Most Overrated Fights

[rskumm21]

i thought tito/oscar was a dud and way overhyped for what transpired.

Overrated and overhyped are two different things.

[bojangles1987]

i know ill get some heat for this but, thrilla in manilla is really not as entertaining as its made out to be

I STRONGLY disagree. Great fight fought in three brutal acts, I am always entertained.

[Thread Stealer]

I don't know how fights like Jones-Hopkins and Trinidad-De La Hoya are overrated...everyone says those fights suck and that Tito-DLH was one of the biggest letdowns ever.

[Sick/]

Maybe Froch v Taylor.

Only the last rounds where Froch was pulling through were exciting.

I thought that was a great fight.

[StarshipTrooper]

i know ill get some heat for this but, thrilla in manilla is really not as entertaining as its made out to be

Okay, I'll bite: How come? I've watched many many fights over the years and that one consistantly makes my top-10 at worst, top-five most of the time.

Poet

[Guest]

I honestly didn't think Leonard-Hagler was that great, and that's probably sacrilege in the boxing world.

[StarshipTrooper]

Evander Holyfield-Mike Tyson 1: Somehow, this good fight, great event, won 1996 Fight of the Year by The Ring over much more exciting action fights like Marco Antonio-Barrera-Kennedy McKinney, Arturo Gatti-Wilson Rodriguez, Rid**** Bowe-Andrew Golota 2, Tim Littles-Frankie Liles 2, and Kevin Kelley-Derrick Gainer 1. The action was pretty good but not great, with all the holding. Barrera-McKinney was light years better.

You have to remember in boxing the Heavyweights (rightly or wrongly) are going to get top billing. Bowe - Golata II wasn't going to get it as it was a sloppy fight that ended in a DQ.

Oscar De La Hoya-Ike Quartey: 2 very exciting rounds, 10 chessmatch rounds with ocassional action. Of course years later people remember it as some kind of great fight, remembering rounds 6 and 12 and not rounds 1 through 5, and 7 through 11.

Chessmatches can be great fights too, not just brawls. There's much more to boxing than just wild punch-outs and violent KOs.

Poet

[StarshipTrooper]

I honestly didn't think Leonard-Hagler was that great, and that's probably sacrilege in the boxing world.

No, I think most knowledgable posters agree that was a mediocre fight.

Poet

[Thread Stealer]

Chessmatches can be great fights too, not just brawls. There's much more to boxing than just wild punch-outs and violent KOs.

Poet

But Quartey-DLH had way too much posing and not enough punching. Actually, calling it a chess-match might be nice. A chessmatch usually would imply both guys carefully planning every move and trying to set traps, a mistake resulting in big payment (like a big punch landing). Quartey-DLH seemed to feature just a lot of posing and staring rather than this sort of high-skilled chessmatch.

A fight like Toney-McCallum 1 is a high-paced chessmatch, with both guys throwing a lot of hard shots but not just aimlessly.

[Guest]

No, I think most knowledgable posters agree that was a mediocre fight.

Poet

Yeah some would but it was one of those FOTY's (Ring Magazine, etc) because it was an event more than anything else.