Southpaw16BF
03-27-2010, 01:40 PM
List your most underrated fighter of each division.....From HW to Super Fly.
Past or present.
Past or present.
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View Full Version : List Your Most Underrated Fighter Of Each Division Southpaw16BF 03-27-2010, 01:40 PM List your most underrated fighter of each division.....From HW to Super Fly. Past or present. poet682006 03-27-2010, 02:38 PM Based on reading posts here on Boxing Scene: Heavyweight - Larry Holmes Light-Heavyweight - Michael Spinks Middleweight - Bob Fitzsimmons Welterweight - Wilfred Benitez Lightweight - Esteban DeJesus Featherweight - Marco Antonio Barrera Batamweight - Carlos Zarate Flyweight - Miguel Canto Southpaw16BF 03-27-2010, 02:41 PM Based on reading posts here on Boxing Scene: Heavyweight - Larry Holmes Light-Heavyweight - Michael Spinks Middleweight - Bob Fitzsimmons Welterweight - Wilfred Benitez Lightweight - Esteban DeJesus Featherweight - Marco Antonio Barrera Batamweight - Carlos Zarate Flyweight - Miguel Canto Some nice picks there! :boxing: Snopkins 03-27-2010, 03:33 PM People are still claiming Larry Holmes is underrated? This isn't 1982.Holmes is generally regarded as one of the greatest heavyweights of all time and even placed in the top three of all time great heavyweights.This is quite a high ranking for a guy who didn't fight the all best of his era. mhager91490 03-27-2010, 03:33 PM Heavyweight-Jersey Joe Walcott Cruiserweight-Anaclet Wamba Light Heavyweight-Jesse Burnett Super Middleweight-Thulani Malinga Middleweight-The whole era between Walker's reign and Zale's Junior Middleweight-Ayub Kalule Welterweight-Luis Manuel Rodriguez Junior Welterweight-Eddie Perkins Lightweight-Joe Brown Junior Lightweight-Hirioshi Kobayashi (almost remembered exclusively for his KO loss to Duran but most people forget or never know how quality of a fighter he was in his prime) Featherweight-Davey Moore/Dwight Hawkins/Jose Legra Super Bantamweight-Junior Jones/Kennedy McKinney Bantamweight-Jose Medel/Manuel Ortiz/Khaokor Galaxy/Pete Sanstol Super Flyweight-Sun-Kil Moon Flyweight-Midget Wolgast/Efren Torres Light Flyweight-Luis Estaba/Jung-Koo Chang Minimumweight-Not Ricardo Lopez mickey malone 03-28-2010, 12:58 AM HW - Gene Tunney CW - Johnny Nelson LHW - Willie Pastrano SMW - Robin Reed MW - Dave Sands LMW - John David Jackson WW - Marlon Starling LWW - Duilio Loi LW - Lou Ambers SFW - Rocky Lockeridge FW - Brian Mitchell SBW - Louie Espinoza BW - Jimmy Carruthers SFLW - Gilberto Roman FLW - Sot Chitalada Joey Giardello 03-28-2010, 11:39 PM Flyweight Peter Culshaw Bantamweight Tim Austin Featherweight Davey Moore Lightweight Colin Dunn Lightwelter Vince Philips Welterweight Jawaid Khaliq Lightmiddleweight Buster Drayton Middleweight Rodrigo Valdez/Michael Watson Supermiddleweight Bryon Mitchel Lightheavyweight John Conteh Cruiserweight Johnny Nelson Heavyweight Wladimir Klitschko GJC 03-29-2010, 11:34 AM Few that I rarely or never see mentioned are: HW Witherspoon LHW Conteh MW Tiger WW Palamino LW Buchanan FW Moore Not saying they should go into anyone's top ten but all had a fair amount of talent and at their peak would give most of the more talked about fighters a fair bit of trouble. svenottke 04-10-2010, 03:18 PM HW - Tim Witherspoon CW - Carlos DeLeon LTH - Marvin Johnson SMW - Sven Ottke MW - Sumbu Kalambay JMW - John Mugabi WW - Marlon Starling JW - Meldrick Taylor LW - Jimmy Paul JLW - Rocky Lockridge FW - Calvin Grove |