Which fighter in history has the greatest positive discrepancy between their resume and how good they actually were?

[QueensburyRules]

I agree. Pele Reid once clipped a very young, very skinny pre-Boxing days Vitali with a nice flush kick and sent him down, prompting the coaches to stop the action, so the chin isn't iron; but it developed as he grew up. His resume isn't at all in the same league as his brother's.

- - They stopped the action because the kick broke the agreed upon rules, equivalent to a sucker punch. Lord know what would happen to Lewis candy if he met kickboxer Vitali.

[Ivich]

Resumes are tricky on the surface. Take a fighter like Emile Griffith. In his 112 fights, he lost 23 of them, which sounds like a lot, but you have to consider he lost more than half of those when he was past his prime. Then you have Sammy Angott, 29 losses against 94 wins, but he took on the toughest fights available and often challenged himself against larger opponents. Fritzie Zivic was another underrated fighter with a very inconsistent resume, 65 losses against 158 wins...he was not an easy fight for anyone, and he fought across multiple weight classes. Took several dives as well. Joey Maxim deserves a mention here. He was 83-29-4, but he went the distance several times with greats like Moore, Charles, Walcott, he also had wins over Walcott, Robinson, Bivins, and Patterson. Only KO'd once in his career.

Yes it's all relative to the strength of your competition ,that and how long you continue when you are clearly done ,ie Ezzard Charles.

[Ivich]

- - They stopped the action because the kick broke the agreed upon rules, equivalent to a sucker punch. Lord know what would happen to Lewis candy if he met kickboxer Vitali.

Was this before or after Vitali tested positive for peds?

[QueensburyRules]

Was this before or after Vitali tested positive for peds?

- - Vit only positive was during the Olympic trials. Wlad stepped up to superheavy for gold and the rest history.