Top 15 most underrated heavyweights 1930- 1942 WW II

Oh sorry, Is this just an American list?

 

Good shout. I'll still take "Lammin' Lem" and "The Hatchetman" as far as power goes, but Gomez matches them in being underrated easily and makes a solid case in the power dept.

 

Underrated? Not so sure, Matt. Godoy got a huge amount of press at that time and gave Joe Louis one of his more difficult fights. I think he got all the credit he deserved, but it's all a matter of perspective I guess :good

 

http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/The_Ring_Magazine's_Annual_Ratings:_Heavyweight--1930s

 

at the time yes but you never hear of him now.

 

http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/The_Ring_Magazine's_Annual_Ratings:_Heavyweight--1940s

 

Galento gets pretty underrated in these parts because he didn't look like an athlete and was dirty as hell.

He still had a strong run and managed a respectable amount of knockout wins over several contenders, including a couple on Suzie's list.

 

Rosenbloom was another with an amazing record. Just looked up Hank Hankinson's record and boy was it weird. He beat some really fine fighters Rosenbloom(2), a young Savold, Retzlaff, Godfrey, and lost to a host of guys I never heard of. His first 23 fights ended in KO's, he lost six of them, three in r1, two in r2 and one in round 3. At 6-4 he must have been the original Mr Chinny.