Top 5 hype jobs of the millennium...

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  1. keith uk

    keith uk Member Full Member

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    Who are they?

    From any country, in any weight division at any time since 2000.

    The ones who got built up & up by the media, promotors & forums etc to be the next ATG & GOAT contender but the minute the level of opposition was raised they were found out & fell way short of the hype.

    Who are the top 5?
     
  2. pokel123

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  3. jas

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    TheHogan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Amir Khan
    Victor Ortiz
    Andre Berto
    Jeff Lacy
    David Price

    Possible entries :- Broner, Juan Manuel Lopez, Seth Mitchell
     
  6. rayrobinson

    rayrobinson Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hatton?

    Maybe a bit harsh ?
     
  7. Bub

    Bub Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Lacy and Broner.
     
  8. JeanGrey

    JeanGrey Active Member Full Member

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    there are the ones: Ortiz, Juan m. lopez, berto,


    on the list yet to be determined: broner, kell brook, wilder
     
  9. Scar

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    Hatton is definitely not a hypejob.
     
  10. DirtyDan

    DirtyDan Worst Poster of 2015 Full Member

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    Possibly Canelo depending how his career turns out, I don't take nothing away from him losing to Mayweather..

    Juanma was hyped, but he doesn't belong in the same sentence with fighters such as Berto, Ortiz, Price and Dulorme.

    He ran into Salido twice and was never the same after. Even before, he was getting knocked down by Rafael Marquez, that African guy and Conception. He was however a legit world champion in two weight classes, knocking out the defending champion in both instances.
     
  11. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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  12. TheHogan

    TheHogan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Thanks. Yeah i kinda thought that too. He probably doesn't deserve to be in that list but i put him there because he should have blown out Salido making a jml vs gamboa superfight. Since that first loss he has declined significantly. He is the underdog for the Ponce fight this sat.
     
  13. Super Hans

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    1. Broner then number 2 is so far behind him it's not even up for debate.

    People say Jeff Lacy because he was being compared to Mike Tyson, but he was destroyed by the great Calzaghe. Broner meanwhile-the next Floyd Mayweather- was completely outbox by a guy a limited slow plodder.