most overrated "legendary" boxer in the last 20 years

[PAKYO]

LOL at the poll result.
Wifebeater leads again....

[OptimusWolf]

Well Hopkins went on to beat pavlik and may well beat pascal who outclassed Bad chad (and lost to I guess another hypejob in Froch)

I don't think Calzaghe was a hypejob. His best wins were later in his career - Frank Warren's work perhaps - but until after the lacy fight he was pretty much unknown outside of boxing circles in the UK.

[rochemback]

Calzaghe by far. You could also make a case for Hamed, probably Tyson too, but for almost 10 years of my life Tyson=boxing for me, so I'm kinda biased here.

[SirTomJones]

calzaghe, like any great brit hype-job, knew that once they left the UK they'd get outclassed. he was smart and waited for the division to get old.

[Mersey]

Whoever said Lewis deserves to die and doesn't know a thing about boxing.

[Great Afrikan]

Whoever said Lewis deserves to die and doesn't know a thing about boxing.

I have to agree with you there, afterall LL defeated these boxers;

Golota (at his prime)
Razor Ruddock(who was favourite)
Frank Bruno
Ray Mercer
Evender Holyfield (beat a prime Evander twice)
Rahman
Vitali Klitshcko
Tyson(shot to death though)
Tommy Morrison

He avenged both his losses and Rid**** Bowe refused to fight him.

[apollocreed]

i have to agree with you there, afterall ll defeated these boxers;

golota (at his prime)
razor ruddock(who was favourite)
frank bruno
ray mercer
evender holyfield (beat a prime evander twice)
rahman
vitali klitshcko
tyson(shot to death though)
tommy morrison

he avenged both his losses and rid**** bowe refused to fight him.

exactly. Lewis beat everyone in his era apart from bowe, who he beat in the olympics, and bowed ducked him. Lewis also beat the likes of prime tua, prime briggs, prime mavrovic, and tony tucker. Loads of brit hating yanks still refute it, but he is def top 20 all time, maybe top 10. George foreman said he was one of the very best ever.

[wazaa.]

Coke Slapzaghe.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Mike Tyson. Hes more a name than anything.

[apollocreed]

Shane mosley was always over rated imo. He was good but not that good. He had power and speed, but his skills weren't anything brilliant.

Tyson is a debate that we can never really answer - how good was prime tyson? By prime, you have to say when rooney left him and that he was already on the decline when he fought douglas. Personally, i think he was a bit over rated, but it's impossible to relly know. I think holyfield would have prob beaten him even in the late 80's, as holy was never scared of him, and fear was a big weapon in tyson's armoury.