiko_Tech]

Quintana vs Julio

[Faetter_BR]

Johnson-RJJ - won me the betingcompetision on the aussie-board at the time.

Calzaghe-Lacy - if you call that an upset - I even had it 120-108 :)

[heerko koois]

:good sorry heerko but by flatten i meant beat him severely rather than put him on the canvas. i'll pick my words more carefully next time.
after seeing curry beat colin jones i was fearful for honeyghan if the truth be told. i was a loud mouth kid shouting his mouth off who got real lucky. everyone still thinks i knew honeyghan would win so we'll keep this between us :cool:

[Guru_Too_You]

Hopkins over Tito.

[brooklyn1550]

I bet a guy twenty bucks that Barkley would beat Hearns the first fight

[heerko koois]

I bet a guy twenty bucks that Barkley would beat Hearns the first fight

Did you win ? :bbb

[brooklyn1550]

Did you win ? :bbb

Yep, Barkley knocked him out in the 3rd round just when it seemed I was going to have to pay the guy his money.:good

[heerko koois]

Yep, Barkley knocked him out in the 3rd round just when it seemed I was going to have to pay the guy his money.:good

:thumbsup

[codeman99998]

I picked Tarver over Jones in their second fight.

Didn't quite expect it to be like it was though.

[sean]

i picked tyson to beat 42-1 against underdog douglas.

[heerko koois]

:lol: i picked tyson to beat 42-1 against underdog douglas.

[Koa]

After Marco's loss to Pacman everyone thought he was shot, called his V over Morales. BTW thought he did enough to beat JMM as well.

[Batsch]

I really got Rahman KO Lewis.

[Danny Ocean]

probly

johnson over tarver
sprott over fraudley

[Bigcat]

i picked Oliver McCall to stop Lennox Lewis early..

I went to the fight but still couldn't beleive my eyes..

[joe the great]

I picked Tyzu over Judah.

[Bigcat]

I also picked Guinn over Mike Grant.......

I even spoke to Dominick the days before, we agreed that the time was right, Mike G was in a bad slump...

Guinn jumped on him and seized his chance....

[MagnaNasakki]

Corrie Sanders over Wlad. Stuff was just wrong building up to it, I was thinking Klit is gonna blow this one in some way, I can feel it. What happened was still stunning to me, but I had an eery 6th sense seeing it coming.

Leonard over Hagler, cause I thought Leonard was in Haglers head. To be honest, the pick was a joke cause I considered it a copout defense by Hagler, but I won ALOT of cash on that one.

[Deebo]

Either Tyson Holy 1 or Rahman Lewis 1. Actually I don't know if I thought 100% Rahman was going to win but I definitely thought 100% Holy would beat Tyson. I didn't predict a TKO though.

[Deebo]

Either Tyson Holy 1 or Rahman Lewis 1. Actually I don't know if I thought 100% Rahman was going to win but I definitely thought 100% Holy would beat Tyson. I didn't predict a TKO though.
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Why does my post say it has been edited by Slicknick56? :blood

[C.J.Rock]

1 Lennox Lewis over Razor Ruddock called it right on the button
2 Ike Ibeabuchi over David Tua

[achillesthegreat]

Benn v McClellan, Tszyu v Hatton, theres been a few.

[Nawfal]

Sergei vs Lamon was an upset of sorts i guess.

Wlad vs Peter was that one?

i don't pay attention to the odds so i am not sure if its an upset or not.

Calzaghe Lacy probably was so i called that one.

i dont think calzaghe was the betting underdog (???)

and i would have thought wlad would be have been the favourite, especially considering how raw peter looked

[Club Fighter]

Johnson vs Jones

[CASH_718]

I had Winky over Tito.

Nate Campbell over Kid Diamond.

Dawson over Adamek.

[Bummy Davis]

Coetzee/Dokes 5-1 Duran/Barkley 5-1 Duran/Moore 5-1 Holyfield/Tyson Ali/Norton 1(what made me pick Ken then would not be today's judgement)

[Flatlander]

I didn't think it was all that big of an upset but Douglas vs Tyson.

[heerko koois]

I didn't think it was all that big of an upset but Douglas vs Tyson.

:? :roll: :smoke

[Muskyrat]

:patsch soon or later somebody is gonna say , that he or she predicted Douglas -Tyson ....don,t believe them....


unless theyre called don king :yep :yep :yep

[Illmatic]

I was in a room of Klitschko jockers, and I said that Brewster would knock him out.

