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I am going to give Oscar De La Hoya a break today. Sure he had plenty of suspect victories but he lost a couple of suspect one's also (Mosley 2). But I have to give my nod to Riddick Bowe, specially after I just read the thread on how he could beat a prime Tyson (NOT). I guess his impressive victories over Holyfield made his career, but after Golata ripped him up I knew he was overated.
Jeff "left hook" Lacy
Hector Camancho
Vernon Forrest
Antonio Tarver
Virgil Hill
Micheal Moore
are all honorable mentions
How could I forget Nasseem "Prince" Hamed.
That big guy in the gold mask in Gladiator. Somebody 'the Gaul' I think.
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Or what about the big Russian from Rocky 4, or maybe even the Kirate Kid
yeah, the Karate Kid - I hated that skinny little fucker and always wanted to stab him in the face.
He was definitely overrated.
Also the guy with the knives instead of a hand in 'Enter the Dragon' (Mr Han) - he had this big build up and beat up the black guy and everything .. then he turned into a wimp against Lee.
Plus, as all these were documentaries and therefore true, does anyone know how I can contact Agent Smith on the internet?
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Agent Smith is like the CIA, you can't contact him he will contact you.
dude...he had 15 straight title defenses....so not over hyped... Audley Harrison....now that's overrated...Quote:
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15 strait is very impressive, but going into the Barrera fight he had so much star power, almost as much as Oscar (but not quite). He loses the fight horribly and does not redeem himself at all, not just against Barrera but any of the top fighters in his weight class, he falls off of the map. I was a big Naz fan and I remember many of the fights during that 15 defenses, he was so fast he would keep his hands down by his waist when fighting (he was that good). And then stiff competition came and he collapsed. With all the hype surrounding him with the HBO contract, endorsements, ESPN highlights, antics in the ring he did not live up. By the way I agree with the Harrison quoteQuote:
Originally Posted by bigragu
15 strait is very impressive, but going into the Barrera fight he had so much star power, almost as much as Oscar (but not quite). He loses the fight horribly and does not redeem himself at all, not just against Barrera but any of the top fighters in his weight class, he falls off of the map. I was a big Naz fan and I remember many of the fights during that 15 defenses, he was so fast he would keep his hands down by his waist when fighting (he was that good). And then stiff competition came and he collapsed. With all the hype surrounding him with the HBO contract, endorsements, ESPN highlights, antics in the ring he did not live up. By the way I agree with the Harrison quote
[/quote]cool...I see where you're coming from but NAZ won a title again before he retired...and wins against Kevin Kelly(who's still fighting good fights) and Wayne McCullogg were against stiff competition...
From a Sanctioning Body stand point I would say
John Ruiz comes to mind. how in the hell he could be hanging around the #1 spot after losing to Jones. and Toney, and have the opportunities to keep fighting for the Championship is beyond me . I thought Golota was robbed in that boring fight with Ruiz. John had a lot of questionable decisions fall his way . In the rankings Ruiz should have been cold soup. Limited boxing Skills. punch and grab technique was hard to watch from a fight fan stand point. If Don King didn’t have him in the pocket he would have been way down in the charts in my opinion .
True statement but I dont think any boxing fan overhyped him. He was a pathetic excuse for a champion.Quote:
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The worst of all time, in my opinion.Quote:
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The way of boxing is you win the title in the ring, and the only place you can lose it is in the ring. Ruiz all you need is a lawyer to get a title. And for Lennox Lewis all you need is a lawyer and a court to get a title shot ;D
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