Who are the biggest OVER-achievers

[TheGreat1]

When looking at these guys, let me know who achievered more than they should have. I would have to say Ali, Holyfield, and Rocky M. these guys where all small HW's (Ali wasn't that small) who continued to take out bigger stronger fighters day in and day out. there heart toook them futher than ever imagined. please give me your top 5.

[reebox8225]

1.Hopkins
2.Byrd
3.Hagler
4.Holyfield
5.Gatti

[TheGreat1]

1.Hopkins
2.Byrd
3.Hagler
4.Holyfield
5.Gatti

i'm going to have to disagree with gatti, it seems that whenever he steps up in comp he looses.

[MexicanBoxer]

holyfield, Hopkins are big overachivers oh yeah james toney.

[Hurlex]

holy

gatti ( i will sya he deserves it for that heart and being a big part of the reason why boxing started to get popular again-triology)

hopkins

Kosta T:came back and beat a man no one thought he could, in 3 rounds

if tito can beat hop which i doubt..then he will be on here also

[TheGreat1]

no one has any comments on this topic?

[urdaddyinAZ]

JCC was an overachiever, didn't do anything great....but did alot of things well.

Holyfield.....small heavyweight that did great things in the division and for the sport.

John Ruiz.......god awful fighter yet still holds the belt (yeah I know he shouldn't).

A.Gatti....you can argue all you want, but the guy is as easy to hit as my little sister. He didn't fight intelligently for the first 3/4 of his career, yet he still is one of the most beloved and popular fighters right now......all this with many blemishes on his record. That's overachieving to me.

[neils7147933]

Well, Lamon Brewter's holding a belt.

That's WAY over what his talent should allow.

Of course, the fact that he kept it after the Meehan fight suggests something else is going on...

[scap]

Greg Haugen was a serious overachiever...he managed to win a couple of world titles all the while he was not very good in any one category.

[SacTown1]

Overacheivers

You guys are naming fighters who are world-class athletes (with the exception of Johnny Louise of course), if we're going to think of overacheivers, let's think of guys who had no amateur background who have succeeded (Rahman, McCline) or guys with very little god-given athletic ability who have risen to the top (Antifuermo, Ward, and of course Louise). HOlyfield, Hagler, JCC, etc., those guys are gifted, world-class athletes who made the most with what they had, but that doesn't make them overacheivers, it just makes them great fighters. - SacTown1