most underappreciated fighter you know?

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  1. Flemo83

    Flemo83 Active Member Full Member

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    Totally agree, i think the ko against foreman and a few toward the end of his career are probably the biggest factors
     
  2. EverLast

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    Larry Holmes

    Bernard Hopkins

    Harry Greb

    Sonny Liston
     
  3. EverLast

    EverLast Well-Known Member Full Member

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    good shout actually

    how about glen johnson?
     
  4. Swarmer

    Swarmer Patrick Full Member

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    I wouldn't say Greb is underappreciated, by people who actually know **** about boxing he is rated very highly- from #1-3 of all time typically...You could say the general public doesn't know **** about him, but even among boxing fans how many people even give due credit to fighters pre-1940?
     
  5. TommyV

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    John Henry Lewis is another.

    Luis Manuel Rodriguez, possibly Jack Britton aswell.
     
  6. sosolid4u09

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    Of everyone mentioned here i have to go with Glen Johnson aswel :good

    To some extent Juan Manuel Marquez aswel. Forever in Morales and Barrera's shadow, but you could argue he was the best of the three.
     
  7. TommyV

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    On here he's probably under-rated. On the Classic you will find him in the overwhelming majority of top 10 lists. He's in my top 5, as he is with quite a few others posters.
     
  8. EverLast

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    i think he is...

    i see people rating dempsey and tunney way too much in comparison to greb.
     
  9. TommyV

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    And Jeff Clarke.

    I guess some of the lesser ranked guys of the Black Murderer's Row aswell (Chase, Wade, Carter etc)
     
  10. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    Please hand over your boxing license, it's been revoked!

    Being a Brit...Paul Silky Jones.
     
  11. Swarmer

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    On any credible P4P list he is far above both in my view... Greb has an undeniably incredible resume, possibly the best in boxing history.

    Floyd? Great fighter, one that i am a huge fan of but I can't justify giving him a top ten spot in any HW list for real. H2H, resume, and overall significance keeps him just out by a hair.
     
  12. harvinmagler

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    Juan Manuel Marquez and possibly Katsidis
     
  13. EverLast

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    great shout out for marquez....definitely underappreciated.

    :-O nobody mention the word tyson.... TommyV is in the house lol
     
  14. EverLast

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    also...

    A FORCE

    and

    SNV
     
  15. sosolid4u09

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    ::lol:

    Its a shame the injury to Niko robs us of a possible unification fight down the line (once Audley beats haye and vitali finally steps up to face valuev) between the A-Force and SNV for the UNIFIED HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD