I've been watching old fights & tv interviews on youtube the past couple of hours. I finally got onto chris eubank & nigel benn interviews & i remember they didnt like eachother but my god they really genuinley hated eachother man!! Got me thinking tho, what other fighters do you remember having genuine hate issues with eachother???
Barrera and Morales truly loather each other. Especially Erik. Guy just couldn't stand Barrera Lewis and Vitali. I'm pretty sure Lewis can't stand the obsession Vitali has with him. And don't think Vitali likes Lewis. Andrey
There is some genuine hate between Frazier and Ali. I dont know if Ali ever hated Frazier but Joe definately hates him.
Delahoya and vargas... Delahoya is usually calm and cool even against mayorga. After the fight he came up to him and shook his hands but against vargas, he celebrated until vargas walk out the ring without any sportsmanship being shown
Does anyone have that picture of MAB and EM shaking hands and settling there grudge at the boxing hall of fame? I still honestly think EM hates MAB even after this.
I think they're more just annoyed by him than do they truly hate him. He's actually hired a couple of guys he's beaten as sparring partners, so it's not like the animosity lasts. Frazier still hates Ali. He'll constantly say to the press some sort of "I forgive him, it's all in the past" type comment, then shortly later, he'll talk about how he still can't stand Ali and how he takes credit for Ali's current physical condition (Frazier doesn't exactly sound like the healthiest guy either). Vargas hated De La Hoya. I'm not sure if he still hates DLH but I remember him still making some remarks about him in the press, like "I stopped working with this trainer, but I'm a real man, not a ***** like others, so I actually told him to his face", in regards to DLH's well-known habit of firing trainers but always having a messenger.
MAB never hated EM. He just made one derogatory comment after not getting the nod in the first fight and EM never forgave him for it. They had some run-ins but MAB was always willing to bury the hatchet. EM is a mean sonofabitch tho, and wouldn't let it go.