Great Fighters who get no love

[Nawfal]

Mike McCallum

he was a very good fighter, and is totally unappreciated.

he had some very good wins on his ledger

julian jackson
donald curry
sumbu kalambay
herl graham
steve collins
michael watson
draw with prime james toney
jeff harding

milton mccrory

you name some

[ChampionsForever]

For what he was and how he fought I think Joe Frazier gets overlooked a ridiculous amount.

[samita]

jose luis castillo.

[DaHead242]

Iran Barkley, even Virgil Hill.

[Terrible Terry]

James Toney is very under rated imo. At his best he was a thing of beauty.

[pipe wrenched]

Up until last Friday Night Fights I had always defended when i saw someone calling Fres Oquendo a bum. But that last fight was FUGLY.

[pipe wrenched]

Humberto Sotto is under rated IMO.

[mightyd40]

gene tunney

[bladerunner]

Kid Gavilan
Jeff Chandler
Manuel Ortiz
Ruben Olivares
Pascual Perez
Vicente Saldivar

[ozziebattler]

[quote=Nawfal]

jeff harding

If you mean aussie hitman harding than i totally agree.Though he was a great fighter and one tough bugger,
He was his own worst enemy as he gave into the temptation of alcohol.
He has since hocked his championship belts for money to fuel his habits which is extremely sad..

He was a true aussiebattler,hard as nails..

What about his comeback against dennis andries in vegas??I was reading jeff fenechs book a few years back and he said mike tyson and himself were ringside and mike was saying its all over for harding but fenech knew how much heart harding had and said jeff will pull threw.

The rest is history.....Harding stopped him.....yeah baby..

[TBooze]

James Toney is very under rated imo. At his best he was a thing of beauty.

But what was he on? His demons have caught up with him.

[doublesuited]

Sandy Saddler
Jeff Fenech

[pipe wrenched]

Josh Clottey is pretty damn good with out a band wagon of any type.
Andy Lee will soon have a big band wagon IMO.
Kermit Cintron is hardly listed on any favorite fighter lists.
Corrie Spinks (must be his style)
Zab Judah (yeah he lost a couple of big ones but still upper tier IMO)
JCC JR. has been winning (compared to Dad though)
The One great fighter gets no love from 90% of boxing fans = FMJ

[Relentless]

michael spinks

[faisal]

tommy hearns

[Axe]

I loved the choice of McCallum, he is imo the greatest 154 lber in boxing history.

I'll nominate Virgil Hill.

Edit: someone beat me to it. :good

I'll add Dariusz Michalczewski.

[knockout]

Marvin Hagler he was rob of a winning a title belt.

[Toopretty]

Everybody loves Hearns..I mean no matter what style you like..You liked Hearns..Floyd is respected but not liked. But james toney for sure..You guys just seem to forgot what he did..Man Toney was exciting..

[brooklyn1550]

Matthew Saad Muhammad

[Warfist]

Ricardo Lopez

Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson

[hitman_hatton1]

James Toney is very under rated imo. At his best he was a thing of beauty.

yeah he was class.

just an inconsistent little bugger. :yep

[hitman_hatton1]

Ricardo Lopez

Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson

tim austin as well.

the little guys just don't get there props. :-(

[sues2nd]

Iran Barkley was phenominal in his prime. Never really gets mentioned.

[Betty Swollocks]

I would say McCallum too.
I always think Tony Tucker was underrated.

[cpnasty]

Terry Norris

[Thread Stealer]

Michael Spinks gets remembered too much for lasting 91 seconds against Mike Tyson, and not for being an ATG, and arguably the best fighter of the 80s.

He was not only one of the greatest light-heavyweights of all-time, but also the linear HW champion, and an extremely versatile and adaptable fighter.

[Pimp C]

Terrible Terry Norris & Ricardo El Finto Lopez are two the come to mind. Especially Lopez probably the most underrated fighter of the last 25 years.

[NBT]

Sven Ottke :yep

[Slothrop]

Hatton on ESB.

[Titan1]

Michael Dokes
Marlon Starling

[Vantage_West]

joel casamayor by a long shot.
2 wieght champion lineal lightwieght got totally robbed of his belts for no reason by the wbc and later the wba didnt give it to him anyways.

great skills ,very slick , amazing jab nice combo's can brawl when he wants it...and cuban :smoke

i dont know why people underated him SO much he is brushed under the carpet like nobodies business

[Vantage_West]

damned, i wanted to name him and i´m serious about him. 21 title defences and unification of two titles should show you that he wasn´t a joke. He had an ugly style but had great footwork, good timing, great judging of distance and great ring generalship. He got a gift against Reid and had some close fights but he get´s trashed way to much for it. How many gifts got DLH for example?:think i kinda understand it has to make a good fighter to do that...im not convinced but this is very convincing :good great post

not atg or incredible but had skills that are hard to have and thats a natural boxer instinct

[Vantage_West]

Iran Barkley was phenominal in his prime. Never really gets mentioned.true he diodnt hit hard for his style which was a shame becuase his style was so peculier a strangly tall middlewieght that seemed to not stop punching

[BoppaZoo]

heres a list of a few that i think need more love.

