Shocking fight results

As I recall, DeLaHoya intentionally kept his weight down in between the two weigh-ins, likely as a gimmick so he could claim to have beaten Pacquiao without needing a size advantage afterward. It backfired when it turned out Pac was a much better fighter than anyone could've imagined at that weight and DLH ultimately sacrificed the only advantage he would've had coming into the fight.

Hoya treated that fight as though it were a preordained spectacle rather than an actual fight, and he paid the price for it.

I agree, I think Pac was too fast and dynamic for any version of Hoya.

 

I thought that one was pretty predictable. Byrd looked like a skeleton by the time the fight came off. If he was going to drop down in weight, he should've stopped at cruiser.

 

Chavez losing to Randall and being knocked down for the first time.

Terry Norris being stopped early by Simon Brown. Norris had shown signs of a shaky chin but was still rated one of the top fighters in the world then. Brown coming up from 147 bitch slapping him around the ring the whole fight was surprising.

Tommy Morrison getting crushed in his tune up fight for a multi million dollar fight with Lennox Lewis. Larry Merchant announced in disgust right before the fight that he did not agree with HBO showing such a mockery to the sport and a mismatch. Two minutes and three knockdowns later the drunkard was proved right. It was a mismatch but the other way.

 

Sanders over Wlad was a shocker.

 

Some called Sanders a part-time fighter, part-time golfer. People knew he had power but doubted his dedication. I remember seeing this as a stay busy fight for Klitchko. I agree it was a shocker.

The second Sanders stunned Klitchko, it turned into an ugly affair. They looked like two big oafs going at it K-1 style!

 

I remember seeing Sanders in a seesaw battle with Rahman years earlier, and being impressed by the handspeed and combinations of such a big man. However, his chin and stamina both looked very suspect in that and other fights.

 

Nate Tubbs, the real brains behind mayweather jr's success

 

Yeah, he was pretty fast and had good coordination but he had a propensity to gain a lot of weight between fights (If I remember well) and was a very good golfer, hence the questions about his dedication.

 

Paul Williams-Carlos Quintana. Both fights were surprises, but especially the rematch in it only lasting a couple minutes

 

Nunn KOing Kalambay. Nunn beating Kalambay wasn't a shock in itself but the nature of the win was totally unpredictable - a guy with an average punch who tended to box his way to victory KOing in 1 a guy who was known to be durable and defensively slick. They could have fought 100 times and that never would have happened again. It was a freak win that disproportionately elevated one fighter's standing and disproportionately damaged the other's.

 

Sergio Martinez's KO of Paul Williams was a shock. The first fight was so close and went the distance so for Martinez to flatten him with one punch was very surprising.

 

Good one, Williams was so out of it. It was surprising too because Martinez was landing that left hand a lot and then BOOM, that one does the job.

 

When you think about it, Ray Robinson's 3rd victory over Bobo Olson is quite a shocking result. Bobo had taken Ray 12 and 15 rounds when Ray was much closer to his prime, and Ray had looked badly rusty in his initial comeback fights. However, he shook off that rust at exactly the right moment.