[trac209]

tyson buster
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[Flatlander]

:? :roll: :smoke

Obviously I can't prove I did but there are a dozen of my friends that said I was nuts when I chose Douglas over Tyson. I had always felt that Tyson would crumble once someone stood up to him. I felt Douglas had the motivation and skills to do it.

[CANNONBALL]

foreman ko 10 moorer. didnt pick the round tho,just figured george had to land sooner or later

[o_money]

Rahman over lewis.

like max my one claim to fame.

[buddynabuick]

i have only been a hardcore fan for the last 5 years

so i think the biggest upset i called were

toney over holyfield
winky over mosely


I picked Spinks over Ali in the first fight. I could see Ali was not taking the fight serious and Spinks was hard-rock focused. This was 30 or so years ago and i won about 400.00 :happydollars against 40.00. I then picked Ali in the second fight with no betting.

[o_money]

I bet a guy twenty bucks that Barkley would beat Hearns the first fight

nice call

did ya call duran beating barkley though.....cause that would have been really impressive.

[Fighting Weight]

I picked Leonard over Hagler.....does that still count as an upset? At the time Leonard was given literally no chance but I always thought he'd have Haglers number, and I was right (cue debate)

Also picked Barrera over Hamed and more recently Sprott V Harrison - I never made a pick before the fight but during the 2nd round when everyone was expecting Harrison to finish Sprott off I said to the guys I was watching the fight with that Sprott would connect with a left haymaker and that'd be the end of it, I got lucky on that one, picking the outcome and the punch that did it too :yep

[o_money]

Obviously I can't prove I did but there are a dozen of my friends that said I was nuts when I chose Douglas over Tyson. I had always felt that Tyson would crumble once someone stood up to him. I felt Douglas had the motivation and skills to do it.

no disrespect but without a betting slip i refuse to believe anyone who says that they called this fight.

[Boom_Boom]

I predicted and betted Rahman & Toney would be a draw

[Flatlander]

no disrespect but without a betting slip i refuse to believe anyone who says that they called this fight.

It may have been a hope more than a knowing but I picked most of Tyson last 4 real fights for the other guy.

[hopkinsfan07]

tyson buster
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lier

[buddynabuick]

:patsch soon or later somebody is gonna say , that he or she predicted Douglas -Tyson ....don,t believe them....


Oh, come on. You are saying that noone picked Douglass? There were more than a few that called that fight. It was at this time that Tyson lost his focus (after the death of Cus) and you could see that Douglas (after the death of his mother) was in shape and not afraid. It was actually an easy call if you looked at the details. Since you won't believe it anyway, I won't tell that I did call the fight correctly.

[buddynabuick]

Why does my post say it has been edited by Slicknick56? :blood


I have noticed that shit before.:?

[Fighting Weight]

Oh, come on. You are saying that noone picked Douglass? There were more than a few that called that fight. It was at this time that Tyson lost his focus (after the death of Cus) and you could see that Douglas (after the death of his mother) was in shape and not afraid. It was actually an easy call if you looked at the details. Since you won't believe it anyway, I won't tell that I did call the fight correctly.

I think the truth of the matter is there were a lot of Tyson hatters around back in the day, and all these smart arses who claim they picked Douglas are probably telling the truth. What they always fail to mention is they probably picked Tyson to lose against Berbick, Thomas, Bruno, Biggs, Holmes, Tucker etc etc etc too. I remember those days well and anyone who hatted Tyson would spout before every fight this 'this guy has the style to expose him' and were always proved wrong. In the end Tysons immaturity combined with his shit choice of wife and 'team' is what exposed him, Buster Douglas takes full credit for the win but damn Tyson is a real 'coulda woulda shoulda'....

[buddynabuick]

Obviously I can't prove I did but there are a dozen of my friends that said I was nuts when I chose Douglas over Tyson. I had always felt that Tyson would crumble once someone stood up to him. I felt Douglas had the motivation and skills to do it.


