The Underrated/Overrated thread

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  1. zippy

    zippy Member Full Member

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    The game is easy. You post two fighter's names, one under each heading, then watch the fur fly. :D Ill go first.

    Underrated: Manuel Ortiz

    Overrated: Aaron Pryor
     
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  2. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Underrated: Fighting Harada

    Overrated: Tony Ayala
     
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  3. Manassa

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    Overrated: Muhammad Ali

    Underrated: Ken Buchanan
     
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  4. teeto

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    Overrated - Arturo Gatti

    Underrated - Vernon Forrest
     
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  5. Big N Bad

    Big N Bad Well-Known Member Full Member

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    wow, first person i know that says ali was overrated.
    well if he is overrated then the other heavyweights dont come close to a guy who is overated.
    no heavyweight had the resume of an ALI. just look who he beat!
     
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  6. Manassa

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    Ali was indeed a great heavyweight and may very well have been the best to ever live; but a top two or three pound-for-pound fighter, he's not.
     
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  7. zippy

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    Actually, there are some here who think he was.
     
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  8. zippy

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    I agree.
     
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  9. teeto

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    I respect your opinion , because i have read your posts and know that you know boxing , but im not a Ali fan and i have him at number 2 p4p , i just cant escape from the fact of how good he was in the ring . He did all them things wrong and beat some of the best heavys ever. Just my opinion
     
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  10. zippy

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    What's your top ten look like?
     
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  11. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    underrated: Antonio Esparragoza
    overrated: Felix Trinidad
     
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  12. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    You're obviously new around here. Ali's generally regarded as 1 or 2 at heavyweight and, as Mansaa says, in some pfp Top 3's. So he's hardly underrated.
     
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  13. McGrain

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    Underated: Holman Williams

    Overated: Joey Maxim.
     
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  14. teeto

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    Like i said this is just opinion , my top ten are set in stone , the order of the next 7 is not by any means , but i have put in thr fighters i think deserve it.

    I think so highly of Roberto Duran , i believe it is him that is as close to a perfect fighter as is possible . His blend of offense and defense is beyond words, but still i cannot have him above Robinson, his resume in his prime just cements him at the top imo . And like i said, Ali's skill speaks for itself.

    1. Robinson
    2. Ali
    3. Duran
    4. Greb
    5. Pep
    6. Armstrong
    7. Jofre
    8. Louis
    9. Mayweather
    10. Langford

    There are so many guys that just miss out , but thats what happens when ypu narrow it down to ten men.

    Whats yours like ? Sorry it took ages
     
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  15. doublesuited

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    Underrated: Roy Jones Jr.

    Overrated: Jimmy Carter
     
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