>>48949857Fighting was probably the worst type until Fairy. Most of the good fighting type designs have it as a secondary, which often in this case means the design would pass just as well as a monotype of its primary.
Gameplay-wise they were pretty overpowered until gen 6 and it's just because STAB fighting moves were tied for the best type coverage with Ground.
And then after all of that, the NPCs that specialize in fighting are almost always the most forgettable of their generation, hell I don't think they ever got much better at that