Yes, Douglass was a somewhat timid fighter but when his mother died he became dedicated and fearless for that fight! He said he was fighting for his mothers memory. Plus with Tyson hangin out more then training it was a easy call. I remember more than a few that called it. Of course they were the more astute fight fans that based their pick on observable science rather then emotion/hype:hi:

[buddynabuick]

Obviously I can't prove I did but there are a dozen of my friends that said I was nuts when I chose Douglas over Tyson. I had always felt that Tyson would crumble once someone stood up to him. I felt Douglas had the motivation and skills to do it.


Most would dispute it if you proved it.

[buddynabuick]

I picked Leonard over Hagler.....does that still count as an upset? At the time Leonard was given literally no chance but I always thought he'd have Haglers number, and I was right (cue debate)




Also picked Barrera over Hamed and more recently Sprott V Harrison - I never made a pick before the fight but during the 2nd round when everyone was expecting Harrison to finish Sprott off I said to the guys I was watching the fight with that Sprott would connect with a left haymaker and that'd be the end of it, I got lucky on that one, picking the outcome and the punch that did it too :yep


Yes, that was considered a upset. One guy in my group called it.

[cuchulain]

I picked Bernard to beat Tarver.

[buddynabuick]

no disrespect but without a betting slip i refuse to believe anyone who says that they called this fight.


Shit, go to the archives and you will see that some analysts picked douglass. No matter how big a mismatch, someone ALWAYS picks the under-dog.

[bigG]

i picked holyfield to beat tyson, mcall and rahman to ko lewis...but usually, im spectacularly, woefully...wrong..!!!.....my biggest pick was probably benn over mclelland...but that was more thru blind faith in our nige than any inate ability in picking fights....

[buddynabuick]

I think the truth of the matter is there were a lot of Tyson hatters around back in the day, and all these smart arses who claim they picked Douglas are probably telling the truth. What they always fail to mention is they probably picked Tyson to lose against Berbick, Thomas, Bruno, Biggs, Holmes, Tucker etc etc etc too. I remember those days well and anyone who hatted Tyson would spout before every fight this 'this guy has the style to expose him' and were always proved wrong. In the end Tysons immaturity combined with his shit choice of wife and 'team' is what exposed him, Buster Douglas takes full credit for the win but damn Tyson is a real 'coulda woulda shoulda'....


Tyson was my favorite. When Tyson was focused and dedicated i picked him over anyone. But one could clearly see that Tyson (mentally) was aloof for the Douglass fight. Most know that the mental part (at the top level) is the biggest part. You could even see the defeatism in Tysons eyes during the stare-down while Douglass looked fearless.

[buddynabuick]

Some guy in Vegas did actually win a lot of money on that fight cos he said one day Tyson will lose so im gonna bet against him everytime and one day ill win.Think he won about 20K


Yea, but the guy probably lost 40k when betting against Tyson

[Mohak]

Peter-Toney SD

[theunderdog]

pac over mab

[BobDigi5060]

Marquez over MAB.

[younghov2k4]

i picked pacman over berrera but that wasnt really an upset to me. :good

[G.O.A.T]

Zahir raheem over erik morrales.....
Hatton over zoo.....
Hopkins over trinidad....

[Cobra33]

I called Vernon Forrest-Mosley.
I called KT-Judha
I caalled Sanders-Klitchko-I though Sanders had a chance because of his handspeed/power.
I calledWinky/Mosley
I called Hopkins-Trinadad
I called Holyfield-Tyson
I called Whitaker-De La Hoya-Whitaker just got robbed.And I lost alot of money!
I called Benn-Mccllean

[BigReg]

Mayorga over Forrest
Wright over Trinidad

I remember in 1996 this kid from my homeroom(I was in the 8th grade at the time) said that Holyfield and Lewis would crush Tyson(Tyson had regained two belts by this time and people thought he was unbeatable again). Everyone thought he was crazy(It's amazing that an 8th grader had that much foresight).

[sues2nd]

Holyfield over Tyson.

[cuchulain]

Zahir raheem over erik morrales.....
Hatton over zoo.....
Hopkins over trinidad....


I picked Hopkins over trinidad too.

I would NOT call that an upset.

[Ambition_Def]

Hatton over Tszyu
Holyfield over Tyson (first match)
Golota vs Bowe woulda been another one if Golota wasn't a fruitcake.

[joe the great]

I picked Moorer over Holyfield.
Wright over Trinidad.
and as I mentioned earlier Tyzu over Judah.
I also picked Pavlik over Miranda. (Pavlik was the underdog right?)

