Biggest fraud in boxing is without doubt Naseem Hamed. What was it he use to say? I am going to be a legend bigger than Ali blah blah blah He had two fights against worthy opponents Kevin Kelly who in my opinion used the wrong tactics and Marco Barrera who lets be honest whooped him and showed what I thought all along. Hamed was overhyped over rated and apart from those two fighters mentioned he fought no one who wouldn't have lost to my granny. A northen chav who sold his BS to the other chavs who bought it, in reality a quick punching half decent fighter who wouldn't have got on tv once if it wasn't for the crap he was spouting and the pathetic antics he used before a fight. Total fraud in every respect.
Rocky Marciano's best wins were over 160 pound past his prime Archie Moore, washed up 40 year older's like Joe Louis ( Who was overrated himself) and Jersey Joe Walcott and past his peak Ezzard Charles. Marciano lost to 177 pound Ted Lowry who has a career record of 70 and 68. Not only did he lost he was almost knocked out various times and Lowry carried him. [url]http://boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Fight:19970[/url] Marciano also lost to Roland LaStarza a 180 pound fighter [url]http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Rocky_Marciano_vs._Roland_LaStarza_(1st_meeting)[/url] But every time you come to crappy boxing forums like this he is called the best heavyweight of all time. Which is amazing since he wasn't a heavyweight and never fought any modern sized heavyweights. Joe Louis fought so many bums in his career they called his opponents the bum of the month club. Louis once fought a guy named Johnny Davis who was 3-3 in a title bout. He fought Al McCoy who was 5-5 in his previous 10 for the title. In fact just go to boxrec and search his record and opponents. You can also throw in any old timer like Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney. Ali best real wins came against who? A washed up Sonny Liston who didn't train? Norton beat him all 3 times. He could only beat Frazier when he was blind in one eye. His win against Foreman was a fluke and he avoided him in a rematch. Ali has flat out stated that his intentions weren't to lay against the ropes. He stated numerous times that Foreman kept him there was his ring cutting abilities and his only real plan was to hope he didn't get knocked out and hoped that Foreman got tired. Ali never got in the ring with a world class fighter who was in their prime and was actually a heavyweight by modern standards and flat out dominate.