Top 5 most UNDERRATED boxers. Perfect List.

[bergin]

These 5 boxers might not be underrated on certain boxing forums or fansites, but they are vastly underrated by the majority of boxing media and circles.

1- Lennox Lewis
Without a doubt the most underrated super champion in the history of this sport. ESPN ****ing pathetic ring magazine along with the trolls at the ESPN network actually have the audacity and courage to put Mike Tyson AHEAD of Lennox Lewis along with a bunch of no name fighters that Lennox could have taken out with a range finding jab. Lewis was the best heavyweight of his era, avenged both his fluke defeats by way of making his opponent cry and thunderous surreal knockout, defeated the king and prince of his generation in Tyson and Holyfield, defeated the future king in Vitali and scared Rid**** Bowe into a garbage can. Showed amazing class inside the ring and outside the ring, can beat any heavyweight in the history of boxing head to head.
The Chin
Most underrated Chin in the history of boxing, got knocked out twice by lucky giant punches that could have taken down a horse much less a human being. Look at his fights against Mercer,Bruno,Briggs,and even the faded Lewis against Vitali. Lennox got hit with very big punches by very big punchers and never went down to those. You can only take him down unaware and unprepared. Vastly underrated chin. Overall just a very overlooked boxer who can actually be pushed into the top 7 top 5 all time HW list.

2- Vitali Klitschko
Other then some Eastern European fans and certain sections of various boxing forums online, this guy gets murdered by critics who's primary attack against him is the incredibly weak era of HW boxing in which he dominated. You can only destroy who they put in front of you though, and he did that. Shows amazing heart and courage when he fought the faded lion and got half his face taken off. Yes Prime Vitali is not as great as Prime Lennox, but he sure as hell is greater then the likes of prime Tyson or holyfield. Legit super champion.

3- Oscar De La Hoya
Catches enormous rap for losing all his big fights. Except he did beat Trinidad and Mosley but was robbed badly. NEVER DUCKED NOBODY. Something that cannot be sad of over hype jobs like Manny and Floyd. He even fought Hopkins, who was basically a god damn Light Heavy Weight tricking people in a 155 weight class body at the time. At his very best Oscar would have murdered manny and beaten floyd yet most will just admit his contributions to the popularity of boxing during his era, but not his incredible skills.

4- Nigel Benn
Would have beaten Roy Jones Jr to death. How's your friend Roy?

5- Felix Trinidad
People forget that he had one loss to Bernard Hopkins and RETIRED. That was his only mistake since Hopkins the american cheat was going through his 'lhw in weltherweight' body phase at the time. If Felix had not retired after Hopkins and went down to 155, he probably could have dominated for another 3-5 years. Leading up to Hopkins this guy was unbelievable and had the most punching power of any WW other then Tommy Hearns. People say he's predicable and only have one style, well a prime Tito in today's division with his 'one style' would have made Manny seen stars and send Floyd to the hospital.

[Evil Abed]

Crap list. All around.

[bergin]

Actually got to correct one part. A Prime Trinidad in today's WW division would NOT HAVE send Floyd to the hopsital. There is no way in ****ing hell Mayweather get anywhere within 5000 miles of this guy.

[#1Assassin]

stop making a fool of yourself with these terrible lists bro. you clearly dont know what you are talking about, not a single fighter you named is least bit underrated.

i guess you havent followed the sport closely enough to realize it but they are all huge stars. you can argue vitali gets a little underrated in the states, but hes a bit overrated in europe so it evens out. lewis was underrated 10-15 years ago, today everyone recognize him as one of the best HWs ever.

nigel been is one of the most overrated fighters in the last 20 years. hes one of the biggest and most popular fighters brittain ever produced and far from one of the best ones. he wasnt even the best in his own county at his own weight in his own era. and n, he wouldnt beat RJJ

trinidad and DLH? are you ****ing serious? they were the the biggest stars of their era ffs, praised by everyone. who else is underrated, SRL? ali? i dont think anyone even heard of those guys lol.

[bergin]

you actually don't know what underrated means. For instance, on 'inside the nba' the analysts clearly underrate Allen Iverson. Does that mean nobody know who Allen Iverson is ? Or don't appreciate Iverson? No. They just think of him as a good-very good one show scoring pony who's lazy at practice WHEN they should think of him as a legit all time great.

No **** everyone think of Lennox Lewis as one of the best hws now. BUT he should be think of as A TOP 5 HW. ALL TIME. So that is underrating him still.
When 99% of the ****ing boxing casual population think Ali can destroy Lennox. YES Lewis is underrated...

The fact people think RJJ would have danced circles around Benn and scored a whiteout makes Benn vastly underrated. One punch from Benn and Roy would have met God.

When people say **** like a prime Mike Tyson takes Vitali out in 2 rounds, that's underrating him big time.

When there are threads regarding Prime Trinidad vs Prime Mayweather and it's a 50 50 split some even going in favor of mayweather, that's underrating Trinidad. Get it?? Underrated don't mean not appreciated it just means NOT APPRECIATED enough.

[#1Assassin]

you actually don't know what underrated means. For instance, on 'inside the nba' the analysts clearly underrate Allen Iverson. Does that mean nobody know who Allen Iverson is ? Or don't appreciate Iverson? No. They just think of him as a good-very good one show scoring pony who's lazy at practice WHEN they should think of him as a legit all time great.