[Stinky gloves]

Tarver KO Jones,
Baldomir over Judah
Brewster TKO Wlad

[psychopath]

Taylor over Bhops
Pavlik over Miranda
Chagaev over Valuev
Holy over Tyson
:deal

[Drexl]

I didn't exactly pick it, but I bet on Danny Williams to beat Tyson.

The odds were just too good to refuse for a HW fight. Something like 13/1. I didn't expect Danny to win, but it was well worth the wager.

[Cachibatches]

Barrera- Naseem

[Jaaames]

the biggest upset I remember calling was Zahir Raheem over morales.... for some reason, I knew that was going to happen...

[chinachin_76]

When hasim rahman beat Lewis.

[UKITAZ]

Danny Williams to beat Mike Tyson .. put £10 on at 6/1 .. wish i'd put more on !!!

[G.O.A.T]

I picked Hopkins over trinidad too.

I would NOT call that an upset.

It was a huge upset an it shocked alot of people.Trinidad was like 40-0 an was steam rolling people an bernard wasn't known as anything special at the time.This fight put b-hop on the map an argubaley the biggest win of his career.

[heerko koois]

FFS .ARE YOU PSYCIC??

Yup.....:yep

[Goose]

Judah - Baldomir

[heerko koois]

Whitherspoon- Bruno....lots of people in Britain did think that Bruno would do a Coetzee like performance against Spoon.....Bruno was 8/5 fav....

[G.O.A.T]

Tarver KO Jones,
Baldomir over Judah
Brewster TKO Wlad

You really picked tarver to ko jones? I find that hard to believe because there was nothing in jones past to even consider him getting knocked out yet alone beat i mean i was expecting a result like when he rematched montell griffen.It was a lucky guess if anything.

[Heavyrighthand]

Froreman Moorer. I also won quite a bit of money on that fight.

[Archie_Moore]

Tszyu over Judah
Jackson over Liddell :yep
Tarver over Jones II


The first three that come to mind, would ahve to think of the others.

[knockout]

Donglas-Tyson

Tarver-Jones

Mirjariz-Arce

[Longhhorn71]

Foreman over Frazier. George had the 38-0 record over Class B Fighters, and Frazier had been on cruise control since the Ali fight. My Texas Air National Guard Officer managed 185 lb Terry Daniels who fought Frazier post Ali, and told me Terry had seriously hurt Frazier once early in the fight.

So, at the Close Circuit screen in Austin, there is Big George towering over Frazier and telling Joe he is going to whip him like he is his daddy, and Frazier blinked.

Then you gotta go with George.

[Cruiser1]

I picked Mormeck over Braithewaite. Many people considered it a minor upset cuz they were more familiar with Wayne whereas Mormeck was relatively unknown outside of Europe.

Also, I stopped short of saying that Spinks would beat Mayorga. I felt inside that Spinks's style would carry the day but I never voiced it.

[BoppaZoo]

Mijares over Arce
Tszyu over Judah i knew Tszyu would win
Taylor over B-Hop

thats probably the best ones.

[heerko koois]

:naughty Donglas-Tyson

Tarver-Jones

Mirjariz-Arce

[knockout]

:naughtyreally!:D

[MancMexican]

Foreman over Frazier. George had the 38-0 record over Class B Fighters, and Frazier had been on cruise control since the Ali fight. My Texas Air National Guard Officer managed 185 lb Terry Daniels who fought Frazier post Ali, and told me Terry had seriously hurt Frazier once early in the fight.

So, at the Close Circuit screen in Austin, there is Big George towering over Frazier and telling Joe he is going to whip him like he is his daddy, and Frazier blinked.

Then you gotta go with George.

I like this one because there is a good explanation as to why you went with that prediction.

So what's the rationale with all these guys kicking Tarver to beat Jones?

[Decebal]

I've only been a fan for about three months...JMM over MAB!:happy

[ChampionsForever]

Ive only followedboxing since 2004 but Ive HONESTLY correctly picked Hatton over Tzsyu (One of the only posters to do so but everybody is lieing about it nowadays) I picked Hopkins to SCHOOL Tarver which was the title of the thread I made about it, and Calzaghe to UD Lacy, none of them are more than 3 or 4-1 odds but come this weekend my biggest upset correctly picked will be Brewster to KO Wlad again:happy :happy :happy