Your most overrated/underrated fighters

Bhop
Jake
Usyk
RJJ, though pretty special for a while.
Turpin

you could go on & on really, but the most overrated of all-time has got to be TYSON FURY,
a fighter who was protected & placed into position in the first place, he should never have been given the chance, he never earned it, nor was he qualified to mix at the Top...

it does prove a point however, that lesser fighters, and in his case a much lesser fighter, it proves given the chance, many could eke out or spoil out a strap.

just think of how many great contenders would have died for the chance... Lloyd Marshall.

anyway, you could list dozens & dozens for both categories,
sadly, the Business is Corruption, protection and placement, for far, far too many.

Boxing History could absolutely be rewritten.

 

Jimmy Mclarnin most underrated

 

Corbett gets seriously underrated, the man was unconventional to say the least but you'd think my infant cousin could beat the guy with how he's talked about around here.

I think a lot of people would be surprised at how bad Corbett would make their favourite fighter look, unconventionality pays off.

 

Overrated I think DelaHoya. He was a superstar before he even turned pro. He won belts in the lower classes beating guys like Jimmy Bredhal and Rafael Ruelas.

After he got to Welterweight he didnt have the size advantage things changed. Oscar was a very good fighter, very good talent that imo didnt develop it to full potential.

He didnt have to develop his talent, he was already a star. DelaHoya changed trainers every few fights which led to a lack of ring identity.

He might have been better off if he got the L from the SweetPea bout or at least a Draw. Gone back to the drawing board and worked on his right hand, learned to relax in the ring, increase his stamina.
Oscar lost most of his biggest fights from '47 and up.

Underrated- Joel Casamayor, Joel was a respected contender and champion but he never seemed get the credit he'd earned.

The guy fought alot of good boxers. Freitas came to America behind alot of hype, the Next Duran they told us.
Casamayor I thought beat him.

Joel could box and he could punch some. He knew how to handle himself on the inside if things got rough.

A good talent, a complete fighter who was a rough nite for everyone he got in the ring with.

Some of the things I said about Casa also go to John John Molina.

 

Most overrated: Corbett
Most underrated: Melankomas' baby cousin

 

Out of the fighters mentioned very high on many all time lists, Barney Ross was the most disappointing to me on tape. I understand his resume is very impressive and He had to have something about him, but He does look crude and basic in a lot of ways, what in my mind put in question entire era of Lightweights and Welterweights He competed against.
The way genuine great in Henry Armstrong basically run him out of the ring is not so surprising in that context.

Underrated.. I think Antonio Tarver is not as respected as He should, with the focus being on him beating faded Roy Jones. While Roy was past his prime, I still think He was very capable - and peak Glen Johnson and Eric Harding are also excellent wins, so it's not like Tarver was a one hit wonder.

I also think that Fernando Montiel and Gerry Penalosa are more deserving of being on the Hall Of Fame Ballots than many of the other fighters who are there, so They are also relatively underrated.

 

Honestly I think Fitzsimmons gets overrrated a bit. Early Ko losses, life and death with his main Australian middleweight rival in his prime.
Not the best record ever.
He beat a much smaller guy to win the middleweight championship, two best wins were when he was old so great longevity, Corbett being one of them, but they were both old.
I see him rated often with Greb and Robinson etc, I don’t know if he should be rated that high.

Mayweather and Pac both get overrated, I can’t be bothered going in to those two.
Used to think de la Hoya as well actually I’m not sure, he nearly beat Mayweather while old, Mosley fights, koing Mayorga, he could surprise you. A weirdo definitely but whatever.

Underrated , Calzaghe, Spinks, Loi, Golovkin

 

Pep gets rightly rated for his defensive brilliance but offensively, outside of not being a spark em out fighter, I find him remarkable to watch and would dare say his offence is underrated.

You can see how consistently he spins his man onto the ropes or into corners, unloading with double and triple jabs, hooking off the jab, wicked combinations and superb balance.

An absolutely fantastic fighter to watch on film.

 

Overrated Mike Tyson, Marvin Hagler, Joe Calzaghe, Julio Cesar Chavez, Vitali Klitschko

Underrated Marlon Starling, Keith Thurman, Pinklon Thomas, Chris Byrd, Shawn Porter,

 

I know that it's personal opinion but how can Hags be overrated if the likes of Thurman, Byrd and Porter are underrated, without providing wider explanation?

 

I wasn't a boxing fan at the time so I don't remember the build-up, but I'm pretty sure that the question of how well Jones can perform after dropping down in weight was something that was talked about. Even by the HBO crew, before the contest.
Jones didn't look horrible, but I don't think He looked anywhere close to his peak either. He was laying on the ropes far more than He used to, He was much more "spotty" with his offence as well.

A lot of fighters are past their prime while still keeping their title or number one position. Even if one is ready to be pushed off a cliff, it still takes someone capable enough to do it. Fury with Wlad, Jermain Taylor with Hopkins, Oscar with Sweet-Pea etc. In all of those instances the old legend was showing signs of decline before, but it still took a right guy to fully expose it. I think it was similar with Tarver.

I agree He won the first fight and I see it as meaningful for Tarver's legacy, so overall We agree on more than We differ.

 

When these types of discussion come up I always think the more modern era guys like Ronald Winky Wright, 51-6, never stopped, lovely southpaw boxer, great style and fluid.

Lost his last three fights but that was over a 5 year period between losing to the phenom that was BHop 2007 to Peter Quillin 2012 for a payday.

But resume of beating Sugar Shane x2, Tito wide UD, Soliman, Ike Quartey and a draw with the unbeaten Jermain Taylor, he seems to go under the radar a bit for me.

 

An he beat Rocky balboa a was unbeaten against him.something Apollo, Clubber and Drago couldn’t do ha, ha. did he do anymore acting after Rocky? I thought he did a good job