Top 5 most overrated boxers of All Time

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  1. Pachilles

    Pachilles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    1. Roberto Duran
    2. Jack Dempsey
    3. Sam Langford
    4. Barney Ross
    5. Ezzard Charles

    who in your opinion, are the top 5 most overrated boxers of all time?
     
  2. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    1. dempsey
    2. marciano
    these are the only 2 that i think are vastly overrated
     
  3. WhataRock

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    Charles and Ross are very often underrated.

    Duran gets overrated by a section of his fans but he is quite simply in the top echelon of fighters alltime, which ever way you want to look at it. He should be rated high and talked about as one of the best ever.

    Langford??? I mean ****. The guy is a consensus top 5 alltime. His record is crazy. Its really almost impossible to overrate him because he actually has an argument for GOAT. How more can you rate him then that?
     
  4. frankenfrank

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    1. Aaron Pryor
    2. Alexis Arguello
    3. Joe Louis
    4. Bernard Hopkins
    5. Archie Moore




    the question of 'overrated' depends on the rating place , so i regarded this forum.
     
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  5. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Most fighters are just overated by their fanboys, so there is no definite list.
     
  6. Boxed Ears

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    I like bodhi's answer for this. :deal
     
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  8. Stevie G

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    Roberto Duran overrated ?? :huh Interesting.
     
  9. Ezzard

    Ezzard Well-Known Member Full Member

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    the most overrated fighters are going to be those who are active because there is a vested interest (i.e. money) in promoting them.
     
  10. Holmes' Jab

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    Agree with this, but not your other choices.
     
  11. Jersey Joe

    Jersey Joe Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Dempsey arguably but IMO no one really rates him as a top 5 heavyweight anyway.

    Duran and Charles are ridiculous inclusions in an "overrated" list.
     
  12. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    here on esb, the early triple crowners Fitzsimmons, Ross and Armstrong get alot of praise here

    Ray leonard the most overrated I've ever seen but I know esbers like to jump on the bandwagon with so called experts or popular opinion to make themselves look knowledgable

    Louis at least had some guns and a string of defenses
     
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    Awful post, as are those choosing Louis, although I do agree that Dempsey is overrated by some.

    Frankenfrank is the man who has O Neil Bell in his top 10 P4P to put his choices into perspective :lol:
     
  14. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    bodhi has it right ...
     
  15. stevebhoy87

    stevebhoy87 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Not sure on that one, i think louis gets his dues pretty correctly in this forum but if we look at a lot of "general" publications on who the greatest fighter is of all time p4p i've seen him as high as 3 or 4 which is clearly overrating him in my opinion