Most underrated fighters of all time?

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  1. tommygun711

    tommygun711 The Future Full Member

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    for me, it's Larry holmes. he still doesn't get respect from some guys.
     
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  2. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Sumbu Kalambay
     
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  3. joebeadg

    joebeadg Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Yea, Larry gets no respact, cause he wasen't as smooth socialy as Ali, but I believe he'd have whooped Ali anytime. How bout sweet Saoul Mamby? Great boxer. Harold Brazier, Howard Davis, Villimar Fernandez? A pleasure to watch.
     
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  4. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Never thought too much of Mamby. Guys like Enrique Pinder and Chucho Castillo too often don't get the respect they deserve, in my opinion. Very smooth, skilled stylists who could've held their own with most any Bantamweight at their best. Pinder less so due to his lacking durability and a tendancy to coast at times, leading to concentrational lapses that could see him toasted by the bigger punchers. Beautifully skilled, though.
     
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  5. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    Greatest heavyweight of all times...

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  6. KOTF

    KOTF Bingooo Full Member

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    Fat Tony Tubbs (not the in-shape version). I actually had fat Tubbs beating Riddick Bowe.
     
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  7. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Bubi Scholz.
     
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  8. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Top 6 heavyweight for me,and I would not argue with anyone putting him higher.
     
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  9. nahkis

    nahkis Robbed Full Member

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    About 90% of people rank Holmes in their top 5 heavys list. Great fighter, but in no way underrated at least nowadays.
     
    nahkis, Apr 24, 2010
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  10. lora

    lora Fighting Zapata Full Member

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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCe2MDPEvWs[/ame]



    Both these guys are pretty underestimated and forgotten.
     
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    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Don't understand the Holmes pick, he's on every top 10 HW list i've ever seen.
     
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  12. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Rocky Marciano is starting to really be underrated by many, not all, but there are more and more people that say he sucked.

    I think Ingemar Johannson is sold short sometimes.
     
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  13. teeto

    teeto Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    In my opnion-

    Felix Trinidad
    Vincente Saldivar
     
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  14. teeto

    teeto Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Marciano is THE head to head monster imo.
     
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  15. lora

    lora Fighting Zapata Full Member

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    Brian Curvis is underrated.The Welsh Shoji Oguma.Very capable southpaw rough-houser with good standup skills as well.


    Agree with Chucho Castillo, he's as good, if not better than any of the recent mexican greats imo.
     
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