Boxing's Most Overhyped Fighters (Past and Present)

[AlbertPullhoez]

Tommy Morrison perhaps?

 

[patscorpio]

Jeff lacy and yes I was on his bandwagon. That calzhage beating had a nikka salty .
Derrick gainer.
Chavez jr.
Jorge Paez jr
Adrien broner
Samuel Peter singing some Nigerian Jesus anthem in the middle of the ring

the bolded youre not the only one breh lol...sam peter is from my mother's tribe..i had to support my nigerian breh...i enjoyed his reign as heavyweight champ..but his lack of conditioning eventually caught up to him

 

[Higher Tech]

Kelly Pavlok
Chris Areola

 

[mr. smoke weed]

Pavlik
Seth Mitchell
Linares

 

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Glen Tapia would've been on this list in the future for sure if kirkland didn't end him.

 

[surv2syn]

in his prime who has he lost to but a prime Manny fukking Pacquiao.

and do not even mention that cheating bytch who had cinderblocks in his glove. That fight tore into Cotto and you can see the effects to this day.

Even post-prime a focused Cotto gave Mayweather the hardest fighter he's ever faced. Straight from the horses mouth.

These are arguable ALL TIME GREATS he's lost to.

its not who he has lost too, he just hasnt beaten anyone great. his best wins are over Paulie and Zab. those are quality wins. Cotto was bigger and stronger than them. Cotto was one of those meltdown fighters. He fought at 140 to have that advantage. His next best win was past prime Shane. a very good fighter who is overrated into being a great fighter.

@King P

it wasnt his fault...but, he was overhyped even without the Tito comparisons. the comparisons just made it that much worse. early in his career that kept saying he had the chance to be an all time great and I never saw that. you have to have something special to be a great and nothing about him was special. plus, he really overpowered guys at 140. the same way Oscar was murking people at 130-35

 

[Ego Noir]

its not who he has lost too, he just hasnt beaten anyone great. his best wins are over Paulie and Zab. those are quality wins. Cotto was bigger and stronger than them. Cotto was one of those meltdown fighters. He fought at 140 to have that advantage. His next best win was past prime Shane. a very good fighter who is overrated into being a great fighter.

@King P

it wasnt his fault...but, he was overhyped even without the Tito comparisons. the comparisons just made it that much worse. early in his career that kept saying he had the chance to be an all time great and I never saw that. you have to have something special to be a great and nothing about him was special. plus, he really overpowered guys at 140. the same way Oscar was murking people at 130-35

It turned out he was a gatekeeper in a loaded division. Considering those above him are nominees for the greatest boxers to have ever lived, thats nothing to sneeze at

 

[mr. smoke weed]

Glen Tapia would've been on this list in the future for sure if kirkland didn't end him.

That was one of the most brutal beatings i've seen. Kirkland's got a knack for bushing hyped up fighters.

 

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Pavlik
Seth Mitchell
Linares

Pavlik came out of no where. I remember seeing him on Shobox and thinking he was gonna be a world champ. Not sure who overhyped him after that. I surely didnt because I picked Paul Williams to beat him...but that fight never happened and I thought they were fools for picking Serge. I didnt expect him to beat BHop either, although I didnt expect it to be that lopsided.

Mitchell was horrible. First decent fighter he faced was gonna get in his ass.

Linares...I didnt expect him to lose the fights he lost, the way he lost them, and as close to each other as they were.

 

[mr. smoke weed]

Pavlik came out of no where. I remember seeing him on Shobox and thinking he was gonna be a world champ. Not sure who overhyped him after that. I surely didnt because I picked Paul Williams to beat him...but that fight never happened and I thought they were fools for picking Serge. I didnt expect him to beat BHop either, although I didnt expect it to be that lopsided.

Mitchell was horrible. First decent fighter he faced was gonna get in his ass.

Linares...I didnt expect him to lose the fights he lost, the way he lost them, and as close to each other as they were.

After the first Taylor fight you don't remember Lampley's "We have a new world champion and he's from Youngstown, Ohio!!!" Mouth orgasm?
Agreed with Mitchell but HBO was hoping he'd be next.

 

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Jeff lacy and yes I was on his bandwagon. That calzhage beating had a nikka salty .
Derrick gainer.
Chavez jr.
Jorge Paez jr
Adrien broner
Samuel Peter singing some Nigerian Jesus anthem in the middle of the ring

Now...lemme give my opinion if you will.

I was a Lacy fan. He stopped improving his boxing skills though.

Gainer. He just wasnt a good overall fighter. He tried to fight like Roy too much and didnt cultivate his style either. he had good speed and power but boxing wise, he needed better training. also, he shouldve stayed at 126 forever, once he went up, his punches had no effect on 130-35 pounders.

Chavez Jr, of course he was overhyped due to his pops, but he actually is a pretty good fighter in his own right. not a championship level guy but right below

Peter is the one guy on this list that definitely couldve been better. Too out of shape and sloppy. Once he got paid, he gave zero fukks about his career.

 

[surv2syn]

After the first Taylor fight you don't remember Lampley's "We have a new world champion and he's from Youngstown, Ohio!!!" Mouth orgasm?
Agreed with Mitchell but HBO was hoping he'd be next.

yeah, HBO hype. they replaced Hopkins with Taylor then quickly found out Taylor wasnt ready to rule that division. Kelly was there, had power, and was white. His reign was destined to be short because he was a straight line fighter who couldnt deal with anything going lateral.

 

[Cole Cash]

Pavlik came out of no where. I remember seeing him on Shobox and thinking he was gonna be a world champ. Not sure who overhyped him after that. I surely didnt because I picked Paul Williams to beat him...but that fight never happened and I thought they were fools for picking Serge. I didnt expect him to beat BHop either, although I didnt expect it to be that lopsided.

Mitchell was horrible. First decent fighter he faced was gonna get in his ass.

Linares...I didnt expect him to lose the fights he lost, the way he lost them, and as close to each other as they were.

Lineares wasn't overhyped too much as much as he was a darling of hardcore fans. Like them dudes who only watch Indy or Japanese wrestling and pick some Obscure talent to hype up. Edwin Valero was this especially after his 2006 fight with mosquera

 

[patscorpio]

Lineares wasn't overhyped too much as much as he was a darling of hardcore fans. Like them dudes who only watch Indy or Japanese wrestling and pick some Obscure talent to hype up. Edwin Valero was this especially after his 2006 fight with mosquera

that valero-mosquera fight was some good shyt..linares wasn't overhyped..he just lost in ways that made you scratch your head

 

[mr. smoke weed]

yeah, HBO hype. they replaced Hopkins with Taylor then quickly found out Taylor wasnt ready to rule that division. Kelly was there, had power, and was white. His reign was destined to be short because he was a straight line fighter who couldnt deal with anything going lateral.

I concour with all this, but HBO hype is overhype. Remember they had a 24/7 for him and BHOP