Yahoo's list of 10 most overrated fighters today is hilarious

Doc · May 12, 2011

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But, but, but but he beat...hmmm...hmmm...Cotto and Hatton! Those thow are futre hall of.....oh wait...those weren't Miguel Cotto and Ricky Hatton, never mind!
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He's 20 you dumb ****... facing a top 10 light mw next.

BigBone · May 13, 2011

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He's 20 *my friend*... facing a top 10 light mw next.
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Exactly. There's a big hype around Canelo mainly because he has tens of millions of Mexican fans, but from a ratings standpoint no one really regarded him any other than a popular young prospect when Don Jose Sulaiman decided why not throw him a world title.

The biggest irony of course is that it didn't increase the hype, quite the opposite: the kid simply training for a catch-weight tune-up suddenly got a title and incredible amout of critic and trash talk from fans how undeserved he is for a belt (true, but when the hell can he do about it?). And then what he got for not stopping Matton... Canelo is very popular but is not overrated because no one rates him among the best LMWs.

Wiesiek · May 13, 2011

"Overrated" is horribly overused.

Doc (aka Meke) · May 13, 2011

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If you open up Yahoo's boxing page you'll see two main articles: "A Star in the making" (on Andre Ward) and "YCN: 10 overrated boxers" The former goes on raving about Andre Ward's star quality completely disregarding that he has... well, none, he's not he's a crowd pleaser to put it gently (dirty inside fighter is the colder version), and he lacks any kind of charisma, yet he gets incredible press everytime he fights, making the latter piece on "undeserved" and overrated boxers that much more ironic.

Let's see the list of top 10 overrated boxers today!

1. Arthur Abraham (32-2, 26 KOs)
2. Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27 KOs)
3. Michael Katsidis (27-4, 22 KOs)
4. Devon Alexander (21-1, 13 KOs)
5. Chris Arreola (30-2, 26 KOs)
6. Dmitry Pirog (18-0, 14 KOs)
7. Tomasz Adamek (44-1, 28 KOs)
8. Mike Jones (24-0, 18 KOs)
9. Saul Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KOs)
10. Adrian Diaconu (27-2, 15 KOs)

On May 12 2011 these 10 being the most overrated sounds downright ******ed. There are just two holding really high positions (Canelo, Adamek) to be called overrated, but the former is just 20yo (with a lot of hype), so let's just wait before we call him anything, and the other hardly gets the credit he deserves following the cleaning of 200lbs division and grabbing some nice wins at HW.

I don't think Abraham, Katsidis, Maidana, Arreola and Diaconu on this list worth too much discussion, a clinically inane wouldn't call any of these recetly beaten and dragged to dust dudes among the most overrated. In fact Arreola and Abraham got so much **** lately it only reveales how biased the author is, still kicking into them when no one really rates them anywhere near the elite. Mike Jones is a curious choice too having almost lost to a journeyman therefore not being rated highly, and Pirog did exactly what this article intends (but fails): exposing an overrated hype job. Kotelnik did something similar to Alexander, but Yahoo first ran to Devon's help writing how legitimately he won and might be the next best thing in boxing when they knew it's a lie, only to go "overrated" in hindsight after he quit in a horrible fight. But then again, who overrates Alexander TODAY? Bias and hindsight is a rarely ******ed combination. Bias, hindsight and Yahoo employee is worse.

The article states "Somewhere between hype and wishful thinking, the fans and so-called experts rate these fighters highly when their respective skills and/or resumes tell a different story altogether". So tell me how come when Vitali K, Haye, R. Gonzalez, Nishioka, Hopkins, John and Narvaez end up being overlooked at the very best for Bradley, Ward, Dawson, Berto, Khan, Gamboa or JuanMa, how THIS 10 end up being the most overrated, and not one of the overhyped ones I just mentioned? And this article next to "Star in the making", Andre Ward. atsch

Is there even ONE outside of Canelo who fits for the word overrated on May 12 2011?
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it is written by their 'contributors'... we could be that too... I was thinking the same, what a ridiculous list... and what a desillusioned American fan...

but it tells you everything you know about the average American boxing fan.

hmi · May 13, 2011

Crazy list. Mike Jones is not even rated. How can he become overrated? So is Katsidis. Who really ranks Katsidis that high?

Joe.Boxer · May 13, 2011

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