Fighters who's careers were cut short and are over rated, under rated

[BennyST]

I'll get a lot of stick for this but I do think Les Darcy is a touch overrated, great fighter but I have seen him ranked in top ten atg MW's which in such a deep division is too high IMO.
Not saying he couldn't have got there but I always think there is a bit of James Dean going on there.
Ironically Dave Sands, Darcy's countryman barely gets a mention but for my money was a great fighter.

Damn right you'll get a lot of stick. I'm coming after you myself! I know where you live buddy and I'm coming for ya for saying something so blasphemous!

Sands though.....Amazing fighter that never really got his big chance. Was sitting just behind Ray Robinson trying to get him to fight when his tragic, early death occurred. He had just destroyed **** Turpin though in one of the great upsets and was well on his way to establishing himself as one of the greats of that time in my opinion. His record was something like 100-10 and he was only 25!

Carl 'Bobo' Olson famously said, when he won the title, that it belonged to Dave, after Olson was whipped twice by Sands just before he won it, and with all the trouble that Sands had trying to get a title shot, Olson felt he was the rightful owner of it.

[BennyST]

Still, and this doesn't really fit the thread title, Young Griffo is my bet of most underrated. He was kind of cut short as he was a massive, raging alcoholic throughout his entire career and many of his bouts were fought pissed as a fart.

Nonetheless, he beat some of the greatest fighters of his time, making the majority look utterly inept. It's said by many that he was the greatest natural fighter that ever lived and was the best defensive genius too. Over a 240 fight career he only lost nine of them and he had fought on even though he was severely broken down and ruined by the demon drink. Sad.

He fought three bouts with the great Joe Gans, and this was at a time when he was sinking down into mayhem, and the first two were draws and the last being a loss for Griffo.

If any modern fighter existed that we could link him to, it would most definitely be Nicolino Locche. Didn't have great power, didn't have a fighters 'body' or look to him, didn't train, smoked and drank like a fish and yet rarely ever lost and fought the best of his time while taking his career as just a general lark overall and something fun to do to pass the time.

[StarshipTrooper]

Aaron Pryor and Diego Corrales.

[GJC]

Damn right you'll get a lot of stick. I'm coming after you myself! I know where you live buddy and I'm coming for ya for saying something so blasphemous!

I'll put the chain on
Where do you have Darcy then Benny in MW atg's out of curiousity?