Jeff Fenech
Dave Sands
Floyd Patterson
Jeff Harding
Chris Eubanks
Lloyd Honeyghan
Nicilino Loche
Azumah Nelson
Jimmy Carruthers
Jeff Chandler
Michael Nunn
Ike Quartey
Lionel Rose
Fighting Harada
Dulio Loi
Emile Griffith
Ken Norton
Carlos Palomino
Marcel Thil
Flash Elorde

[brooklyn1550]

Barbados Joe Walcott
Brian Mitchell

[theHawtness]

Muhammed Ali - when will the man get his props?
muhammad gets no love? :blood in fact, he gets TOO MUCH love.

[theHawtness]

heres a list of a few that i think need more love.

Jeff Fenech
Dave Sands
Floyd Patterson
Jeff Harding
Chris Eubanks
Lloyd Honeyghan
Nicilino Loche
Azumah Nelson
Jimmy Carruthers
Jeff Chandler
Michael Nunn
Ike Quartey
Lionel Rose
Fighting Harada
Dulio Loi
Emile Griffith
Ken Norton
Carlos Palomino
Marcel Thil
Flash Elorde
:good:good:good:good

[Liston3]

Simon Brown- 10 defenses of ww title, challenged for middleweight title. beat Terry Norris, Maurice Blocker, Tyrone Tice, and won 92 upset of year. NUFF said

[Mook]

heres a list of a few that i think need more love.

Jeff Fenech
Dave Sands
Floyd Patterson
Jeff Harding
Chris Eubanks
Lloyd Honeyghan
Nicilino Loche
Azumah Nelson
Jimmy Carruthers
Jeff Chandler
Michael Nunn
Ike Quartey
Lionel Rose
Fighting Harada
Dulio Loi
Emile Griffith
Ken Norton
Carlos Palomino
Marcel Thil
Flash Elorde

YES!!!! He was my pick. LLOYD! LLOYD! LLOYD!:happy :happy :happy :happy :bbb :thumbsup :good :amen :partytime :bananamaniac :tits :bush :party :freddy :spy :banana :mj :tdh :tdh :soccerye: :ldevil :lama :DD: :canada :klitfanb: :respect :dance :beer :beer :clown :arran :hh :bokc :-o :ko :ko :dunnowha: :bowdown :-P :hop :boxx :woot :boxer :wooo :) :o

[ThePlugInBabies]

jimmy wilde.

[Minotauro]

Holman Williams has some huge wins yet get very little credit.
Michael Nunn he was a quality fighter.

[Stinky gloves]

Lennox Lewis:smoke

[Jinx]

Josh Clottey is pretty damn good with out a band wagon of any type.
Andy Lee will soon have a big band wagon IMO.
Kermit Cintron is hardly listed on any favorite fighter lists.
Corrie Spinks (must be his style)
Zab Judah (yeah he lost a couple of big ones but still upper tier IMO)
JCC JR. has been winning (compared to Dad though)
The One great fighter gets no love from 90% of boxing fans = FMJ

no fighter on this list can be considered a great fighter right now...Judah is the best on the list and has never been considered a great fighter, just a very good one...

[ThinBlack]

I would say McCallum too.
I always think Tony Tucker was underrated.

Tony was talented, but never really did enough for me outside of Tyson and James Broad.

[Haye]

Cory Spinks

[Pimp C]

Terry Norris
Ricardo Lopez

[BewareofDawg]

Lennox Lewis
Roy Jones
Felix Trinidad
Oscar Delahoya
Winky Wright


They are all bashed waaaay too much.

[Relentless]

Ricardo Lopez

Terry Norris

Poison Junior Jones

In Jin Chi

Park Jong Pal ( Top 10 SM of all time )

Jung Koo Chang aka Korean Hawk

you forgot your boy koki kameda.

[BewareofDawg]

Jung Koo Chang aka Korean Hawk
Yeah, I like that. Especially with Teryaki Sauce over rice! :rofl

[unclepaulie]

Hate to do it but gotta go with De La Hoya. He fights the best and has gotten flat out robbed twice in mega fights. Better resume than many top 10 p4p'ers IMO. Im not sure anyone on this board gets hated on as much as DLH.

[RafaelGonzal]

Mike Mcallum
Kid Gavialn I think I read in the classic section he was 111-4 dont know if thats true though.
Gene Tunney
sorry about this but Roberto Clemente one of the all time great Baseball players and Humanitarians doesnt get the accolades he deserves considering what he faced and overcame in his day. They should have his #21 retired on all Major league teams........sorry guys just had to let that out.....

[RafaelGonzal]

Hate to do it but gotta go with De La Hoya. He fights the best and has gotten flat out robbed twice in mega fights. Better resume than many top 10 p4p'ers IMO. Im not sure anyone on this board gets hated on as much as DLH.
Guy always comes up short in the big one fought PBF to a stand still for 9 rounds and let it slip away Im still pissed.......

[Asterion]

Kid Chocolate.

[mykolakozak]

Vitali Klitschko

I think he was on his way to become a sensational boxer, too bad his health didnt see it that way. He had speed, height, power, never been KO'ed, lost once by leaving although up by points, and lost due to a decision by a doctor while also being on points. Im glad to see him coming back, and I think he will do some damage in the HW division if his health permits for a little more longer.

[chimba]

Pancho Villa the boxer...read his story
Mike McCallum - just so great technically...maybe the best

[andyZOR]

Virgil Hill is a good choice to whoever that picked it. Dariusz also.