Keith Holmes- Underrated ?

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  1. Rocket

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    I always thought Keith Holmes was underrated, really good not great, your thoughts on Keith Holmes
     
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  2. Seamus

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    No, not underrated just a placeholder.
     
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  3. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    No...he's not underrated.
     
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  4. Xplosive

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    Perhaps a bit underrated. He was a good fighter, but "very good" is a huge stretch.
     
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  5. Rocket

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    yeah maybe very good was a bit of a stretch, I also thought Thomas Tate was underrated to an extent too
     
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  6. lefthook31

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    He would not have been champion if he wasnt promoted by King.
     
    lefthook31, May 31, 2011
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  7. Rocket

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    thats not a very nice thing to say left hook31, what do you guys think about thomas tate though
     
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  8. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    He was ok, really though, he just was what he was...nothing special really.
     
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  9. lefthook31

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    Tate was better than Holmes.
     
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  10. the cobra

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    Solid beltholder. Nothing special as has been said, but good fundamentals and decent ability.
     
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  11. Mendoza

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    This is how I see it. Average alphabet champion who was in with Don King. Nothing more than that. Not even a top 100 ATG at middle.
     
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  12. Kittikasem

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    I agree with the OP, I think he is an underrated fighter. For me, he proved to be a superior fighter to more high-profile/hyped guys from his era such as Jeff Lacy.

    His performance to take Richie Woodhall's zero was excellent IMO, and he has some other quality wins (TKO7 Cherifi, TKO9 Quincy Taylor, TKO11 McCracken, 2 wins over Andrew Council).
     
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  13. WhataRock

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    Somewhat...not heaps. He is an underrated win for Nard @ 160, just cause no one really rates him..he was ok..a little better than Joppy.
     
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  14. PowerPuncher

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    I agree with that, his prime run was pretty good before he ran into 1 of the best versions of Hopkins. And even then he took away Hopkins outside game with his rangy accurate jab (and it was VERY RANGY too), BHOPs had to make it an inside mauling fight, something Holmes didn't have the tools to deal with. He seem to fall into the exxcellent outside, terrible inside category

    Holmes certainly shouldn't be mistaken for an upper echelon MW, but he is a top contender, would be in most eras and a good belt holder

    Yea that's pretty much how I see it. Still when people hype contenders of other eras, the likes of Holmes/Joppy get negated, they'd be on par with the bottom top6 wins of Hagler/Monzon
     
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  15. lefthook31

    lefthook31 Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Holmes was not better than Joppy. Neither were all that great though.
     
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