Fighters that you (controversially) think are overrated

[Mars_ax]

BTW, Holyfield was definitely not overrated at HW, he arguably fought the best competition of almost any HW, and held his own, and I can't think of a single HW in the history of boxing that had as much heart.

As for B-Hop, if anything he's underrated.

As for Tyson, a bit overrated perhaps, but it was more due to things that happened outside the ring, like being in prison for 3 years.

[p4pking]

This is a pretty tough ask really, hindsight being 20/20 and all. Fighters who have a standing legacy were almost always exceptional talents one way or another, not to mention incredibly driven to have actually persevered in the sport. It's so easy to nitpick at anyones resume, to say I think so and so wasn't as good as most other people seem to is kind of meaningless when I wasn't even breathing during their career, and have no idea what the perceived risk was for any number of their fights.
It's guys in the present who are overrated left right and center, but they are almost always exposed as such, killing any lasting reputation they could've had. Arthur Abraham was really overrated, now we know that, and noone will talk about him in ten years. Mijares and Hasagawa etc. were being regarded as great pound for pound talents, now the idea of them being mentioned in even good company is laughable. I guess a lot of it comes down to how much emphasis you put on achievement over ability, I can't think of one fighter who I really feel is overrated in both aspects Boxing is littered with supremely talented guys who couldn't apply themself the right way. Very few true overachievers come to mind. John Ruiz Sven Ottke Even those two clearly deserve respect for their dedication. I suppose if I had to name one great fighter I think is heralded a little to much, Id go with Julio Ceasar Chavez... But only because he was beatable and almost got to 100-0, not because he wasn't an incredible pressure fighter. The draw with Whittaker and screwing over Randall in the second fight sours his rep for me, but that's just my worthless opinion, he no doubt had a slew of very impressive wins.

[Violent Demise]

Naseem Hamed. He was a joy to watch and a great show man. But the man never beat an elite fighter who was in his prime. Yes his resume has many good fighters on it. But every single one was past there prime and had lot of mileage on them when they fought Hamed. Numbers don't lie. Going into the Hamed fights they had already had the following number of fights

Manuel Medina 59 fights
Tom Johnson 48 fights
Kevin Kelley 50 fights
Wilfredo Vazquez 59 fights
Cesar Soto 63 fights
Vuyani Bungu 39 fights
Marco Antonio Barrera 55 fights

Barrera beat him. And I think Kelley, Vazquez and Johnson would of too if they were in there prime