I was just watching WHOSE # ONE on ESPN CLASSIC. They had Oscar De La Hoya as the 17th most over-rated athlete in the history of sports!!!!
Who do u guys think are the top 10 most over-rated boxers of all time???
yea i know!! I can run a good 8 miles without panting, but throwing and taking punches for 2 can have me nearly fainting
8 miles?!?! Most i ever ran was 6 and i was bleeding from the ears by the time i finished lol
I read somewhere people said Ali was overrated..Whoever said that about the king of boxing needs to get shot..survivors will be shot again. Is Roy overrated in your alls opinion?
ali is definetly over-rated in the publics eye. you see it whenever these new posters come on here. they see him as an unbeatable god. We all have him rated perfectly, as one of the greatest heavyweights ever, but ur normal person sees him as the best athlete in the history of sports!!!
I'm suprised nobodys said Marciano (I respect his accomplishments) there are people who say he's the GREATEST HW that ever lived with a straight face. He was very good but I think that's overrating him, I could see top ten but anything higher is HYPE IMO. I respect him for the way he treated a broke and past his prime Louis showed his class, and maybe thing's like this add on to his legend. IMO he was a great but not the best HW!
Jones is an amazing talent yes, but he was more "athlete" than he was a fighter. No hatin here...i like Jones but thats the truth.
He outboxed alot of his opponents.
He had very good skills.
Thats a first. Holyfield was Great. he never ducked anyone, and always put on a show. I think his recent preformences are starting to affect his credibility
Yeah hes the man, but I dont think he deserves to be top 10 p4p all time.
Thats a first. Holyfield was Great. he never ducked anyone, and always put on a show. I think his recent preformences are starting to affect his credibility
yeah man, saying evander was overrated is just flat out nuts.
people jock chris byrds nuts talking about him being a middleweight blah blah blah well evander holyfield weighed 175 pounds when he began his professional career.
holyfeild won the cruiserweight title when he was 23 years old in only his 12th career fight. he became unififed champion knocking out everyone opponent he defended or challenged against. he also won his first 7 fights as a heavyweight all by KO culminating in winning the undisputed championship from buster douglas. he beat tyson, mercer, foreman, moorer, bowe, holmes, dokes, rahman and ruiz. i guess i could go on but its late.
rating is usally opoins but opoins must be based on some facts.
For example some people say Mayweather is overrated because he havent fought a good opponenet in WW I would reply that he fought Castillo x2 , Gatti, Corrales..etc and he is still new in WW and just doing fine.
another example is Manny Pacquoi some people say he is overrated. In my book if you could KO Morales that havent been Koed throughout his whole career you desrve credit for that as well as beating Koing Barrerra.
At the end if you say an opoin you must put some facts based on your opoins.
hell yeah. they dont know how much conditioning u need jus to go 2 rounds let alone 12.in every1s mind everybody is overrated there is not 1 person that is not overrated by some1
yea i know!! I can run a good 8 miles without panting, but throwing and taking punches for 2 can have me nearly fainting
ROy JOnes is known as an amazing talent, which is the truth.
Jones is an amazing talent yes, but he was more "athlete" than he was a fighter. No hatin here...i like Jones but thats the truth.
Everybody is overrated :rolleyes:
I'd like to see one of you fuckers in that ring and knockout someone or win a close fight.
Oscar de la Hoya aint overrated, your mom is
hell yeah. they dont know how much conditioning u need jus to go 2 rounds let alone 12.in every1s mind everybody is overrated there is not 1 person that is not overrated by some1
hopkins was far from under-rated. if anything at all, he was a bit under-rated because of his 2 losses to taylor.
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The problem with discussing overrated is... overrated by who? Everybody is overrated.... everybody. Hell, sturm was overrated, maybe not by everybody, but by 1 person on this forum who talked about it very openly at least.
Obviously I would suggest Tyson is overrated garbage...but then 20 other posters will disagree and mention how they love the taste of Tyson's balls.
So, my conclusion was all ready stated.
Everybody is overrated.
yep your right.not about the garbage part though.
Hopkins was a bit overrated, simply because he never fought great prime opponents.
I think that Joe Louis is overrated, ali is very overrated by his fanatical fans and people who arnt really into boxing.
I honenstly think Evander is a bit overrated as well.
DLH is probably a bit overrated, he lost most of his big fights.
hey your 100% correct
Hopkins was a bit overrated, simply because he never fought great prime opponents.
I think that Joe Louis is overrated, Mike Tyson is very overrated by his fanatical fans and people who arnt really into boxing.
I honenstly think Evander is a bit overrated as well.DLH is probably a bit overrated, he lost most of his big fights.
Thats a first. Holyfield was Great. he never ducked anyone, and always put on a show. I think his recent preformences are starting to affect his credibility
The problem with discussing overrated is... overrated by who? Everybody is overrated.... everybody. Hell, sturm was overrated, maybe not by everybody, but by 1 person on this forum who talked about it very openly at least.
Obviously I would suggest Tyson is overrated garbage...but then 20 other posters will disagree and mention how they love the taste of Tyson's balls.
So, my conclusion was all ready stated.
Everybody is overrated.
Just wondering, how does your coach know Tyson? Did he work in the Department of Corrections? I ask because that place is where I believe Tyson's skills were first noticed.
Not that I know of, but I think he was runnin with Atlas during the time..