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.
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.
About 90% of people rank Holmes in their top 5 heavys list. Great fighter, but in no way underrated at least nowadays.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCe2MDPEvWs[/ame] Both these guys are pretty underestimated and forgotten.
Jimmy Carter Micheal Wastson Lou Bogash Don't understand the Holmes pick, he's on every top 10 HW list i've ever seen.
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.
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.