Most Overrated Fights

[Sportofkings]

The ring magazine has had a tendency throughout the years to give some undeserving fights, the award of fight of the year, pre 1970's mostly. Some of the fights they have mentioned have been good bouts, but not FOTY winners.

[Southpawology]

I don't think you get the thread. Nobody liked how Bradley-Alexander played out. TS is not talking about which fights were overhyped before they happened. Nobody calls Bradley-Alexander a great fight.

yea i read it wrong , disregard my post.

[THE REED]

Berto Ortiz got hyped up post fight as an epic battle... Besides the opposing knockdowns, it was a simple case of Berto holding on for his life after 3 rounds.

[-Hyperion-]

I could see how Holyfield-Tyson made fight of the year. Tyson hadn't lost a fight since before he went to jail. When he lost to Holyfield, that was not only a shocker, but a very exciting one. I don't recall several fights being better in 1996.

DLH and Quartey wasn't overrated either. Both fighters exchanged knockdowns late in the fight; then went toe to toe in the last 2 rounds. Very exciting fight and not overrated.

I'll give you the 2nd and 3rd Gatti-Ward fights. They didn't live up to the first.

LOL.....first response proved Thread Starter right....

[-Kev-]

Damn I was checking The Ring fights of the year, and wtf Carmen Basilio was in 5 FOTY fights in a ROW. That's crazy. Who the hell is gonna beat that? Ward, Graziano and Marciano come second place with 3 each. I'm talking about in a row, not who has the most.

[THE REED]

Damn I was checking The Ring fights of the year, and wtf Carmen Basilio was in 5 FOTY fights in a ROW. That's crazy. Who the hell is gonna beat that? Ward, Graziano and Marciano come second place with 3 each. I'm talking about in a row, not who has the most.

Some records are too ridiculous to be broken.

Goes to prove though... Legacy is so much more than your resume.

[Mr. Fantastic]

Lewis vs Tyson/Holyfield

Jones vs Ruiz/Gonzalez

Hopkins vs Pavlik/Wiky/Oscar

Cotto vs Foreman

Pac vs Morales 3

Floyd vs Gatti/Baldomir/Cotto/Judah

[Thread Stealer]

The ring magazine has had a tendency throughout the years to give some undeserving fights, the award of fight of the year, pre 1970's mostly. Some of the fights they have mentioned have been good bouts, but not FOTY winners.

Yeah they gave some weird choices, often it was simply a notable HW fight that would win. Foreman-Frazier 1? It was a massacre.

Young-Foreman over Franklin-Johnson 1?

[New England]

Berto Ortiz got hyped up post fight as an epic battle... Besides the opposing knockdowns, it was a simple case of Berto holding on for his life after 3 rounds.

the first six rounds/half of that fight were pretty damn wild


the second half was much more tame

[-Kev-]

Lewis vs Tyson/Holyfield

Jones vs Ruiz/Gonzalez

Hopkins vs Pavlik/Wiky/Oscar

Cotto vs Foreman

Pac vs Morales 3

Floyd vs Gatti/Baldomir/Cotto/Judah

Another one who doesn't get the topic.

And BTW, Mayweather-Cotto was a pretty action packed fight. Not FOTY, but it had a lot of action.