Please list your top five most overrated and underrated champions (in any weight class) in recent boxing history. For each fighter, please include a brief elaboration.
Pac with an injured arm beat floyd and the video supported my claim.
Maybe floyd beat weight drained canelo and bloated jmm who he cheated on the scale.
All you think about is Floyd huh? Everytime you post something all you do is criticize the man, we get it he beat your idol and made it look easier than anyone else before.
Whatever obsession you have with Floyd is not just weird, but downright foolish.
Huhhh???
Man AJ got KO'd by the blob. Then RAN scurred shtless for 12 rounds from an even BIGGER fat b@stard in an oversized ring.
GTFPHere.
AJ overrated
How come Tyson Fury is not facing Andy Ruiz Junior in his next fight? Joshua was not knocked out, it was a stoppage loss.
Anthony Joshua is the only heavyweight who is systemically clearing out the division 'Tyson Fury has only had two fights at elite level'.
other than the guys who were wiped from the p4p rankings for losing above their natural weight classes (rigo, chocolatito) I'd have to say Josh Taylor (I know a lot of Brits are UK/Euro level, but he is quite good) and Nayoa Inoue.
Yes, Rigo is merely a 'regular' champ at the moment, but the point is the same. Inoue isn't underrated either by those in the know, so more like 'under-appreciated' as the little guys don't really make big headlines in the west, especially foreigners from Japan of all places
But he beat Canelo, Pacquiao, Márquez and made it look EASY WORK
Pac with an injured arm beat floyd and the video supported my claim.
Maybe floyd beat weight drained canelo and bloated jmm who he cheated on the scale.
Over - David Benavidez. People seem to rate him reeeeealy highly without him having to prove it against elite fighters, plus he's huge at the weight.
Under - Danny Jacobs. His comeback from illness I find very impressive. Very competitive fights with guys like Derevyanchenko, GGG and Canelo, some of whom were way more highly rated.
Underrated:
Chris Eubank Senior.
Prince Naeem Hamed.
Wladimir Kiltschko.
Anthony Joshua.
Overrated:
Tyson Fury 'Because he is held to a lower standard than Joshua.
Overrated: floyd mayweather jr. -People think that his skill are so great but the truth is he can only manage to win a gift decision against maidana, castillo level of opponent. But he beat Canelo, Pacquiao, Márquez and made it look EASY WORK
Overrated: floyd mayweather jr. -People think that his skill are so great but the truth is he can only manage to win a gift decision against maidana, castillo level of opponent.
Overrated:
Manny Pacquiao
Tyson Fury
Terence Crawford
Vasiliy Lomachenko
Floyd Mayweather
Carl Froch
Gennady Golovkin
Sergey Kovalev
Gervonta Davis
Edwin Valero
Arturo Gatti
Ricardo Mayorga
Underrated:
Erislandy Lara
Timothy Bradley
Josh Taylor
Viktor Postol
Johnriel Casimero
Donnie Nietes
Kenshiro Teraji
Ricardo Lopez
Jorge Arce
Oscar Larios
Johnny Tapia
Andy Ruiz
Really thorough post.
I admit I was surprised to see Pacquiao and Mayweather in the overrated list ... could you please explain the reasoning behind that? I’m not looking for an argument, just interested in hearing your thoughts.
As for underrated, good call on Lara and R. Lopez. With regards to Lara, I admit for most of his career I’ve seen him as a talented gatekeeper, but over time, I’ve come to realize he is much too talented to be called a gatekeeper. He has very quietly gone and built himself an excellent career resume. Maybe even worthy of the Hall of Fame.
I used to love watching Froch but he is wildly overrated IMO as well.
I actually think the opposite. He wasn’t necessarily a natural talent and that’s one of the reasons I think people under estimated him. His determination and ability to take a punch though could never be questioned.
If I take this very moment:
Overrated:
Fury - many think he has now turned into god
Callum Smith
Lara
Santa Cruz
Underrated:
Povetkin (only interim)
Josh taylor
Of all time I’d say. Wilfred Benitez is majorly underrated. Was majorly overshadowed by the fab 4 but is an ATG in his own right.
Overrated, it has to be Mike tbh, some people go too far and actually underestimate his accomplishments but the casual fans crazily overrate Mike.
Overrated:
Manny Pacquiao
Tyson Fury
Terence Crawford
Vasiliy Lomachenko
Floyd Mayweather
Carl Froch
Gennady Golovkin
Sergey Kovalev
Gervonta Davis
Edwin Valero
Arturo Gatti
Ricardo Mayorga
Underrated:
Erislandy Lara
Timothy Bradley
Josh Taylor
Viktor Postol
Johnriel Casimero
Donnie Nietes
Kenshiro Teraji
Ricardo Lopez
Jorge Arce
Oscar Larios
Johnny Tapia
Andy Ruiz
I used to love watching Froch but he is wildly overrated IMO as well.
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most overrated of all time....
only had 5 top 10 ranked fights, only won 3 of them (Stiverne, Ortiz twice) fought and padded his record with a bunch of bums
Most underrated was Ricardo Lopez the guy was a skillful killer Most overrated is probably Gerald Mc Clellan was promoted as a killer who almost got killed he used his size to Ko Julian Jackson but when he moved up to fight someone his own size Nigel Benn well you know what happened