Underrated and Overrated

[Obama]

I think Quarry gets rated about right. I don't think color has that much to do with it, he had some fantastic wins in his career.

Quarry had some pretty damn good wins. He had no great wins. He had 5 opportunities at a great win, and lost each time. Pile on his other losses to that + his robbery of a past it Floyd Patterson, and his career really isn't that special.

its all fans opinions, yet i disagree with you on Jerry Quarry IMO he is vastly underated` Quarry was the ipitimy of a prizefighter and was rightly voted the most exciting fighter in the world in 1967, 68 & 69 he is without doubt one of my favourite all time fighters due to his boxing skills, grit, toughness, quality of opposition, victories and lifestyle, i have a huge collection of Jerry Quarry fights and even in today`s era i still rate Quarry as Top 5 value-for-money fighters to watch.. To claim it was his skin colour which made him a favourite is incorrect, its his performances against Frazier, Lyle, Mathis, Foster, Spencer, Shavers and many more which make him a fan favourite.

Michael Moorer was just as an exciting Heavyweight and was a better Heavyweight, yet doesn't nearly hold the same kind of aura Quarry holds. That aside, excitement has nothing to do with this. A guy isn't great because he's exciting. His lifestyle also doesn't make him great.

The problem is Quarry is rated in the greatness department by most plebs just as high as he rates in the popularity department. Quite frankly there's a big difference between how popular the man was and how good he was. It's exactly on the same level of discrepancy as Arturo Gatti. While people today are pretty realistic about how good Gatti actually was, come back in 40 years and watch his talents get romanticized as well.

[geribeetus]

Jerry Quarry - fair
John Conteh - fair
Gerald McClellan - fair
Pipino Cuevas - Overrated (short lived success)
Salvador Sanchez - Overrated (his untimely death gives him too much props)

i don't see a lot of people rating cuevas that highly. he's regarded as someone you probably don't want to stand and trade with. i think that's fair considering the damage he did to some guys. he was to punching what gatti was to willpower.