Biggest Hype Job

[holmcall]

Can't believe people are saying Cooney. There are at least 1000 boxers who were hyped more undeservably than he was.

Speaking as someone who was following the sport closely when this fight happened, I can tell you there was a huge amount of hype for Cooney and his power. People were talking about Holmes getting knocked back to Africa with this fight. But Holmes schooled and dismantled him with relative ease.

Anyways, Cooney was/is a decent guy who was not to blame for the hype. Full props to him for the exellent work he has done in support of retired boxers.

The ever-cunning King orchestrated this one so that Black vs. White = Green. Cooney wanted no part of that, but the 10 million he got wasn't all that bad. I do some strange thing for 10 mil!!!

[X]

Some good names on here - people like Cooney, Audley etc were hyped big time. Nothing wrong with that (because the young Mike Tyson was the most hyped fighter who had not even competed at world level that I've ever seen) ....... it's those who donlt deserve the hype who annoy us.

For the record, I think the very first hype job in history (apart from the Great White Hopes against Johnson) was Duane Bobick ...... anyone remember him?

[Majesty]

I can't think of a fighter with more undeserved hype though, the Reebok sponsorship and PPV events, surely his career thus far should not merit such things. Hatton has truely earned his PPV status through attrition, I'm not a fan, but he has fought his way to where he is. You don't see Andre Ward headlining PPV events.

I agree.. it's very annoying that Khan has NOT even proven himself to be the best lightweight in the UK.

But you have to bear in mind that Britain is tiny compared to the US.. so obviously potential world stars are far more infrequent.

If Andre Ward was British he'd be in Khan's boat.. you could bet your house on that

i never liked andre ward, i hate it when a young fighter is being compared to a great so soon into their career.

fans should stop blaming fighters for their own hype. It wasnt like Andre Ward went 'I want to be touted as the next best thing since sliced bread"

It's not a fighter's fault how they are hyped, I've never heard in any interviews Andre Ward saying he is the greatest or the second coming. Hate the hypers not the fighter. When it comes to people like Gerry Cooney history says "it's not Cooney's fault how he was hyped" all in hindsight. But now in the present fighters get hated just because they do get hyped before proving anything. In my opinion it makes no sense to hype someone thats already there, because they don't need hype then. Hype is there for preperation and to stir the pot. So don't hate the player hate the game.

[Spicoli]

Anyone say Andrew Maynard ?Rewatching these hurts lol

They put this 88' Gold Medalist on the fast track to a title fight and took on a seemingly used up Bobby Czyz as his first big fight......whoops.Can you say KTMF....FOUT .From there on, he was brutalized against every major fighter he faced,save for a dreadfully faded and totally past it Saad Muhammad.

[Myk_Myk]

Edison Miranda
Antonio Margarito-As of now all his wins are tainted.
Sam Peter
Hasim Rahman
Zab Judah
Antonio Tarver- His mouth and 1 highlight knockout keep him around.
O'neil Bell
David Tua

I still remember the gift decision Bell got against Dale Brown.

Looks like John Duddy will never live up to his hype.

Almazbek Raiymkulov "Kid Diamond" comes to mind, though I guess he never made it to the "hyped to the masses" level.

[Pavlik]

Kelly Pavlik is one. Even though he made it to a world champion. He is pretty one dimensional and overhyped and got took to school by a 43 yr old who he was expected to KO with ease.

People were so far ahead of talking about him for the future, reigning the division for years etc... they forgot about what was standing in front, Bernard Hopkins.

Oh hell no!!! Styles makes fights this is a classic example when a world class puncher gets schooled by a world class boxer. Don't yall forget Kelly destroyed Miranda and Taylor!!!

[Britkid]

Mark Breland was meant to be a combination of all that was good about Ray Leonard and Sugar Ray Robinson.

Breland was hardly a bust, but came no where near reaching the hype thrown at him.

Audley annoys me, he was just in it for the money, and from that point of view, he succeed, when the Beeb gave him a £1Million for his first ten fights.

If Audley put half the effort into fighting as he did hyping and self publicing himself, he would of beaten the Klitshcko brothers in the same night.

[Tysonbruno]

Joe Calzaghe

[Tysonbruno]

you all clearly forgot Prince Nasseem Hamed

Prince Naseem ? you mean the number 1 featherweight in the world for 4 years plus and beating all the champions not really a hype job.

[Tysonbruno]

Manny Pacquiao he is a great fighter but he is becoming abit of a hype job by this i mean a few fights back he fought JMM and many thought he had lost now he has 2 good wins the Diaz win werent that good really and everyone thinks he is unbeatable. I like Pac im a fan im just not as hyped as everyone else is worldwide now bring on the pain

[piye]

Hatton.

[ElTerribleMorales]

Kelly Pavlik is one. Even though he made it to a world champion. He is pretty one dimensional and overhyped and got took to school by a 43 yr old who he was expected to KO with ease.

People were so far ahead of talking about him for the future, reigning the division for years etc... they forgot about what was standing in front, Bernard Hopkins.

can't say Pavlik is all hype when he is STILL the reigning Middleweight champion of the world, and has wins over Taylor, Miranda, Zuniga, Zertuche, and Rubio, all either decent or very good competition, he's not unstoppable but IMO still the best in his respectable division, all i know though is that Pavlik Vs Abraham has to happen, also since when is it a shame to lose to Bernard Hopkins? IMO B-Hop should have been the first loss on Calzaghe's record

[Myk_Myk]

Hatton.

It's easy to say that right now, but it seems to me that Hatton really built his reputation as much as he was hyped. He was undefeated after all, and had beaten Kostya Tszyu before the PBF fight.

[ElTerribleMorales]

Hatton.

probably gonna get thrashed but on that same note we can easily say Mike Tyson, first loss was a brutal KO against Buster Douglas who had already been KO'd by a man Tyson had beaten in Tucker, he basically lost to every decent fighter he took on from 96 to the day he retired, and no loss was close, Douglas, Holyfield I, Lewis, all ugly beatdowns, then he flat out quit against the likes of Williams and McBride, even though he did fuck up his knee in the Williams fight,

[XaduBoxer]

Hatton.

So there could be truth to some claims that Hatton is a hype job of Promoter Frank Warren...
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