Erislandy Lara. I firmly believe he'd beat Canelo if they were to fight, but he's just not very marketable, and doesn't really have a fan base because he's a Cuban refugee who can't speak english. He's not blood and guts, and he doesn't walk into punches or put his heart on display by way of finding himself in slugfests. He's smarter than that, but casual fans don't respect that sort of thing, and thats fine. Whatever. At times he might look to be a little bit of a one handed fighter, but I think he's savvy, and good enough to beat the guys with all the media hype at 154 right now.
I've noticed that people like to throw around the term "slick" in describing a fighter whether he really is or not, but Erislandy Lara really is a slick southpaw with good fundamentals. He's a great fighter who is in my opinion vastly underrated and rarely brought up in discussion when talking top tier jr. middleweights. If he still dedicates himself to the sport while living in Miami the way he did in Cuba, he'll be hard for anyone to deal with. I don't care what anyone says.
Peter Quillin doesn't get near the exposure or accolades he should. Kid Chocolate is a future PFP.
Also Willie Nelson at light middleweight is fighting Luciane Cuello on the undercard of Golovkin vs Macklin on HBO 06/29. Look out for him.
Nathan cleverly isn't getting the recognition he Should. At 26 years old and a record of 26-0 he is the light heavyweight champion of the world and really deserves a unification bout with either hopkins or Dawson soon.
Peter Quillin is not underrated. He is getting good deals that are getting him good recognition. Me personall I think Quillins last opponent Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam is underrated. Even though he did not have a strong chin against Quillin, he gave him a hell of a fight in the later rounds.
Tim Bradley.
Yeah, I thought Pacquiao beat him either 118-110 or 117-111, but he has had one decisive win over a tough contender in his first title defense. In the end, it was Marquez who was robbed in that fight because if he was going to knock Manny out, he would have gotten the title the Bradley won.
But he is underrated because of a robbery that wasn't his fault. I hope he proves himself against Marquez.
Golovkin
Peter quillin is the most underated boxer in the world
David Haye doesn't get nearly enough recognition for his achievements. Unified the Cruiserweight division before stepping up to heavyweight and becoming WBA world champion.
GGG hands down.he's gunna smoke any1 in his path
My pick is Roman Gonzalez. Dude is a beast, but never gets on TV or talked about b/c he's the size of child.
Definitely one of the best, hardest hitting, and most exciting fighters in teh sport.
