Witch fighter gets the most overrated on this forum?

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  1. RulesMakeItInteresting

    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Larry Holmes...totally overrated here. 20 defenses against bums, seven and a half years of holding a title he won in a disputed contest. Knocked down by losers. Every heavyweight champ since would have beaten him in their prime.
     
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  2. Johnny_B

    Johnny_B Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Nobody denies their achievements. I meant they are overrated H2H.
     
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  3. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I don’t think they are.
    I think plenty people favour other fighters over them, it’s certainly not unanimous.
     
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  4. ChrisJS

    ChrisJS Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I agree on Foster being underrated.
     
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  5. GOAT Primo Carnera

    GOAT Primo Carnera Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Vitali Klitschko.
     
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  6. blackfella96

    blackfella96 Member Full Member

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    I think Foreman gets overrated slightly against other ATGs
     
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  7. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Holmes
    McCallum (it's turning tho)
    Pryor (also turning or turned)
    Vitali
    Tua
    Mugabi
    Witherspoon
    Dempsey
    Tunney (at heavyweight)

    I'll think or more.

    Guys like Tyson, Marciano, Frazier and so many others have just as many dumping on them as championing them so it sorta balances out.
     
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  8. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    Sounds like "Iron" Mike Tyson to me.
     
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  9. Toney F*** U

    Toney F*** U Boxing junkie Full Member

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    Especially the mainly faced bums part
     
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  10. CharlesBurley

    CharlesBurley Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Pre 70s boxers for my money. Every sports improved, every measurable sport improved, chess has vastly improved - the chess computer tells us this. Yet some people think boxers haven't
     
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  11. Ra's Al-Ghul

    Ra's Al-Ghul The one and only! Full Member

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    That would be for named for the (massive) underrated ones...

    I forgot Saul Alvarez, Ruben Olivares, Terence Crawford, Erol Spencer, possible Ricky Hatton, Miguel Angel Cotto, Jose Luís Castillo, Fred Apostoli, Ken Overlin, Tony Zale, Alan Minter, Matthew Saad Muhammad, Randy Turpin and maybe Sergey Kowalev.
     
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  12. Ra's Al-Ghul

    Ra's Al-Ghul The one and only! Full Member

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    Thanks! There were some names I first had not on mind (a little bit later), especially in Middleweight and of the current (pound for pound) stars, probably also Dillan Whyte (in the past Samuel Peter, Jeff Lacy, Andre Berto and Francisco Bojado).
     
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  13. Ra's Al-Ghul

    Ra's Al-Ghul The one and only! Full Member

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    Well he might be now rather underestimated (similar as Hide and Mesi).
     
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  14. Ra's Al-Ghul

    Ra's Al-Ghul The one and only! Full Member

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    I don't know. I hope a bit, but probably have some a deeper knowledge (particular of the early age of boxing). But I'm open to learn.
     
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  15. Ra's Al-Ghul

    Ra's Al-Ghul The one and only! Full Member

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    Is one of the most underrated of course (in opposite to his brother, who have to be some places behind him, due to his inferior record); should be in anyones top 20.

    But I possibly forgot to list David Haye, Lamon Brewster and Sultan Ibraghimow.
     
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