who is the most over-rated boxer today?

[S2peed]

Antonio Tarver, easily. He beat an old Jones, then Johnson. Who else is he gonna fight at 175? Woods? No. Erdei? No Briggs? No. He is gonna fight Bernard Hopkins. He should not be in the P4P ratings.

Old Jones? Roy was the pound for pound best fighter at the time

[Alibata]

Definately. With Pac, only because of his fans and the fact that he really is one dimensional. He just needs to fight a true boxer that can neutralize his onslaughts (cough cough Raheem cough).

Trying to think, but all that really pops to mind is Tarver and I think Miguel Cotto, just a bit.

According to SoFlyyy and the other dude Morales and Barrera are overrated boxers cuz Pac knocked both of their asses out. Leave the fans out of it.

[whoami]

tarver and wlad quitsko. hmmm what about rocky juarez?

[Not Monty]

First that sprang to mind were Taylor and Lacy. Both were extremely coddled fighters, who had it very easy on their road to stardom, lots of cans padding ther records. In terms of their first really big time shots, Lacy folded and Taylor won (eeking out the first, doing better the second)

[Derranged]

Sam Peter was not too long ago. Possibly Tarver at the moment.

[Mr. Ryan]

Old Jones? Roy was the pound for pound best fighter at the time

I wouldn't say old, but faded. I didn't see him as P4P after the first Tarver fight. I had that distinction between Hopkins and Morales at the time.

[Left2body]

Wow, I and everyone else forgot one of the biggest over-rated fighters in recent history....Prince Hamed.

[paulkimlax]

IMO the most overrated fighter is Wlad, and Pacman

i agree with you on Wlad but Pacman is not over rated. He started his career at 106lbs and he beat 2 (MAB & EM)of most talented fighter/boxer @ 126 & 130lbs. He should be at #1 or 2 on P4P list.

BTW... Im not a Pacman fan.

[SnoopySmurf]

I always thought GATTI was the most overrated fighter and still is. The man has a huge heart but doesnt make him the fighter everybody makes him seem to be.

Gatti was never over rated. He was popular because of his exciting and very vulnerable style. He's quite the Rocky Balboa of real life. He gets his brain cells racked to scrambled eggs while we scream for more.

Not many gave him a chance against Mayweather. However, most people were hoping he'd win. Therefore, tot over rated. But you do pose a good point. Sometimes popular = hype.

[Left2body]

i agree with you on Wlad but Pacman is not over rated. He started his career at 106lbs and he beat 2 (MAB & EM)of most talented fighter/boxer @ 126 & 130lbs. He should be at #1 or 2 on P4P list.

BTW... Im not a Pacman fan.

I agree with you in that Pacman is not over rated I actually have him at #2 P4P, I wasnt impressed with him in the JMM fight, I actually thought he was an exposed fighter who could just throw lead rights. I was wrong and he evolved.

However He showed in Morales I and much more in Morales II that he has evolved with Roach and has a more complete package now. I think him losing to Morales in the first fight really helped his game because he realized that he couldn't always just blow out guys with his right. He looked more complete in Morales II and I think the Pacman of Morales II would destroy the Pacman of JMM.

With all that said I dont think Pacman went up in weight strictly to fight better competition and bigger pay days like PBF did, I think he just couldnt make the weight any more and probably caused him to get KO'd with a body shot in his last fight at 112. He didnt even make weight for that fight. After that he immediately went to super bantam 122lbs and has since looked much better and more natural at superbantam and feather and superfeather.