most overrated fighters in history

[guerrerosoul]

Pernell whitaker hands down

[Flawless.]

Ali???? One of the greatest resume in boxing and one of the best technical boxers ever. Get THE **** OUT OF HERE. Liston is a ATG without question.
Julio Cesar Chavez
Calzaghe
Hatton
Eubank
Cotto
Marciano
Duran

[Scott9945]

Andrew Golota

Ray Mancini

Nigel Benn

Edison Miranda

Michael Grant

Gerry Cooney

Jack Dempsey

Osacar Delahoya

I'm glad you mentioned Mancini. He was a decent fighter but mostly a media creation.

[Dambala]

B-Hop, he was very good, but shouldn't be call a legend or a future HOF. He did a great job keeping his belt against B and C rated guys.
His bigger wins came against: Trinidad (a welterweight)
De La Hoya(welterweight)
Winky (at light heavy, he was a j.r. middle)
2 valid wins: Antonio Tarver
Glen Johnson

Be real, he's not a legend.

[TheGreatA]

It's silly because just about every name is thrown around here.

Can someone for once make an original poll about who is not overrated but rated accordingly?

[Rompeboca]

Julio cesar chavez Jr
and this is why:
http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php...4371&cat=boxer

He won 37 (KO 29) + lost 0 (KO 0) + drawn 1 = 38 tomatoes cans

1. He fought Carlos Molina (who is a not a good boxer) and got an undeserved draw
No scorecards were read as the fight was announced as a draw. When both fighters raised their hands towards the crowd, Molina received cheers while the crowd favorite Chavez was booed. They did fought a second time an somehow Chaves Jr. got a majority decision

He fought another nobody call Matt Vanda (another name we have never heard off before fithing Chavez Jr.) and Jr. got an undeserved SD. And once again Chavez was booed by the crowd.

2. He has been featured fighting extremely weak opposition on the undercards of many major pay-per-view fights which is rare for an up-and-coming fighter, but not unexpected in his case given his father's fame!

3. How come someone have “over 30 fights won with no losses” and hasn’t fought yet for a title or even been consider among the top ten not even a top 25. He hasn’t even fought any of the top 10 boxers in his weight class. I know he didn’t had a amateur career and that’s the excuse to fight weak opposition as a PRO but with “over 30 fights won with no losses” he should be willing and able to fight an average boxer or else he don’t belong in the PRO’s



his handlers are milking his famous family name while padding his record against a series of no-hopers an some have made him look bad!

[Darkstar]

allthough im a Jones jr fan i have to say he is massively overrated aswell a lot of people on this board think he was litterally was unbeatable in the 90's

which is ****** obviously

No doubt about that. Im not even going to get into history but Roy Jones and Winky Wright are the most overrated of this era. Pernell Whitaker also, he was good but some say top 20 all time. I dont think so, not even close.

[KostyaTszyu44]

joe calzaghe
mike tyson
roy jones
wlad klitschko
arturo gatti

[Da Hammer]

this is not a knock on the fighters but:

Oscar De La Hoya
Mike Tyson
Joe Calzaghe
Juan Manuel Marquez
Floyd Mayweather Jr
Roy Jones Jr
Andrew Golota
Ricky Hatton
Evander hollyfield (maybe its all the fights at his grandpa age that are clouding my judgement not sure...)

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Zab Judah........how does he keep getting big fights? His best win is Cory Spinks in a rematch