I have a list of my top 5 greatest upsets any others? Here is mine:
1. Buster Douglas over Mike Tyson - 1990
2. Max Schmelling over Joe Louis - 1936
3. Randy Turpin over Sugar Ray Robinson - 1951
4. Sugar Ray Leonard over Marvin Hagler - 1987
5. Iran Barkley over Tommy Hearns - 1988
2007-04-26 03:09:29 · 6 answers · asked by Devon P 4 in Sports ➔ Boxing
I'm doing this by memory; by betting odds and my take on significance; in order:
1. Douglas over Tyson. 1990
2. Ali (Clay) over Liston; yes, folks at the time this was a major upset. 1964
3. Rahman over Lewis. 2001
4. Barkley over Hearns. 1988
5. Laing over Duran. 1982
Honorable mention: Schmeling over Louis. 1936, Ali over Foreman. 1974. Tunney over Dempsey. 1926
2007-04-26 07:00:10 · answer #1 · answered by Brent 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All great answers, the blogbaba will carefully follow the example of Smitty, agree will all four lists and purposely make mine different:
1. Muhammad Ali over George Forman
2. Frankie Randel over Julio Cesar Chavez
3. Esteban DeJesus over Roberto Duran
4. Bobby "Boogaloo" Watts over Marvin Hagler
5. Julio Cesar Chavez over Meldrick Taylor
I didn't want two Chavez fights in my top five, but I didn't consider Frazier/Ali one or the Jimmy Young win over George Forman as big an upset, so I had to give Chavez his due. Excellent Question, all great answers.
2007-04-26 13:08:35 · answer #2 · answered by blogbaba 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is my list:
1. Douglas over Tyson
2. Schmeling over Louis
3. Leonard over Hagler
4. Turpin over Robinson
5. Braddock over Baer
Thank you for the good question sir.
2007-04-26 12:48:50 · answer #3 · answered by toughguy2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tyson/Douglas (42-1 odds, wasn't it?)
Sullivan/Corbett (in hindsight it doesn't appear too shocking, but back then this upset literally shocked the entire nation)
Braddock/Baer (before Tyson/Douglas, at 15-1 odds was the biggest upset in hw championship history).
Curry/Honeyghan (even Eddie Futch was on the Curry bandwagon. Said he was gonna beat Hagler!).
Liston/Ali (if only Sonny would have trained! We may have had a much different result)
2007-04-26 14:28:01 · answer #4 · answered by douglas c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you and Smitty covered most of them so i will add
Kirkland Laing(over) v Roberto Duran
Lloyd Honeygan(over) v Donald Curry
Nigel Benn(over) v Gerard McClennan
A British twist on things...
2007-04-26 12:05:36 · answer #5 · answered by STEVE T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MY LIST:
ALI VS LISTON
JOHANSSON VS PATTERSON
FOSTER VS TIGER
FOREMAN VS FRASIER
TUNNEY VS DEMPSEY
I AGREE WITH YOUR LIST BUT I PURPOSELY MADE MINE DIFF FM YOURS.
2007-04-26 10:49:58 · answer #6 · answered by smitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