Quote Originally Posted by generalbulldog View Post
No offense to anyone here, but since this is a message board, I have to call it the way I see it. And after reading quite a few posts and threads here, Euro fighters get way overhyped by the media and by their fanboys.

A few on the list:
Rickey Hatton, Nigel Benn, Prince Naseem, Mighty Mike, Henry Cooper, Lennox Lewis, Joe Calzaghe, Dariusz Michalczewski, Max Schmeling, Frank Bruno, etc.

A prime example would be everyone on this board was going on and on about how Hatton and some in the media was going to knock out Floyd then later Pacman in a few rounds. And that Floyd and Pacman were garbage fighters who cherry pick their fights and fought at home. But I guess fighting 90% of your fights against bums and in England or other places in Europe isn't right?

And then when these Euro fighters beat elite fighters that are shot or past their primes like Calzaghe against Hopkins, JOnes Jr. as if its a celebration. And Nigel Benn revered in England ducked a prime Roy Jones and Bernard Hopkins and would only want to fight them in Wembley. lol

Now I know some people wants to root for one of their own, but come on and be realistic. Sorry to say this but most fighters from Europe are really overrated. Hatton, Prince Naseem, Lennox Lewis, Frank Bruno, etc. That Hatton and Pacman fight was plain garbage, Pacman and Floyd fought a club fighter that didnt' belong in the ring with them.

Wow! glad i seen this post. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but you are bordering on foolish.

Everyone is wise after the event but as someone said if we knew the outcome before the fights had started what would be the point?

I have previously stated that JC is overrated in another thread but i am still a fan. I think he could have had a better career or carried on longer. Hopkins might have been 'past it' but he is still on top today.

I believe Hatton would have lost those 2 fights regardless but switching trainers at such a pivotal moment in his career was not the best move and his years of bad living between fights caught up with him.

Lennox Lewis overrated? just because he wasn't a devastating aggressive monster does not mean he was not great. He beat everyone he faced and his record reads like a who's who of the heavyweight division of his era.

There's a Nigel Benn interview after one of his fights (possibly Mcclellan) I watched it 2 days ago and he says he is prepared to face Jones but in the same sentence he says Jones is a different class. I don't believe for 1 second that Benn would duck anyone. When Jones was the man he refused to travel anywhere and had everything in his favour, now he is washed up he has gone abroad and lost because he has not many other options open to him. Do you believe Jones would have travelled far away from home in his prime to the other guys country with little support?

Naz was a love him or hate him guy. I loved him i loved the way he was so confident and he was a brutal finisher. He lost against MAB, no shame in that but he was not at his best by a mile. Another thing, for his comeback fight he fought Manuel Calvo and boxed his way to a wide decision (has been revealed since that he suffered from damaged hands most probably due to being such a hard hitter). Calvo was the European champ how many guys after suffering their first defeat would go straight back in to that level of fight.