No **** everyone think of Lennox Lewis as one of the best hws now. BUT he should be think of as A TOP 5 HW. ALL TIME. So that is underrating him still.
When 99% of the ****ing boxing casual population think Ali can destroy Lennox. YES Lewis is underrated...

The fact people think RJJ would have danced circles around Benn and scored a whiteout makes Benn vastly underrated. One punch from Benn and Roy would have met God.

When people say **** like a prime Mike Tyson takes Vitali out in 2 rounds, that's underrating him big time.

When there are threads regarding Prime Trinidad vs Prime Mayweather and it's a 50 50 split some even going in favor of mayweather, that's underrating Trinidad. Get it?? Underrated don't mean not appreciated it just means NOT APPRECIATED enough.

they are still not underrated. they are about as apopreciated as you can get and you want to claim they are the five most underrated fighters ever. they arent.

to say someone would lose to ali, mayweather or roy jones doesnt make them underrated. ali, RJJ and mayweather are ATGs in their on right and losing one to another genuine ATG doesnt mean ****. besides there are always gonna be split opinions when it comes to fantasy matchups.


mike mccallum is someone who could earn the distinction of most underrated ever, eder jorfe is another. these are ATGs who are as good or better than the fighters on your list but get virtually no love by comparison.


5 truly underrated fighters:

mike mccallum
eder jofre
charley burley
ricardo lopez
ike williams

[Barn]

You forgot the Black Murderers Row! Lets not forget Rosenbloom as well.

[DiegoFuego]

Crap list. All around.

Agreed. How are ANY of those guys underrated?

Most people have them high on any list. Lennox Lewis UNDERrated? Most people consider him one of the top 10 heavies of all time! De La Hoya won titles in 6 divisions but lost most of his big fights. People hold him in high regard but don't say he's among the top 50 fighters ever. Top 100, sure. Vitali is a solid heavyweight but not top 15 all time. I'd say most people would list him among the top 20-25, which is about right. Trinidad? Everybody has mad praise for Tito. He only lost a couple of fights, the only bad loss being the L to Winky which came 5 years after retiring. No shame in losing to Hopkins, Oscar and a much bigger Roy when both guys were washed up.

What makes you think anybody on that list is underrated?

[James78]

These 5 boxers might not be underrated on certain boxing forums or fansites, but they are vastly underrated by the majority of boxing media and circles.

1- Lennox Lewis
Without a doubt the most underrated super champion in the history of this sport. ESPN ****ing pathetic ring magazine along with the trolls at the ESPN network actually have the audacity and courage to put Mike Tyson AHEAD of Lennox Lewis along with a bunch of no name fighters that Lennox could have taken out with a range finding jab. Lewis was the best heavyweight of his era, avenged both his fluke defeats by way of making his opponent cry and thunderous surreal knockout, defeated the king and prince of his generation in Tyson and Holyfield, defeated the future king in Vitali and scared Rid**** Bowe into a garbage can. Showed amazing class inside the ring and outside the ring, can beat any heavyweight in the history of boxing head to head.
The Chin
Most underrated Chin in the history of boxing, got knocked out twice by lucky giant punches that could have taken down a horse much less a human being. Look at his fights against Mercer,Bruno,Briggs,and even the faded Lewis against Vitali. Lennox got hit with very big punches by very big punchers and never went down to those. You can only take him down unaware and unprepared. Vastly underrated chin. Overall just a very overlooked boxer who can actually be pushed into the top 7 top 5 all time HW list.

2- Vitali Klitschko
Other then some Eastern European fans and certain sections of various boxing forums online, this guy gets murdered by critics who's primary attack against him is the incredibly weak era of HW boxing in which he dominated. You can only destroy who they put in front of you though, and he did that. Shows amazing heart and courage when he fought the faded lion and got half his face taken off. Yes Prime Vitali is not as great as Prime Lennox, but he sure as hell is greater then the likes of prime Tyson or holyfield. Legit super champion.

3- Oscar De La Hoya
Catches enormous rap for losing all his big fights. Except he did beat Trinidad and Mosley but was robbed badly. NEVER DUCKED NOBODY. Something that cannot be sad of over hype jobs like Manny and Floyd. He even fought Hopkins, who was basically a god damn Light Heavy Weight tricking people in a 155 weight class body at the time. At his very best Oscar would have murdered manny and beaten floyd yet most will just admit his contributions to the popularity of boxing during his era, but not his incredible skills.

4- Nigel Benn
Would have beaten Roy Jones Jr to death. How's your friend Roy?

5- Felix Trinidad
People forget that he had one loss to Bernard Hopkins and RETIRED. That was his only mistake since Hopkins the american cheat was going through his 'lhw in weltherweight' body phase at the time. If Felix had not retired after Hopkins and went down to 155, he probably could have dominated for another 3-5 years. Leading up to Hopkins this guy was unbelievable and had the most punching power of any WW other then Tommy Hearns. People say he's predicable and only have one style, well a prime Tito in today's division with his 'one style' would have made Manny seen stars and send Floyd to the hospital.

You sir are a moron with zero class

[DiegoFuego]

I would say Montell Griffin is an underrated fighter. He gave Roy fits in the first fight and really made Toney work for it both times (even though Toney should have won those fights).