Most Overrated & Underrated Fighters of all time

Just fast guess:

Lewis - overrated
Vitaly - underrated

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mayweather overated
tyson underrated

 

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Overrated - Ali

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Overated currently, Jermaine Taylor
Underated currently Joe Calzahge

 

Overrated: Tyson
Underrated: Tyson

 

That's basically what I was going to say.

Underrated and overrated is hard to gauge because it all depends on who's doing the rating. Some will overrate a certain fighter and others will underrate him.

 

I think Evander Holyfield has been highley underrated seriously prior to and even after his win over Tyson, let me ask you all this, where would Holyfield rank today as an ATG had he retired after he rematched Michael Moorer?
I think he would be pretty high, the man at that stage had beat everybody he has ever faced. what do you all think?

 

No, Holyfield for the most part gets plenty of credit.

For instance, Nigel Collins had him at #3 all-time in the HW division after the first Tyson fight, and The Ring had him just outside the top 20 of fighters in the last 80 years.

 

Mike Tyson. Lost to every man that stood up to him. For all the physical strength and impressive repertoire never prevailed when at odds.

 

Overrated - Mayweather

Underrated - Calzaghe, I guess.

 

Mayweather underrated
Tyson overrated

 

Exactly my point.

 

Come on.. you mean to tell me that the only fighters that have ever stood up to Tyson in his entire career is Douglas, Holyfield, Lewis, Williams, and McBride????

This is the most over-used misconception among boxing fans.

 

Rocky Marciano is overrated, don't get me wrong the guy was a warrior but a few sauna sessions and a time machine would see him up against B-Hop in this day and age.

Lennox Lewis is underrated basically because he was so consistent in his career in that he destroyed many of the best fighters in his era (while others ducked him blatantly) and yet because he walked on to a punch while things were picking up for him, then later got KO'd when he was unmotivated it becomes the focal point of his career? **** off.

Tyson is waaay overrated by the mainstream and as a consequence of that the hardcore boxing fans underrate him.

Cotto is overrated like crazy ever since he beat an inactive guy that failed everytime he stepped up, Zab is overrated because of what he almost did everytime he stepped up.

Hatton is underrated because he won a close decision in the worst performance of his career and it is now viewed as his definative performance by the naysayers e.g. "well if Collazo rocked him (despite how fleeting that moment was) then anyone can do it" and "oh Hatton hates slick boxers look at the Collazo fight" are pretty shallow arguments considering debates are supposed to be based around a multitude of incidences in a boxers career not just one fight (which he won anyway).

Oh and the Klits are overrated because one won 4 rounds out of 6 against a retiring Lewis before it got stopped because his face was hanging off, the fact that Lewis' timing and power was coming into play more and more as the fight progressed doesn't matter apparently.