Overrated

Quite a few of the fighters you have mentioned aren't overrated.

Out of the Scouse ones which I know more about Liam Smith, Dodson and also locally Steve Williams have done well considering there limited abilities.

Depends whether we're talking about actual boxing fans or the general public.

I'd personally say Tyson Fury is the most generally underrated fighter in the country, ever time you read a news article, the comments underneath say he is a bum and has never fought anyone etc. When in reality he is arguably a top 5 in the world heavyweight already at such a young age.

 

Ovil McKenzie
Nathan Cleverly
Martin Murray
Kevin Mitchell
Kid Galahad

 

Yeh I think Steve Williams looked awful at British level but he got there somehow.

Vassell is a quality operator and needs a bigger opportunity.

 

It used to be David Price but that's now swung in the opposite direction

Well Prepared Kevin Mitchell & Motivated Dereck Chisora deserve a mention

 

Does anyone actually rate any of the guys you mentioned?

 

Theophane
El Maachi

Could be classed as overrated fighters for me.

 

Pretty much every fighter you mentioned is lower British title level fighter. They might win a British title if they are fortunate enough to be in a period where theres a lack of quality coming through. Would Ashley Theophane have won a British title if Hatton, Witter were around.

Its tough to say who is overrated and who is underrated. Pretty much every fighter has people who either overrate them or underrate them. In general every fighter from Liverpool is massivley overrated by anyone from Liverpool.

Fighters I personally do not rate highly that others do are Tyson Fury, Martin Murray, Frankie Gavin, Gary Buckland, Kid Galahad, Paul Butler.

Fighters I personlly do rate highly that others do not are Nathan Cleverly, Larry Ekundayo, Denton Vassell, Kevin Mitchell, Liam Walsh, Stephen Smith, Ashley Sexton.

 

no one in the boxing community rates him

 

Agree on most of them except Liam Smith.

Most seemed to think he was going nowhere & would be stopped by O'Meara but put in a cracking performance, if anything I'd say he's underrated with the amount of stick he gets

 

Add Gavin to the list, too.

He's done nothing of note as a pro, and he got taken the distance by an ex-pro football player (respect to Curtis, not knocking the lad at all).

Theopane is definitely up there.

And I think Fury is as well. He is absolutely terrible, IMO. It just goes to show how weak the HW division is if he is in the top 5.