Who or what punched above their weight?

[caduceus]

Who or what in your opinion has punched well above their weight in recent times? I have a few, but need more for a project I am helping a niece with.

Things/people that had the opposition quaking in their boots, if there was any in their particular group, be it cars, athletes, planes, politicians, etc.

Who/what do you think?

Thanks
Cad

[69elan+2]

[Yugguy]

Now that really did make me laugh out loud.

[otolith]

James Allen has a (long) list, I understand.

[evenflow]

Someone punching below their weight:

[JohnSW20]

TVR Cerbera,

John

[evenflow]

In car terms, I would think Caterhams, Radicals et al could be considered to punch above their weight. They can be faster and better handling than "supercars" from large manufacturers with large R&D budgets.

[caduceus]

I was thinking more along the lines of Concorde, Mike Tyson (maybe), Eurofighter Typhoon, etc.

[Fume troll]

Sea Harriers (and probably the whole naval task force) in the Falklands.

Cheers,

FT.

[Mr E]

caduceus said:

Eurofighter Typhoon

Only if it shoots down UFOs...

[DoctorFan]

Concorde definately.

[TedMaul]

Hitler; for all the wrong reasons maybe, but nevertheless he punched well above his weight I would say

[walm]

fk me. The word is "finite".
As in, "the limit of your intelligence is certainly finite."
Derivatives might be, "the number of people who can't spell appears to be infinite".

ALSO FOUND IN ********DEFINITE******** and ************DEFINITELY**********

There is no such word as FINATE or any derivatives.

[shadowninja]

Is this phrase getting confused? I thought punching above one's weight would be me taking on Mike Tyson in a boxing match. (I'd wear the fker out by running around him for 10 rounds, mind.)

Edited by shadowninja on Wednesday 6th August 10:13

[Zod]

69elan+2 said:

I had the misfortune of seeing those two close-up. I think whichever one it is and Lemon Toothpick.

[TankRizzo]

SAS in the Gulf War.

[308mate]

walm said:

There is no such word as FINATE or any derivatives.

Very true. Which sounds a bit like "fellate". As in "Were you able to fellate yourself, you might be a bit less of an uptight, spelling nazi prick."

Well done for picking up on it. The place is better for it.

Another one for the Iraqi insurgents. Along those lines, the Viet Cong - prime example.

Edited by 308mate on Wednesday 6th August 10:18

[Fume troll]

walm said:

There is no such word as FINATE.

http://www.maplandia.com/romania/cluj/finate/



Cheers,

FT.

[evenflow]

The Jamaican bobsleigh team

[Mikeyboy]

caduceus said:

Eurofighter Typhoon,

That isn't punching above its weight. however the Rafale, and grippen may be having gone into service something like over ten years before the originally similarly specced Typhoon, which comes to you from one of the worlds largest A+D companies. If anything it punches under its weight.

Mikeyboy