The Underrated/Overrated thread

Underrated: Little men: Humberto Gonzalez, Michael Carbajal, Mark "Too Sharp" John

overrated: Hector Camacho

 

Underated-spadafora,casamayor
overrated-Jack johnson

 

Overrated--Jake LaMotta

Underrated--Teddy Yarosz

 

jack johnson-overrated ,given to much credit for beating a shell of the former jeffries it would have been awsome to see prime vs prime instead of the starving dehydrated alfalfo farmer jack dempsey-underrated pretitle dempsey was aggresive,allusive,powerfull and unrelenting his boxing skills and power are unknown to almost everyone today jack sharkey who fought both louis and dempsey was convinced(if you put both men in a phonebooth dempsey alone would walk out) joe walcott-underrated you dont here his name or langfords name mentioned among greatist heavys much and they should be especially with todays heavys as pittifull as they are

 

underrated - Henry Armstrong, Max Schmeling
overrated - Roy Jones Jr., Mike Tyson

 

Underrated: Mike Tyson

Overrated: Mike Tyson

No seriously:

On this Forum....

Underrated: Virgil Hill

Overrated: Ezzard Charles

 

Underrated: Jose Napoles
Overrated: Jack Dempsey

 

Seems like no fighter is rated accordingly.

 

Overrated: Mike Tyson
Underrated: Ken Overlin

 

Oh forgot one. The bearded warrior John "the Quiet Man" Ruiz is also very underrated.

 

Underrated: Ricardo Lopez, Eder Jofre, Carlos Zarate
Overrated: Julio Cesar Chavez (generally, still the best Mexican of all-time), Jack Dempsey, Mike Tyson

 

Tyson would anihilate Dempsey. I think Tyson gets a bit underrated these days, though was probably a tad overrated during his prime. He's a better heavyweight than Evander, though due to better consistency in his title years. Chavez isn't that overrated, the only time he was really 'soundly' beaten during his prime (in the eyes of most) was against Whitaker: no shame in that. I suppose you might have a point if we're talking about a few controversial wins.

 

Underrated: Loi, McCoy, Napoles, Arcari, McLarnin, Panama Al Brown



Overrated: Patterson, RJJ (head-to-head), Tiger, Foreman

 

Underrated: Wilfred Benitez
Overrated: Pernell Whitaker

 

Good call on McLarnin, Luigi. Tiger overrated: I don't think so, but hey.