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Golf Beauty Paige Spiranac Talks About Boxing Legend Mike Tyson While Revealing Her Top 5 Underdog Stories In Sports

Published 09/22/2022, 4:30 AM EDT

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Golf beauty Paige Spiranac is not just a fan of golf. She loves other sports too, like football and boxing. After retiring from golf, she became an internet sensation and businesswoman. After making the headlines with her new merch, club covers, she is in the news again.

Her recent twitter video is the subject of headlines because she talked about the boxing legend, Mike Tyson. She was not excited about the cup but will watch it. Spiranac shared her top 5 underdog moments in the world of sports.

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Underdog moments of Paige Spiranac

In a recent tweet by Paige Spiranac, she shared her top five underdog moments from the sports world, and one might not believe her. Starting with the fifth position, the underdog story was Buster Douglas defeating Mike Tyson.

Tyson was a 42-to-1, and this loss turned out to be one of the biggest upsets in all sports. The fourth underdog moment was Holly Holm knocking out Ronda Rousey in the UFC. According to Spiranac, Rousey was never the same after that fight.

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Spiranac further explained her third underdog story, about the Giants. Of course, her love for football will have a football moment too. The story was about the Giants winning the Super Bowl over the Patriots. They were a 12-point underdog and limped into the playoffs. In the end, the game was exciting, with two minutes and 39 seconds left.

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The second underdog story has a scandal in it. It was the time when the tune squad beat the Monstars. There was a big cheating scandal related to it, but that did not stop the Tune Squad, and they won. And the winner of her top five underdog stories was “Miracle on Ice“.

It was a hockey game during the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. The US hockey team won the match against the Soviets, which was a dramatic upset moment in sports.

Going by stats

Spiranac started her video talking about the Presidents Cup 2022, which is happening from 22 to 25 September. She was happy about it, but not as much as one would think. She said she is not excited about the Presidents Cup but will watch it.

Even after retiring from professional golf, her love for the sport is not gone. One may wonder why isn’t she excited, though.

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One reason can be that she already knows how the tournament will turn out. Spiranac was talking according to the stats of Betsperts Golf. According to the stats, the USA team at the Presidents cup will dominate the international teams. With putting distance shots, the USA team will dominate.

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Thus, it would be interesting to see what actually takes place.

What are your thoughts on this? Do you think the USA team will dominate? Share your views in the comment section.

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Written by:

Saumya Yashawant

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A Commerce graduate who turned her passion into her profession, Saumya is a Golf writer at Essentially Sports. Having developed the love for the sport at a very young age, she watched Tiger Woods and caught inspiration from his legacy early on. Apart from Woods, she shares great admiration for her country's players like Vishwanathan Anand and Neeraj Chopra.
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Edited by:

Rohini Kottu

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