Post your Top 5 most Underrated Heavyweights

[Doritos]

1. Oliver McCall - On his best night this man would have gave any Heavyweight in History absolute nightmares. Sadly the influence of Don King and mental problems proved to be his downfall.

2. Jimmy Young - Beat Foreman & Lyle, got robbed vs Ali, drew with Earnie Shavers, Lost a close SD to Norton. Even fighting well past his best in the 80s went the distance with the likes of Tubbs, Tucker and Page who were all Top 10 Heavyweights and unbeaten at the time.

3. George Chuvalo - Easily the best chin in boxing I've ever witnessed, I've never seen a man before or since with a beard like his. Gave Ali two tough fights that went the distance (Had Ali pissing blood in hospital while he went dancing with his wife) K.Od Quarry and Yvon Durrell.

4. Tommy Morrison - Alot of people might disagree with me here but the guy is criminally underrated and fought in a tough era of Heavyweight boxing. Beat a lot of top 10 guys, had possibly one of the best left hooks of all time, his chin was his big downfall.

5. Tim Witherspoon - Probably the best boxer on this list head to head, the things this man could have accomplished but wasn't allowed to due to Don King is just sickening, amazing fighter, he had everything to be one of the best HWs of all time but sadly never lived up to it, not due to a lack of skills in the ring but due to politics outside of it.

There's a few honourable mentions I'd put out there too like Patterson, Mercer, Sharkey, Damiani etc.

Who you guys got?

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Witherspoon
Bowe


Not sure if I could name 5 that deserve it, but those 2 guys at their peak are severely underrated

[IronDanHamza]

Nino Valdez
Eddie Machen

[sonnyboyx2]

Floyd Patterson
Cleveland Williams
Buster Douglas
Ken Norton
Jack Johnson

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Witherspoon
Bowe


Not sure if I could name 5 that deserve it, but those 2 guys at their peak are severely underrated

I would add andrew Golata... The guy had serious skills, medaled in the 88 games, but obviously was crazy in the head... But if you look at his fights, Golata should have wins over bowe twice, in pretty dominant fashion, and wins for titles over bryd and ruiz.. Golata should have been a unified champ when he fought brewster..

Yes Golata could get bombed out early ie tyson, lennox, brewster.. But his skills were really good... One of the best jabs in heavyweight history..

[rightsideup]

sonny Liston
ezzard charles
oliver mcall
bert cooper
sam langford

[Doritos]

I would add andrew Golata... The guy had serious skills, medaled in the 88 games, but obviously was crazy in the head... But if you look at his fights, Golata should have wins over bowe twice, in pretty dominant fashion, and wins for titles over bryd and ruiz.. Golata should have been a unified champ when he fought brewster..

Yes Golata could get bombed out early ie tyson, lennox, brewster.. But his skills were really good... One of the best jabs in heavyweight history..

Golota is a good shout, he effectively retired Rid**** Bowe.

[The Old LefHook]

Floyd Patterson
Cleveland Williams
Buster Douglas
Ken Norton
Jack Johnson

Williams against Shavers would have been something, wouldn't it? I think there is a Johnson revival going on right now. Revisionists are hard at work to update Jack.

Some folks are saying Ezzard Charles. People have been saying that steadily for forty years or more. After such a long drone perhaps it is fair to say Charles is no longer underrated.

How many chaps from any era could beat Douglas the night he whipped Tyson? There might altogether be seven or eight men I would pick, one of them being Tyson himself when he was fresher.

[beez721]

tim witherspoon and pinklon thomas come to mind. they had tremendous talent but didnt live up to there potential. I still always thought the spoon won that holmes fight. quite remarkable considering it was only his 15th fight and he didnt have a big amateur background

[beez721]

I would add andrew Golata... The guy had serious skills, medaled in the 88 games, but obviously was crazy in the head... But if you look at his fights, Golata should have wins over bowe twice, in pretty dominant fashion, and wins for titles over bryd and ruiz.. Golata should have been a unified champ when he fought brewster..

Yes Golata could get bombed out early ie tyson, lennox, brewster.. But his skills were really good... One of the best jabs in heavyweight history..

good call on golota. his jab at his best was like a telephone pole. hes a good example on just how important the mental aspect is at the pro level. that guy had all the ability but was a mental midget