Rank These Fighters In Terms Of Underrated-ness

Walcot would have toyed with Burns the same way Johnson did and he was far better than Braddock also, a vastly underrated fighter as was Marciano in terms of his ability to beat him when he was still fighting so smartly.

 

Do you mean underrated by general boxing fans or by the 1% of hardcore obsessives who dwell in forums like this?

If the former:
Wills
Burns
Walcott
Braddock

If the latter: None of them are underrated here

 

James J Braddock is the most underrated IMO
Tommy Burns is next
Harry Wills, gets a fair bit of appreciation
Jersey Joe Walcott, probably the best of the bunch, but I think he largely gets the appreciation he deserves (ranked 20-10 all time)

 

I would go this order as well

 

I wonder how much the disagreement (assuming there will be), isn't actually on how they should be ranked, but from differing perceptions of how they are ranked.

 

In that case Walcott is rated fairly! The other 3 are not underrated as much as they are a close to unknown and seldom discussed

 

A lot of casuals probably overrated Braddock though, because of "Cinderella Man" and what not.