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.
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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.
Top trainer and former world champion Robert Garcia has considered the outcome of a fantasy showdown between Terence Crawford and Manny Pacquiao.
The two generational greats reportedly came close to squaring off in 2021, back when Crawford was the WBO welterweight champion and ‘Pac Man’ held the WBA title.
Their unification match never materialised, though, as Pacquiao was scheduled to face Errol Spence Jr before ‘The Truth’ pulled out with a torn retina.
Instead, the Filipino legend ended up losing his WBA title to Yordenis Ugas at a stage when, while still serviceable, he was quite clearly past his best.
Crawford, meanwhile, was hitting top form around this time, just a few fights away from producing arguably a career-best performance against Spence.
He did, of course, manage to stop his welterweight rival in nine rounds, before moving up to 168lbs and becoming a three-division undisputed champion by dethroning Canelo Alvarez last September.
Based on those two performances, coach Garcia has told ESNEWS that he would favour ‘Bud’ to defeat even a prime version of Pacquiao.
“The Crawford that beat Spence – and the Crawford that beat Canelo – would probably beat Manny.”
While Crawford’s prime almost certainly came during his run of eight stoppages at welterweight, it is harder to pinpoint when Pacquiao ultimately reached his peak.
In terms of his most destructive performance at world level, however, many will point towards his second-round finish over Ricky Hatton in 2009.
While facing the ‘Hitman’ at 140lbs, Pacquiao would cement himself as a formidable welterweight champion soon after, dethroning Miguel Cotto with a 12th-round stoppage for the WBO title.
Former world champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk has been left between a rock and a hard place afterhis promotional contract with Zuffa Boxing has been terminated.
The Ukrainian dethroned long-reigning light-heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson in 2018, scoring an 11th-round stoppage that left his opponent with a brain injury.
Gvozdyk then made a WBC title defence before losing to Artur Beterbievwho extended his ruthless surge with a 10th-round finish in their 2019 encounter.
Since that defeat, ‘The Nail’ suffered a unanimous decision loss to David Benavidez in 2024, before entering a perceived 50/50 contest against Radivoje ‘Hot Rod’ Kalajdzic in February.
With both making their Zuffa debut, the two veterans delivered a thrilling battle in which Gvozdyk scored two knockdowns and had built a sizable lead.
In round seven, though, the 39-year-old found himself on the canvas and was ultimately stopped on his feet after getting dropped a second time.
Given his overall performance, one would suspect he had done enough to justify another meaningful opportunity, yet Gvozdyk has since told vRINGe that he will no longer be fighting under the Zuffa banner.
“They terminated the contract in February after a loss. That is, every promoter has the option that if a boxer loses, they have the right to terminate the contract. That’s exactly what they did. After the fight, everyone was saying how great it was. That everything was great. I rested. I started preparing as planned – somewhere around May. And then, around April, they told me I’d received an email terminating the contract.”
This is because his contract has been terminated, while Kalajdzic’s next outing with Dana White’s promotional outfit is confirmed for September 26 against Craig Richards.
As for Gvozdyk, it is difficult to predict what will come next but, at the age of 39, one would suspect that he is close to hanging up the gloves.
Still, he could hardly have been happy to part ways with Zuffa, which also terminated its contract with Robert Meriwether following his defeat to Tony Hirsch Jr in April.
Former British champion and Olympic bronze medallist David Price has assessed whether his countryman, Conor Bennpossesses the necessary hand speed to defeat Ryan Garcia.
The two welterweights will square off at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena on September 12, with Garcia making a first defence of his WBC world title.
It was arguably a career-best performance that saw him dethrone Mario Barrios in February, scoring a first-round knockdown before winning a wide unanimous decision.
But despite coming off this dominant display, Garcia was far less impressive when he returned from a year-long doping ban and lost on points to Rolando Romero in May 2025.
Still, many would argue that the 28-year-old has shown signs of world-class quality, while Benn remains glaringly unproven at the top level.
The 29-year-old has also not fought at 147lbs since 2022, with his last two outings resulting in unanimous decision victories over faded versions of Chris Eubank Jr and Regis Prograis.
Against Eubank, in particular, Benn’s speed seemed a key factor in their two middleweight encounters last year, despite him suffering a points defeat the first time around.
As he approaches this welterweight contest against Garcia, though, former heavyweight contender Price has told The Smith Brothers that he sees Benn contending with an unfamiliar disadvantage.
“I think I [favour Garcia]. Conor Benn’s got great hand speed, but I think [Garcia’s] hand speed could make the difference in the fight.”
Like Garcia, Benn tested positive for a banned substance – clomifene – and was eventually removed from his cancelled 2022 encounter with Eubank.
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