World Boxing News presents one of the most memorable victories of the weaker in the history of boxing.
Every sport with one man with another will have more thrilling threads than team sport.
People become more emotionally invested in weaker when they face the challenge. Especially when all clever money says he is going to be badly knocked out.
Even tomato cans that occupy a career, getting up to be knocked down by the title of hope on the way to the top, have their fans who live in the hope that one day they will overcome the chances and win.
Almost all the biggest boxing stars were weaker at some point in their careers or lost to the weaker.
Here are some of our best types for the biggest wins weaker in boxing.
Burster Douglas vs Mike Tyson (1990)
When Buster Douglas entered the ring to face Mike Tyson, no one expected that he would come back at the end of the fight as a heavyweight master WBA, WBC and IBF, but that’s what happened. The fight is considered one of the biggest threads in the history of boxing.
Tyson entered the fight as an invincible heavyweight master and was recognized as a pound of the world in the world as a pound.
Douglas also had a good record at 29-4-1, but the chances of winning were still 42-1.
Douglas dominated most of the early rounds, and Tyson looked slower than usual and indefinite.
In the eighth round Tyson managed to knock down Douglas and was almost counted.
However, in the last round Douglas landed in a solid upper one, who first knocked down Tyson in his career.
Muhammad Ali vs Sonny Liston (1964)
This fight is another claimant for the greatest nervousness in the history of boxing. Sonny Liston was the world champion in weighty weight that was fighting.
He won the title after defeating Floyd Patterson in a knockout in the first round, which showed his dominance.
Muhammad Ali was a younger warrior, but he had already impressed. He spent the weeks preceding the Poston Up match, hoping that he would be too bad at Sassy Teenage Fighter, who will fight the best.
This is what happened. After six penalty rounds, the poston spat out his position and confessed to the defeat.
His arm was essentially paralyzed and it didn’t make sense. At this point, Ali began his first rule as a world champion in weighty weight.
The rematch between Ali and Poston from 1965 also ended the victory for Ali, although this match was so one -sided and so quickly that many suspected that it was a constant fight.
The suspicious death of Listona just a few years later adds support for this theory because he was probably murdered.
Hasim Rahman vs Lennox Lewis (2001)
In the lack of a defense of the Lennox Lewis title against Hasim Rahman, in South Africa.
The fight was settled as “thunder in Africa.” Everyone expected Lewis to bring most of the thunder – it would be his fourth defense of the title, and he was prepared to fight Mike Tyson in the same year.
Lewis should treat the fight and his opponent a bit more seriously. He did not train at height, even though there are 5000 feet above sea level and came to southern Africa only a few days before the fight.
On the other hand, Hasim Rahman gave himself almost a month in South Africa to adapt.
Superport
Despite this, the first four rounds were close, and each warrior held his own. At the end of the fourth round, Rahman gained an advantage over feeble Lewis.
Lennox tried to throw a blow to the fifth round. However, when he came to an end, Rahman successfully knocked out the master and won the title.
It was a brief time as a master. In November of the same year, Rahman again faced Lennox in a rematch.
Lewis won with Nokaut in the fourth round and regained his titles. Sometimes the weaker time at the top is very brief.
Corrie Sanders vs Vladimir Klitschko (2003)
Vladimir “Dr. Steelhammer” Klitschko and Corrie “The Sniper” Sanders met in a match settled as “the next great thing”.
Klitschko was the prevailing heavyweight champion WBO, and Sanders was rated in 11th place.
However, no matter how weaker it can be, Southpaw always has a decent chance of nervous about the orthodox boxer.
This is what happened here.
Sanders did not spend much time in the ring since the defeat with Rahman in 2001, but Klitschko was still able to knock down in the second round.
Muhammad Ali vs George Foreman (1974)
Even people who do not follow boxing have heard of wood in the jungle, the eminent name that entered pop culture.
It was the showdown between the prevailing WBA champion and the heavyweight champion WBC George Foreman and Muhammad Ali was to show Foreman’s talents.
Instead, she became the first fight in which Ali demonstrated his rope-a-dope technique. He allowed his opponent to fight early so that Ali could easily enter with a knockout and end him.
Foreman was a younger man and a fierce warrior, but Ali had experience on his side. After a few rounds of Ali, who allows the brigns to bother, Ali attacked seriously during the eighth round.
He made Foreman a combination of a five -arms, ending one of the most crucial boxing wins in history.
World Boxing News provides results and updates as Johnny Fisher faces Michael Pirotton on Zuffa Boxing 11 at the Copper Box Arena in London.
Fisher returns to heavyweight action over ten rounds against Pirotton as part of Zuffa Boxing’s latest event in the United Kingdom.
Craig Richards faces Radivoje Kalajdzic at light heavyweight, while Lee Cutler takes on Louis Greene and Cesar Mateo Tapia faces Leo Ruiz at middleweight.
WBN provides results and updates from every bout as they happen.
Results
All times are local BST.
23:41
Johnny Fisher defeated Michael Pirotton by majority decision after ten competitive heavyweight rounds at the Copper Box Arena. WBN scored the fight 98-92 for Fisherwhile the official judges returned scores of 98-92 and 96-95 for Fisher, with the third scoring it 95-95.
22:42
Radivoje Kalajdzic improved to 31-3 with a unanimous decision over Craig Richards, who dropped to 20-5-1 after a good ten-round scrap. Both men had their moments and hurt each other at times before “Hot Rod” got the verdict on the scorecards, which included knocking Richards down for the first time in his career.
21:43
Lee Cutler carded a unanimous decision win over Louis Greene in their ten-round middleweight clash. Judges scorecard 98-92 and 97-93 twice in favor on Cutler, who improves to 17-2.
