Most Overrated South America Fighter?

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  1. StillWater

    StillWater New Member Full Member

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    who does your vote go to, all time & why?
     
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  2. kingfisher3

    kingfisher3 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    in general, locche or firpo.

    on this forum, corro has been mentioned more than once, and there's no good reason for that.
     
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  3. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Firpo was just about entirely a hype job.

    More recently Miranda was hyped quite a bit before his bubble burst.
     
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  4. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Tomas Molinaras and Fully Obel come to mind
     
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  5. Titan1

    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    fully obel.
     
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  6. Mr.DagoWop

    Mr.DagoWop Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Monzon
     
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  7. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I would go with someone who was in no way top 10 material but somehow (corruption) made it into the WBA top 10 during the '80's. There are quite a few guys to choose from.

    If I must pick one, I'll go with Nelson Bolonos. He had a good record but had never fought outside of South America. Vinny Paz cherry picked him. Another guy was Pablo Baez, who got a shot at Thomas Hearns's WBA Welterweight title. Baez had a very mediocre record when he got the shot.
     
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  8. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Juan Martin Coggi, anyone?
     
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  9. turnip

    turnip Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hard to beat at home.bit like sven oakcake
     
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  10. janitor

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    But then people like you skew the average so that he ends up under rated!
     
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  11. N_ N___

    N_ N___ Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Martinez was. I'm not sure if he still is. His technical limitations put him more in the Jermain Taylor tier than the Hopkins tier, in my opinion.


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  12. RockyValdez

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  13. gregluland

    gregluland Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Do fighters from Texas count ?
     
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  14. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    People like me?

    That's racist!
     
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  15. DirtyDan

    DirtyDan Worst Poster of 2015 Full Member

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    Valero obviously.
     
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