heavey weight upsets

[greeh]

has to be thompson-price

The worst thing is, I really don't know if you're joking or not.

/greeh

[Scott9945]

Sonny Liston v. Floyd Patterson I.
Jack Dempsey v. Jess Willard.

Liston was definitely the favorite against Patterson.

[Sugarj]

I'd read at the time that the odds for Holyfield vs Tyson 1 were as high as 30:1.

That was a huge upset at the time..........nobody backed Holyfield except Ron Borges.

[Sugarj]

I'd read at the time that the odds for Holyfield vs Tyson 1 were as high as 30:1.

That was a huge upset at the time..........nobody backed Holyfield except Ron Borges.

To be honest there have always been huge heavyweight shocks:

Corbett vs Sullivan

Fitz vs Corbett

Willard vs Johnson

Tunney vs Dempsey

Johannson vs Patterson

Foreman vs Frazier

Foreman vs Moorer

McCall vs Lewis

Rahman vs Lewis

[TBear]

Spinks-Ali and Spinks-Holmes are up there.

[TBear]

Smith-Witherspoon II, Berbick-Thomas and Schmeling-Louis I

Tyson Douglas definitely leads the list.

[LacedUp]

Sonny Liston v. Floyd Patterson I.
Jack Dempsey v. Jess Willard.

Neither of these were upsets.

Particularly Liston-Patterson. Patterson had ducked Liston for years, fearing the outcome which is why Liston was already considered the real champion, or the best heavyweight when they met.

[LacedUp]

Ali-Spinks I is a good mention as well. Most others has been mentioned.

All of Wlad's losses, all of Lewis' losses. Heck, Tyson was a heavy fav going into the Holyfield fight as well.

[Sugarj]

Nobody expected Holmes to do a number on Ray Mercer!

[Dynamite76]

Not too many people I know had Trevor Berbick beating Greg Page, or Coetzee beating Dokes. Of course, Foreman-Ali is up there.