The Most Overated Fighter

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  1. Pachilles

    Pachilles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    1) Duran. Numerous excuses for every single loss. Needing a poo is accepted as a legit excuse by many on here. Lost against the great fighters he fought. SSJ Mntreal Duran apparently couldve beaten every single champion at every weight that night, the only exception being HW champion Larry Holmes. His nuts must be constantly wrinkled from the amount of sucking they get.

    2) Dempsey. Apparently is a shout for the no.1 P4P GOAT. If he ever lost it was fixed. KOed in 10 seconds by a fireman with a losing record. Outboxed and outpointed by a morbidly obsese ex flyweight. Ducked his no.1 contender for 6 years. Was inactive 3 years of his title reign. Drew the colour line.

    H2H the wizards are overrated. Buchanan, Young, Hopkins, Giardello, Benny Leonard
     
  2. Son of Gaul

    Son of Gaul Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :wtf
     
  3. Son of Gaul

    Son of Gaul Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  4. ripcity

    ripcity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I have to dissagree with you on this one.
     
  5. Robbi

    Robbi Marvelous Full Member

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    Too many to mention.
     
  6. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    What's so hard to understand? Axel Schulz, Crawford Grimsley and Lou Savarese were Foreman's opponents during his second title reign. Foreman should have lost to Schulz, Grimsley would later go on to get KO'd by Jimmy Thunder in 3 seconds and Savarese lost a split decision. C level might be a little harsh, maybe not. Don't we on ESB rate our champions by what they do AFTER winning the championship? Read my earlier post.
     
  7. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing

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  8. jase29

    jase29 Member Full Member

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    Crazy mention for Duran.
    As a lightweight was unstopable.
    Absolutely brilliant in that first with Leanard.
    His career afterwards was very up and down when he had non-stop problems with weight etc. and fought way too long.
    As a lightweight I would back him against anyone else in history.
     
  9. JohnThomas1

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    He may have got "Over" confused with "Under" :lol:
     
  10. BUDW

    BUDW Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Rjj,
     
  11. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    That old chestnut, the man lived in a fantasy world that, sadly, so many gobshites believe every word he uttered. He won rounds 11, 12 and 13 on the judges cards too, so much for lack of training. :yep

    One of my favourites was the Pat Lawlor fight, where Duran 'quit' yet again. Just stopped fighting complaining of a bad elbow/shoulder/chest (he was confused which part of his anatomy was hurting it looked like). After the fight, he just dismissed the contest as "practice", he wanted a rematch and next time was "for real". The man was a total dickhead. :lol:
     
  12. ripcity

    ripcity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Isn't being in shape an important part of boxing? I'm surprised he didn't claim the sun was in his eyes.
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  13. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    it is still clevland "big cat" williams for me.
     
  14. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Hipster.
     
  15. whopperdong

    whopperdong "sorry dan, im the man" Full Member

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    this is easy...... calzaghe. is he good fighter? yes but he doesnt deserve half the praise he gets.
    his best wins (excluding kessler) were over ppl who were past their peak, even hopkins. never really tested himself, obviously gifted multiple wins and is argued by some to be top 10 goat.