What fights do you think are overrated

[mhager91490]

What are some fights that you heard or were told were great but didn't live up to your expectations when you finally saw them.

Corrales-Castillo 1- I ended up watching this fight a few months after it happened and in that time I was told that it was one of the greatest fights of the last ten years or of all time from some people. I thought it was a very good fight, very brutal and it was a great show of heart from both men but in the end I had seen a lot of fights that I liked much more.

"The War" Hagler vs Hearns- Again I was told that this was one of the greatest fights of all time and the first round got me going but after that the fight seemed to fizzle out, great first round though, it is one of my favorite rounds in history but the fight as a whole seemed dissapointing to me.


What are the fights that dissapointed you when you finally watched them?

[blacklodge]

Benn-McClellan. I didn't see it live and obviously had heard what happened, and also what a great fight it was despite McClellan's injury. FOTY and what not. I saw it finally, and while it was an impressive display of guts and power, it was ultimately 2 guys who were too much in love with their power awkwardly swinging for the fences instead of the better boxing skill sets I had seen from both of them at times previous.

Hagler-Antuofermo I. Not that it was a bad fight, but I had always read and heard it was close. It wasn't. I don't think I gave Antuofermo more than a couple of rounds.

Leonard-Hearns I. My Dad wrote a check his butt couldn't cash after saying he would take me to the closed circuit theater live broadcast, and then didn't. Boo hoo, I know. I finally saw the whole fight years later, and although there is good ebb and flow, it is not deserving of "superfight" status, even if it contains superfighters.

[JAB5239]

What are some fights that you heard or were told were great but didn't live up to your expectations when you finally saw them.

Corrales-Castillo 1- I ended up watching this fight a few months after it happened and in that time I was told that it was one of the greatest fights of the last ten years or of all time from some people. I thought it was a very good fight, very brutal and it was a great show of heart from both men but in the end I had seen a lot of fights that I liked much more.

"The War" Hagler vs Hearns- Again I was told that this was one of the greatest fights of all time and the first round got me going but after that the fight seemed to fizzle out, great first round though, it is one of my favorite rounds in history but the fight as a whole seemed dissapointing to me.


What are the fights that dissapointed you when you finally watched them?

I thought Corrales-Castillo was an amazing fight with incredible ebb an flow. The more I see Hagler-Hearns though the more I am inclined to agree with you. Great first round, but a bit overrated in a historical pantheon.

[RightCross94]

Alot of Heavyweight fights. Sometimes you look through Ring Mag FOTY lists, and you see some Heavyweight title fight that wasn't even that good at all, just there cos they're HW's

[JAB5239]

Alot of Heavyweight fights. Sometimes you look through Ring Mag FOTY lists, and you see some Heavyweight title fight that wasn't even that good at all, just there cos they're HW's

I think most of the heavyweight fights that have been chosen FOTY have been pretty good and worthy of their accolades, but I know what you're saying overall. V. Klitschko-Lewis would be a perfect example. Good fight, but hardly in the realm of great fights past or future.

I would give big ups to Holyfield-Bowe 1, Norton-Holmes, Ali-Fraizer 1 and 3, the Patterson Johanson wars, Dempsey-Firpo and some others.......but overall, most aren't on the level of the better fights at the lighter weights.

[blacklodge]

The mention of heavyweight fights reminded me I forgot Lennox Lewis-Vitali Klitschko. "Heavyweight Gatti-Ward", my arse. Watching those two lummoxes fall all over the place and throw amatuerish punches had me pulling my hair out. Never understood the buzz about that fight.

[Thread Stealer]

Holyfield-Tyson 1. It was a hell of an event, and a pretty good fight, but definitely not worthy of FOTY for 1996. Too much holding, the action wasn't all that great. Barrera-McKinney craps all over it. So does Gatti-Rodriguez. Despite the unsatisfying ending, Bowe-Golota 2 was much better as well.

Quartey-De La Hoya. I hear people talk about this as a "great fight" and "the best welterweight fight since Leonard-Hearns 1". Ha, 10 of the 12 rounds were fairly slow, and much of the fight was a pose-fest. Not really a great chess-match where one guy slips up and the other makes him pay with a nice shot, but two guys staring at each other. 2 exciting rounds and 10 slow rounds do not make a great fight. As far as great WW fights after Leonard-Hearns 1 (which has also gotten overrated, but still definitely a better fight than Quartey-DLH), Brown-Trice 1 takes a royal dump on DLH-Quartey. So does Davis-Breland.

[RightCross94]

I think most of the heavyweight fights that have been chosen FOTY have been pretty good and worthy of their accolades, but I know what you're saying overall. V. Klitschko-Lewis would be a perfect example. Good fight, but hardly in the realm of great fights past or future.

I would give big ups to Holyfield-Bowe 1, Norton-Holmes, Ali-Fraizer 1 and 3, the Patterson Johanson wars, Dempsey-Firpo and some others.......but overall, most aren't on the level of the better fights at the lighter weights.

Yeah, I didnt necessarily mean just the ring foty's, but more specifically the HW fights you hear dudes going on about

[Zarco]

hagler vs hearns. great first round...but then what?

[Thread Stealer]

The Ring just used to pick any HW fight and call it FOTY.

They picked Young-Foreman as FOTY over Saad-M.Johnson 1.