Who is your favorite underrated fighter from the Past?

yeah i thought about it before posting it
but the op did say non-ATG....so here he is

 

Dwight Qawi, Sumbu Kalambay, and Antonio Cervantes.

 

Juan Laporte
JLC
Stevie Johnston
Julio Cesar Vasquez
Angel Manfredy

 

Definite shout out to Jose Luis Lopez too. Had he actually trained he'd be a great. Solid chin with Trinidad like power.

 

Ayub Kalule
Ralph Dupas
Victor Galindez
Richie Kates

 

Montell Griffin

 

Meldrick Taylor fastest hands ever and got robbed in the chavez fight.

 

I am a huge Meldrick fan....but 1 he is not underrated....and 2 he did not get robbed, he was asked a question by the ref and did not respond. I wish things had worked out differently, but Richard Steele (whom I despise as a ref) did nothing wrong.

 

Joe Walcott

 

Barbados or Jersey...either way neither is underrated

 

Emmanuel Augustus, to this day I haven't seen many boxers more entertaining in the ring than Augustus. Just could never quite crack that "good journeyman" stigma eventhough he held some lesser known titles at Lightweight and Lightwelterweight.

 

Carmen Basilio. He is not THAT underrated but still don't get the props he IMO deserve.

 

Pat Barrett
Michael Brodie
Carl Thompson

 

Turrible Tim

 

I loved watching Dennis Andries.Real teak toughness and Colin Jones and Tony Sibson were always good value.Virgil Hill wasn't great box office but was a solid technician.
I think Danny Lopez is just slightly underrated,but that's not really the issue here.
And great shouts with Kalule and Kalambay.
You never hear much about Terry Marsh now,who retired as a champ undefeated.
Derrick Gainer and Orlando Canizales deserve a shout along with Laguna whose legacy was probably stunted by the arrival of Cholo.
Cervantes was a great shout too