Who have been some underrated professional heavyweight boxers?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    I think the top modern heavies are vastly underrated but do fans feel some older heavyweights were underrated equally?
     
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    SHADAPBLAD Viscous Knockouts Full Member

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    Yes indeed son. Many were underrated. Many were also overrated. Next thread pls
     
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    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    More specific as to in what way and if everyone agrees with you?
     
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    SHADAPBLAD Viscous Knockouts Full Member

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    Yes son the specifics are there if in so far were to you to look as if but so close to yes
     
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    Trevor' Berbick .
    First man to take Holmes the distance.
    Beat Greg page
    Upset Pinklon Thomas .
    Beat John Tate .
    Only stopped twice in 23 years .
     
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    Berbick's not a bad shout, actually. Far from the joke figure he used to be made out as. Damiani was a better fighter than people tend to think, at least in terms of skill if not resume. Completely outboxed and flummoxed Mercer before getting stopped in his tracks by that uppercut.... And Mercer himself was a good ol' Heavyweight in his day.
     
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    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    I think most of them pre-Dempsey get overlooked or underrated pretty often.

    I think Jack Johnson is very underrated.

    I think there are a lot more underrated fighters at lower weights.
     
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    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Jim Braddock
    Floyd Patterson
    Max Baer
    Ingemar Johansson
     
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    Jesse Ferguson. Watch his nifty combos and body work against Buster Douglas
     
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    Al Jones, Leroy Jones, and Roy "Tiger" Williams are all underrated.
     
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    Damiani was a really good fighter. His problem was he didn't like getting hit. As long as things were going his way he looked good. The moment he got hurt he found a way to quit. The reason nobody mentions his name anymore is because most people have this mind set "If people on TV don't mention somebody they want mention them".
     
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    good call on Leroy Jones, fine boxer
     
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    George Chuvalo is under rated.
     
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