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tyson is overated
I don't get where this "overrated" talk comes from, Ring Magazine voted him best fighter more than anybody ever in history and most of his fights are in their top fights in history list....what do they have to gain by "overrating" him?
Regardless, if you think he's overrated because of his "celebrity", or if you think he wasn't the Jordan of boxing, whatever....but IMO, from a TECHNICAL standpoint, let's not act like Ali wasn't a boxing strategist who actually got smarter as he got older and less quick.
C'mon someone who, as an amateur, wins six Kentucky Golden Gloves titles, two natonal Golden Gloves titles, an Amateur Athletic Union National Title and a gold medal at light heavyweight in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome CLEARLY isn't "overrated".
Someone who, as a pro, fought and beat the greatest heavyweights of his era (including seven other boxers - besides himself - in the International Boxing Hall of Fame) and go 56-5 (with three of those losses being towards the end of his career, when he was clearly washed up) over a nearly 20-year career (if you count the years he was exiled), isn't "overrated".
Now...if you want to talk about the "Michael Jordan of Boxing" in terms of sheer dominance, there's no QUESTION that the answer is Sugar Ray Robinson:
- 85–0 as an amateur, with 69 of those victories coming by way of knockout (40 in the first round) (
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- Professional record of 128–1–2 with 84 knockouts, in only 11 years of pro boxing (
- once had a 91-fight unbeaten streak (third longest in professional boxing history)
- first boxer in history to win a divisional world championship five times
You comparing Patterson who has half the speed, quickness, strength, agility of a PRIME Tyson?
Papi this is the Coli -- there's not one athlete is the history of the world that hasn't been called "overrated" at least once in hereI don't get where this "overrated" talk comes from, Ring Magazine voted him best fighter more than anybody ever in history and most of his fights are in their top fights in history list....what do they have to gain by "overrating" him?
Regardless, if you think he's overrated because of his "celebrity", or if you think he wasn't the Jordan of boxing, whatever....but IMO, from a TECHNICAL standpoint, let's not act like Ali wasn't a boxing strategist who actually got smarter as he got older and less quick.
C'mon someone who, as an amateur, wins six Kentucky Golden Gloves titles, two natonal Golden Gloves titles, an Amateur Athletic Union National Title and a gold medal at light heavyweight in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome CLEARLY isn't "overrated".
Someone who, as a pro, fought and beat the greatest heavyweights of his era (including seven other boxers - besides himself - in the International Boxing Hall of Fame) and go 56-5 (with three of those losses being towards the end of his career, when he was clearly washed up) over a nearly 20-year career (if you count the years he was exiled), isn't "overrated".
Now...if you want to talk about the "Michael Jordan of Boxing" in terms of sheer dominance, there's no QUESTION that the answer is Sugar Ray Robinson:
- 85–0 as an amateur, with 69 of those victories coming by way of knockout (40 in the first round) (
- Professional record of 128–1–2 with 84 knockouts, in only 11 years of pro boxing (
- once had a 91-fight unbeaten streak (third longest in professional boxing history)
- first boxer in history to win a divisional world championship five times
