I think Rocky gets underrated sometimes because he lacked the finesse and pretty boxing skills of, say, Ali or Patterson. Therefore, because Rocky's strengths were his heart and raw power, and he looked kinda clumsy, people assume he is overrated (if that makes any sense??). But in my book, anybody who retires as undefeated heavyweight champion at 49-0 (and hasn't ducked anybody in the process) deserves all the praise that can be heaped on them. IMO Rocky deserves top 10 status because of his record alone. As a few of the guys have already said, in many of his fights he has had a boxing lesson for maybe 10 rounds of the fight..... but the fight is scheduled for 15 rounds - and with Rocky you always knew he was gonna catch up with them at some point.