The most overrated boxer ever is........

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  1. Pachilles

    Pachilles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    1) Roberto Duran



    2) Bernard Hopkins
    3) Larry Holmes
     
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    puertorricane Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    only on eastside would you find a list of hall of famers like this as overrated boxers.. all in the first 14 posts of the first page.. damn there's a bunch of stupid posters on this site .. i dont even want to read the rest of the thread

    :hat
     
  3. saintsmike

    saintsmike Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Miguel Cotto.
     
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    Casamayor122 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The Ring TOP10 JWWs Pryor faced after he beat the faded Cervantes in his hometown:
    no.4 Lennox Blackmore
    no.4 Dujuan Johnson
    no.5 Miguel Montilla
    no.6 Sang Hyun Kim
    no.8 Gary Hinton (a fight which he arguably lost)

    He never beat the second best fighter in the division or the third best for that matter after he became champ.

    He beat Arguello who was never a proven 140 pounder by cheating.

    He was a doped-up energizer bunny.


    Tszyu:

    no.7 Hector Lopez
    no.3 Jake Rodriguez
    no.9 Jan Piet Bergman
    no.8 Rafael Ruelas
    no.4 Miguel Angel Gonzalez
    no.2 Sharmba Mitchell
    no.3 Zab Judah
    no.8 Oktay Urkal
    no.8 Ben Tackie
    no.7 Jesse James Leija
    no.2 Sharmba Mitchell
    no.7 Ricky Hatton

    +Mayweather, Chavez, Bramble, Laporte etc. etc.

    He faced the best competition from the word go. Probably the only fighter to be in the Ring TOP10 in his weight class in his first year as a pro. Unheard of.
     
  5. Pirao

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    Tyson no doubt, and this thread is proof of it.
     
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    kostya tszyu, OLH, TITO
     
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    Jermain Tayor
     
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    Lennox Lewis, hands down.
     
  9. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    More like Underrated
     
  10. BoppaZoo

    BoppaZoo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nice Comeback to the Tszyu haters and thats all they are.
    In all of his Title Fights Tszyu fought Ring top ten opponents and out of 18 World Title fights 13 were fought away from home turf.

    If you want to talk overated resumes people should start with Aaron Pryor's. Its far more overated than Tszyu's taking in mind Tszyu fought a former World Champ in only his 4th Pro fight i mean how many boxers can lay claim to that. In fact how many can lay claim to winning a World Title at any weight in only 15 Pro Fights.
     
  11. Lurkio

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    manny pacquiao
    Paul Williams
     
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    rodney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Manny Pac
     
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    Talivar Well-Known Member Full Member

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    atm HAS to be WARD and DIRRELL, both top class and one day no doubt will be elite but already you have countless ward vs calzaghe ect ect threads
     
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    Has to be Duran.
     
  15. Big Left

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    Tyson - good but no where near one of the best HW's ever.

    Hopkins - beat up on smaller men most of the time.

    Toney - ATG? yeah right...