Most underrated fighters ever, who do u think ?

[Moschino045]

I think Meldrick Taylor is quite underrated, his hand speed & combos were probably the best i ever seen!!

[Soliloquy]

He's not really rated because after that bull**** stoppage it went all downhill for him.

[RAESAAD]

He's not really rated because after that bull**** stoppage it went all downhill for him.

Yep about Meldrick Taylor that is.................I can't say of all time but seems to me like Jean Marc Mormeck is kind of underatted you don't hear much about him I suppose due to the division he is in but he has impressed me in the 2 fights I have seen him in......

[JUYJUY]

Michael Watson, extremely smooth and very versatile. It's such a shame that his career was cut so short, through tragedy. He was screwed out of the 1984 Olympic Games, beat silver-medalist Shawn O'Sullivan at the Canada Cup earlier in the year by a wider points margin than gold-medalist Frank Tate managed. Beat Kronk's best prospect Don Lee more impressively than much-hyped Michael Olajide had managed. Made poor opposition look worse than they were in four years of barely breaking a sweat and coming out of fights without a mark on him as he waited frustratingly for championship fights.. finally getting his chance to shine in the spotlight when matched with Nigel Benn.

[JUYJUY]

Mike McCallum. Wins over Ayub Kalule, Julian Jackson, Donald Curry, Milton McCrory and Herol Graham is phenonimal stuff, then he found himself as the underdog when he came up against the smooth-boxing Michael Watson but produced the best performance of his career to chop like him down like a tree. Then he avenged his only defeat to Sumbu Kalambay. Then he came up against James Toney, in two of his best ever performances Mike boxed on the move and frustrated Toney. He drew Toney's lead and counter punched with accuracy, and held ring centre to dominate with the jab. McCallum paced both fights identically, winning at least two of the first four rounds and two of last, while dominating the middle stanzas with his busy jab and combinations. Despite putting on two clinics in their 1991 and 1992 fights, McCallum's efforts were rewarded only by a draw and an unpopular majority decision loss. Just as the judges were indifferent to Mike, 36, and his skills, so too were The Ring's pound for pound ratings in February 1993:

Julio Cesar Chavez

Pernell Whitaker

Terry Norris

Evander Holyfield

Orlando Canizales

Buddy McGirt

Azumah Nelson

Julian Jackson

Sung Kil Moon

James Toney

That Mike never made this top 10 seemed unfair on the surface, but he had already comprehensively out-boxed number 10 twice and TKO'd number 8 in two rounds. Only two other men in that list had beaten two top 10 pound for pounders. Pernell Whitaker out-pointed both McGirt (twice) and Nelson; Chavez savaged Edwin Rosario and rallied late to stop Meldrick Taylor.

[KoolWillie]

I think James Toney is under rated look at his age he is in good shape and still wins over younger fighters with good records

[cple]

A few years back i would've said Ezzard Charles. Now i feel it might be Eder Jofre. Perhaps it's a lack of exposure, but he is rarely mentioned. Eder Jofre is up there with the elite of all-time in my eyes.

[JUYJUY]

A few years back i would've said Ezzard Charles. Now i feel it might be Eder Jofre. Perhaps it's a lack of exposure, but he is rarely mentioned. Eder Jofre is up there with the elite of all-time in my eyes.

Jofre is the best bantamweight ever and certainly in my all-time lb4lb top 15. Another top, top fighter who rarely gets talked about from that era is Carlos Monzon.

[oldgringo]

Azumah Nelson

Mike McCallum

(underrated or overlooked) Evander Holyfield


Think about this:

Azumah Nelson was very green and was not well known outside of Africa by the time he stepped up to face Sal Sanchez. Sanchez was one of the best little guys ever and Nelson fought the tough little ****er in his what...13th or 14th fight? NElson took Sanchez to the brink with his sheer physicality and freakish strength. The thing that won me over with Zoom was when Sal KD'ed him in the 15th round and Zoom popped right back up like "come on lets fight mother****er!!" After that he only went on to become a 3 time world champ, challenged for the distinction of being one of the top 3-4 fighters at 130 ever, and proved a big point by dissecting a monster in Jeff Fenech in their rematch bout. He always looked for the toughest fights (Gomez, Whitaker, Fenech, Sanchez) and always fought hard all the way until the end. Nelson is one of the best boxer-punchers that the lightweight division will ever see.

Mike McCallum beat a laundry list of very good opponents (Kalambay, Watson, Collins, Graham, Curry, McCrory, Jackson) and was one of the greatest 154 pounders ever. He was the best body-puncher the middleweight division has seen for my money and you will never see a more intelligent fighter in the ring. He was a technician in every sense of the word and was competitive well past his best years with elite opponents like James Toney. McCallum had an impressive unbeaten streak going until he was jobbed by Kalambay (okay so I threw that out there I've never seen the fight, but I've heard that he got a ****ty decision in Italy or wherever the fight took place). McCallum also compiled a sweet amatuer career (like 200+ wins).

Holyfields earlier accomplishments usually are slighted when he is discussed among the all-time great fighters. From my perspective it seems like people only want to remember the heavyweight career and later downfalls that this guy has had. He was an unbeaten light-heavyweight, he was probably the best cruiserweight ever in that divisions young life, and he was a 3 time world heavyweight champion. He has one of the best resumes of the last 30 years, beating Qawi, Dokes, Foreman, Holmes, Bowe, Moorer, Mercer, Tyson, De Leon, etc. His intangibles go without mentioning. He was a fairly small heavyweight with one of the biggest hearts and wills the sport has ever seen. He was a throwback to Frazier and Marciano. I don't think there's ever been a tougher bastard in the sport.

[Easy-E]

Jofre is the best bantamweight ever and certainly in my all-time lb4lb top 15. Another top, top fighter who rarely gets talked about from that era is Carlos Monzon.

another mw like that is harry grebb