20:52
Ahead of the three main bouts, Zuffa’s only female fighter, Kayla Allendefeated Edina Kiss via TKO in their super lightweight bout.
20:32
Leo Ruiz overcame Cesar Tapia over 10 rounds at middleweight, scoring a unanimous decision to move to 18-1 as Ruiz Tapia suffered a first loss.
19:29
Alex MacMillan moved to 5-0 with a second-round stoppage of Guillaume Azagier, who went down twice in the opening round and again before the finish at 0:32 of the second.
18:40
Rogelio Romero improved to 7-0 with a third-round stoppage of previously unbeaten Aurel Ignat, ending the cruiserweight contest at 2:12.
18:24
Alexis De la Cerda improved to 10-0 with a unanimous decision over Cain Lewis, taking the eight-round contest 80-72, 79-74 and 79-73.
17:42
Fred Pullen marked his professional debut with a four-round points victory over Leonardo Faretina, who was dropped in the second round.
Remaining Bouts
Johnny Fisher vs. Michael Pirotton — 10 rounds, heavyweight
Craig Richards vs. Radivoje Kalajdzic — 10 rounds, light heavyweight
TV Coverage
The event is available live on Sky in the United Kingdom and Paramount+.
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Phil Jay is the Editor-in-Chief of World Boxing News (WBN), a BWAA-acknowledged boxing news website founded in 2010. A veteran boxing reporter with 16 years of experience, he has interviewed world champions, broken international exclusives, and reported ringside from major events. His work is published worldwide through WBN and distributed on platforms including Apple News.
World Boxing News provides results and updates as Liam Davies faces Nathaniel Collins in the main event at bp pulse LIVE in Birmingham.
Davies and Collins collide over 12 rounds for the EBU European featherweight title at the top of the Queensberry Promotions card.
Luke McCormack faces Kay Prospere for the vacant British super lightweight title, while Bradley Goldsmith takes on Amir Abubaker for the IBF International middleweight title.
WBN provides results and updates from every bout as they happen.
Results
All times are local BST.
23:11
Gerome Warburton defeated Nathan Heaney for the second time running as the middleweight put an exclamation mark on his first victory.
Heaney walks away from the sport having been an entertainer through a long carer, without reaching the heights of a world title.
22:04
Liam Davies improved to 19-1 after Nathaniel Collins retired at the end of the seventh round due to a cut over his right eye. Collins had also been dropped in the opening round as Davies successfully defended the European featherweight title.
21:22
Bradley Goldsmith improved to 17-1 with a seventh-round stoppage of Amir Abubaker to retain his IBF International middleweight title. Abubaker went down in the fourth and three times in the seventh before the finish at 2:42.
20:10
Lewis Richardson improved to 3-0 with a shutout six-round points victory over Ivan Trofimovich, earning a 60-54 decision.
19:56
Luke McCormack moved to 6-0 and claimed the vacant British super lightweight title with a tenth-round knockout of Kay Prospere, who was counted out after a right uppercut at 1:28.
18:55
Michael Hussain moved to 5-0 with a four-round points victory over Nabil Ahmed, earning a 39-38 decision.
18:11
Nelson Birchall moved to 12-0 with a third-round stoppage of Lewis Morris, who went down before the finish came at 1:12. Lasha Guruli also remained unbeaten at 5-0 after edging Hughie Wilson 77-75 over eight rounds.
17:22
Early action saw John Tom Varey and Reese Lynch claim four-round victories to move to 3-0 and 5-0 respectively.
TV Coverage
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About the Author
Phil Jay is the Editor-in-Chief of World Boxing News (WBN), a BWAA-acknowledged boxing news website founded in 2010. A veteran boxing reporter with 16 years of experience, he has interviewed world champions, broken international exclusives, and reported ringside from major events. His work is published worldwide through WBN and distributed on platforms including Apple News.
Janibek Alimkhanuly spent months trying to get Hamzah Sheeraz into the ring. Now that Sheeraz has vacated his WBO super middleweight title, Janibek is asking fans to stop saying the former champion ran from him. That is generous. It also leaves Janibek with less to say about a fight he wanted badly.
He’s not afraid of me. He didn’t run from me. He made his decision based on his own plans. He has his own goals! He’s my brother, and I ask everyone to stop saying he ran from me. He’s a great fighter, and I have nothing but respect for him! @sheeraz_hamzah 🫂 pic.twitter.com/uxZlegqSmH
— Janibek Alimkhanuly (@qazaqstyle) September 26, 2026
Janibek’s tone has changed since the purse bid. He was eager to fight, said money was not his priority, and publicly pushed Sheeraz to accept. Queensberry then bid $1,001,809 to stage the ordered defense, beating Top Rank’s $820,000 offer. Sheeraz’s 75 percent share would have been roughly $751,000. Days later, he gave up the belt.
That sequence deserves a closer look. Queensberry put a serious number on the fight, so the bid itself cannot be dismissed as proof that nobody valued it. But winning the right to promote a title defense means little to fans when the champion vacates before it happens.
Sheeraz has objected to Janibek receiving a mandatory shot after his failed drug test. He is entitled to explain that position. Fans are equally entitled to ask why the issue reached a purse bid before he surrendered the title. Janibek’s post supplies no answer.
Perhaps Janibek sees no benefit in branding Sheeraz a coward. Doing so would also make the opponent he chased sound less valuable. Calling Sheeraz a great fighter preserves the idea that this was an important contest, even after the belt and the fight slipped away.
The respect between them may be sincere. Janibek still gets no Sheeraz fight, and Sheeraz no longer has to defend his title against Janibek. A friendly photo does not change either result.
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