Most underappreciated champion at each weight

Heavyweight: George Foreman - first incarnation. Honorable mention - Marciano as time goes by.
Cruiserweight: N/A
L.Heavyweight: John Henry Lewis. So underrated and unheralded it's criminal.
Super Middleweight: Roy Jones Jr - So many still, somehow, doubt the guy.
Middleweight: Bernard Hopkins - Loses out on likability.
J.Middleweight: Nino Benvenuti - Could make 154 much of his career and would be rather hard to beat there at his best.
Welterweight: Luis Rodriguez - Could have won all his decisions vs Griffith such was their closeness. A great.
Junior Welterweight: Kostya Tszyu.
Lightweight: Joe Brown - Cleaned out the division and check out his title fight record.
Junior Lightweight: Tod Morgan
Featherweight: Chrustopher Battalino
Junior Featherweight: Victor Callejas
Bantamweight: Jeff Chandler. Honorable mention Lupe Pintor. a unification would have seen one of them move well up the ATG Bantamweight rankings.

 

HW: Michael Moorer-- Forever disrespected for Foreman loss.
CW: Juan Carlos Gomez-- Solid dude. Never got his due.
LH: Zsolt Erdei--- European stud. Really good fighter.
SM: Sven Ottke-- Known for being feather fisted and protected but bottom line, He was pretty good.
MW: Michael Nunn-- was putting it on Toney up until he got caught. Good fighter.
JM: Mike McCallum-- Can't say enough about his greatness.
WW: Corey Spinks-- He could really box. Wrongfully thought of as a runner. Damn near beat Taylor for the MW belt.
JW: Shamba Mitchell-- was beating everyone until he met Koysta.
LW: Ken Buchanan-- Duran. Nuff said.
FW: Barry Mcguigan-- solid dude.
BW: Jeff Chandler-- tough as nails.

 

Heavyweight: Tommy Burns (a p4p atg)

Cruiser: Qawi (top 5 h2h cruiser)

Light Heavyweight: John Henry Lewis

Super Middleweight: Joe Calzaghe (not a good pick upon first review but he's most likely a p4per, yet never gets to see the light of day around here)

Middleweight: Frank Klaus (deeeeep resume)

Super welterweight: Gianfranco Rosi

Welterweight: Marty Servo (held Robi to an unpopular SD in Robi's prime)

Super lightweight: Duilio Loi (he's better than Ortiz, there I said it)

Lightweight: Rocky Kansas (the legendary rival of Johnny Dundee)

Super featherweight: Johnny Dundee (his legacy seems to diminish as time goes on)

Featherweight: Johnny Kilbane (most title defenses at the weight yet isn't a p4per?)

Super bantam: Israel Contreras (the Vasquez Slayer, and a very good win for Khaosai)

Bantam: Jackie Sharkey (his record doesn't speak to the serious threat to every top fighter he was in 1919, most of his losses are from fighting top dudes a million times) HM: Carlos Zarate

Super fly: Sung Kil Moon (beat Khaokor)

Fly: Fidel LaBarba (record not so impressive for such a touted amateur but when you're going to war with Jimmy McLarnin and Newsboy Brown in your first 10 fights, exceptions should be made)

Minimumweight: Big Wang, 5 star grilled chicken, Thai tbe, 54-0 TMT (The Moonsri Team). What else can be said

 

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I think he has the longest reign, but is often credited with few defences. Some good wins, and looks decent on film, I want to look into him more.

 

For Lightweights probably Jem Carney, given he's nearly entirely forgotten. Denny Harrington even more so for middleweights.

 

Lies.

Also, I didn't think Servo was a WW champ.

 

Pinky Silverberg is the most underappreciated I know. Flyweight champion.

The Ring actually forgot he was a world champion and didn't have him their extensive encyclopedia.

Imagine your world title wins being completely forgotten by written history. Luckily the local community knew and got it fixed.

 

What 5 cruisers would you pick over Holyfield bout Qawi?

 

HW - Corrie Sanders
Definitely underrated H2H

CW - Oleksandr Usyk
Very underrated both H2H and P4P wise today.

LHW - John Henry Lewis or Maxie Rosenbloom

SMW - Sven Ottke
MW - Bernard Hopkins
JMW - Winky Wright
WW - Luis Rodriguez
JWW - Manny Pacquiao
LW - Joe Brown
SFW - Sandy Saddler
FW - Eusebio Pedroza
SBW - Guillermo Rigondeaux
BW - Chucho Castillo
SFly - Gilberto Roman
Fly - Miguel Canto
LFly - Roman Gonzalez

 

Contreras was an awesome fighter. Wins over Vazquez and Espinota. Great mention Lach.

 

I was joking, Rough.

I'd pick 4 tho. Usyk, Holy, Briedis and Jirov

 

I don't think any of these are underappreciated. Most are literal legends. Just not mentioned enough.

 

Akinobu Hiranaka was an absolute monstrous power puncher at 135 and 140, yet he's never mentioned or appreciated, even for just his power alone. Pretty freaky power if you ask me.