barrrera `s so far from being a fraud it`s scary...
one of the alltime great feathers....
he got old in one night....it happens...
to dismiss such a great career is a mistake,imo........you`d be dissing the careers of morales,hamed(whom barrera retired),tapia,kevin kelly,agapito and enrique sanchez and many others as overrated...and they weren`t...
if there was ever one fighter that made his bones off the dregs of a poor weight class at his period in history,it was ali......
i know that will rub some the wrong way,but,that`s what i see....
even today,i couldn`t see the likes of joe frazier fairing very well(as much as i loved joe`s heart)....joe and foreman were ali`s big names...
he came along at a turbulent time and the media chose to turn him into more than a man....way overrated..
[This message was edited by sphincter on November 18, 2003 at 12:35 PM.]