Who would you consider the most overrated heavyweight of all time?

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  1. NewChallenger

    NewChallenger Active Member Full Member

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    Mike Tyson doesn't count in this conversation as he would be the easy answer
     
    NewChallenger, Sep 26, 2025
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    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    George Foreman.
     
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    Lonsdale81 Active Member Full Member

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    Wilder.
     
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    thistle Boxing Junkie

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    possibly Jack Johnson, a more crude Era

    much later the Klitscho's, best of the inferior GIANTS

    and DEFO Tyson Fury, sadly a sham subpar disgrace to Boxing - NOT the Man, the Boxer & Career!!!
     
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  5. Jakub79

    Jakub79 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Tyson Fury, Lennox Lewis and - sorry- Muhammad Ali but he was nr 1 or 2.
    Mike Tyson? Today is definitely underrated.
     
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  6. Flash24

    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Usyk , Wilder, Fury , Dempsey.
     
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    RockyValdez Active Member Full Member

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    Foreman and Liston
     
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    The Undefeated Lachbuster On the Italian agenda Full Member

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    Mike Tyson is indisputably the correct pick knowing how normal people view him, no other heavyweight gets so innocuously put onto top 10 p4p lists or placed as the heavyweight goat

    Anyway, on this forum its probably Lennox Lewis though
     
    The Undefeated Lachbuster, Sep 26, 2025
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    NewChallenger Active Member Full Member

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    how you figure Ali is overrated?
     
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    It's usually the current champion.
     
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    Fury/Usyk.
     
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    Tyson Fury got hyped to hell.
    In the end he just showed he could beat Wilder.
     
    Fergy, Sep 26, 2025
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    MarkusFlorez99, Sep 26, 2025
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    Gazelle Punch Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Wilder is by far the most overrated HW to ever live. The man beat nobody of note in his career and the two or three ranked men he beat were C fighters.
     
    Gazelle Punch, Sep 26, 2025
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    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Marciano
     
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