iamasadlittleboy Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 We all know that our great sport has too many champions but who is the most under-appreciated? A few for consideration Nkosinathi Joyi Roman Gonzalez Moruti Mthlana (though pretty much all 4 champions at 112) Tepparith Kokietgym Anselmo Moreno Miguel Vazquez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 I kind of enjoy the more than one champion but it does leave us guessing as to who is the best. I bet these guys would love one champion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 I kind of enjoy the more than one champion but it does leave us guessing as to who is the best. I bet these guys would love one champion. Rob- It really wouldn't be that bad if we still got unification fights on a regular basis, but now we have a lot of fighters(and more importantly their management) that really seem to be happy just having one of the four belts (more if you count the interim nonsense). I can't say I blame them, it's next to impossible to be THE Champ, the orgs simply don't want one guy with multiple belts/power. The Klitschkos might be the last we see that hold multiple belts for such a long period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Anselmo Moreno and Chocolatito Gonzalez are the two guys that stand out to me as being the most underappreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skav Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Some of the above and the Klitschko brothers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemolitionDan Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Probably Miguel Vazquez. Anytime I see a list of the best 135 fighters Miguel Vazquez is never mentioned...and he's probably the best! In general, all the lower weight fighters are under appreciated. So, I'll go with Vazquez because he is in a more mainstream weight class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donlevy Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Anselmo Moreno is a really good shout.He's right up there among the current best based on his resume.Gonzalez is the one that I enjoy watching the most.Very enjoyable to watch him put his punches together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooklynbrawler Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Orlando Salido has to be up there imo. Quite a journeyman record and then 2 massive wins over Juanma, shows that they should have been taken with a pinch of salt. Still doesn't get much credit. In an era where Champions don;t even have to fight interim beltholders and super champions are made to avoid it altogether, it's unsurprising that we don;t get many unification bouts tbh... Totally agree, Brawler. The system is simply set up for maximizing the number of Champs/sanctioning fees, and the orgs are add as many as they want and never miss a trick. If there's a guy holding multiple titles then they're going to look at that as lost income, it's just the world we live in anymore smell// Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathead Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Orlando Salido has to be up there imo. Quite a journeyman record and then 2 massive wins over Juanma, shows that they should have been taken with a pinch of salt. Still doesn't get much credit. In an era where Champions don;t even have to fight interim beltholders and super champions are made to avoid it altogether, it's unsurprising that we don;t get many unification bouts tbh... Totally agree, Brawler. The system is simply set up for maximizing the number of Champs/sanctioning fees, and the orgs are add as many as they want and never miss a trick. If there's a guy holding multiple titles then they're going to look at that as lost income, it's just the world we live in anymore smell// Great post. Couldn't agree more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Brawler and Meathead- I think the turning point was when we started seeing fights for the "vacant interim title". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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