Which fighters are the MOST vastly overrated by their fans?

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  1. JASPER

    JASPER Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Key word MOST:think
     
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  2. Ren

    Ren Active Member Full Member

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    fans are always going to overrate their idols. They are the reason they are attached to the sport, without it their interest in the sport is suitably diminished.

    The important thing is that they separate scientific fact from dreamt up fiction concerned their idols.
     
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    canucks9314 Iron Chinned ATG Warrior Full Member

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    Klitschkos
     
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    sean1982 Active Member Full Member

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    Threetime no1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    ^correct
     
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  6. Post Box

    Post Box I'm back too, bitches Full Member

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    On here it has to be the Klitschkos, and the reason they overate them is you can tell the majority are not even fans of the sport. They proclaim Wladimir would decapitate any of the older generation boxers but haven't even bothered to watch their fights.

    Talking to people in the street about Tyson is pretty much the same, casual fans that grew up in the Tyson era find it impossible for any heavyweight in history to last more than 4 rounds with an prime Mike.
     
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  7. timagen

    timagen Guest

    RJJ
    Calzaghe
     
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    Imperial1 VIP Member Full Member

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    Floyd Mayweather
     
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  10. Ren

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    RJJ is a bit overrated. Because he did something that noone else in history could do, he gets amazing rep for it which is entirely due.

    But his weaknesses should be acknowledged by his fans too, for instance his longevity in boxing was pretty poor. Often I wonder if that was largely a 'mental' thing, if he just lost the drive once he acheived something no one else had done, and that virtually noone else could ever do. How do you follow that up? What motivates you after you have made history? Very little.
     
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  11. KINGOFTHE1ROUND

    KINGOFTHE1ROUND Guest

    Klitschkos. These guys have been stopped in 6 of their 6 combined losses.
    Vitali a PROVEN roid user quit against Byrd.
    He was TKO'd in 6 by old,fat,Lewis.
    Wlad was knocked cold by Lamon Brewster,Ross Puritty and the golfer.
    But these Klit fans still claim the Klitschko bros to be the greatest of all time.
     
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  12. Ren

    Ren Active Member Full Member

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    yeah the Klits too, totally agree. they are the obvious one on this forum, the Klithugger threads are insane on ESB.
     
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    People from the US and UK really hate the Klitchsko's don't they... ****in hell. Crazy ****.
     
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    You got the answer you were hoping for, so now go and do something relevant.
     
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