The most OVERRATED boxer ever?

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  1. Detroit

    Detroit Get Money Full Member

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    I say..

    Joe Calzaghe
    Jeff Lacy
    JT
     
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  2. p.falk

    p.falk Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I would highly doubt that 3 of the most overrated boxers EVER would all be from the same decade in a sport that spans centuries.

    Also, whose anecdotal high rating of these fighters are leading you to believe that they are indeed overrated?
     
    p.falk, Jan 21, 2009
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  3. BUM FACER

    BUM FACER You lack intensity Full Member

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    Audley Harrison - to call him a boxer is overrating him.
     
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  4. iceman

    iceman Tis my Island Full Member

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    Calzaghe and JT - both World Champs,both beat Hopkins, hardly the most overrated ever.

    Lacy was overrated at one time but was found out against Calzaghe.

    Man, you gotta do better than this.
     
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  5. Stinky gloves

    Stinky gloves Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Definitely Ali, he never was the Greatest.
     
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  6. draw99

    draw99 Active Member Full Member

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    :good I agree
     
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  7. Curtis Lowe

    Curtis Lowe Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Probably Ali. Don't get me wrong, the guy was a great fighter, but is pratically worshiped by some. I have a feeling those "some", probably haven't seen many of his fights.
     
    Curtis Lowe, Jan 21, 2009
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  8. sdsfinest22

    sdsfinest22 Pound 4 Pound Full Member

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    HUh?? I think Aaron Pryor was a tad overrated but not the most overrated ever...Michael Mooe was a lil overrated too...Tua as well! Valuev is overrated...Joe C is overrated...Lacy was overrated

    Taylor isnt overrated
     
    sdsfinest22, Jan 21, 2009
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  9. circleinsidebox

    circleinsidebox Member Full Member

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    james toney
     
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  10. AbbasKhan6428

    AbbasKhan6428 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    sugar ray robinson! I admit he was the greatest boxer that ever lived but people who dont know much about him blindly over-rate him. And they talk like he was 5 levels above every other boxer that existed
     
    AbbasKhan6428, Jan 21, 2009
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  11. nervousxtian

    nervousxtian Trolljegeren Full Member

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    Of all time? Rocky Marciano.
     
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  12. MrMagic

    MrMagic Loyal Member Full Member

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    Jeff Lacy and David Tua.

    Make your pick.
     
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  13. Irish Steel

    Irish Steel Active Member Full Member

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    MIKE TYSON. ANd it isnt close
     
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  14. draw99

    draw99 Active Member Full Member

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    He certainly is better than anyone in my gene pool could produce - doesent mean he isnt overated though :patsch
     
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  15. stevebhoy87

    stevebhoy87 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Jack dempsey
     
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