How did you favorite fighter become your favorite?

My favorite = Mike Tyson. I saw him knock a guy out once. That's all you need to see to become a fan.

 

Marco Antonio Barrera- I watched Barrera/Morales I. What other reason do I need?

Paul Williams- I generally cheer for the underdog, so I was backing Williams when he fought Margarito (this was before I knew much about him). I was just incredibly impressed by his chin, stamina, and workrate. The man loves to fight, and he just absolutely brings it in every single round. Even though his skills might be a little sloppy I'll always support an exciting action fighter like that.

They're also both good body punchers, which is something I really appreciate.

 

My favorite fighter is Mayweather! The first time I saw him fight, Manfreddy 1999, I was impressed but still skeptical. After seeing his destruction of Corrales and then Jesus Chavez, I was fully converted.

 

Thomas Hearns? How did he become my favorite? When he fought Ray Leonard in 1981 I was rooting for Ray Leonard. And Ray won after a tough fight. Tommy always came back and won and never played games, just won in style. I then saw Ray retire and play games with coming back with Kevin Howard and then retiring and then coming back with Marvin. He played game after game for his ego. He is a great fighter I do not condemn that, but his mind games and all that showed him to be not that great a guy, but Tommy was a great guy and put his all into boxing honestly like Hagler did also. Hearns fought less then 3 months after lossing to Ray and winning another title against Benitez, and then beating Duran and always having humility in losses and wins. I just liked his attitude of coming back and not playing games. One other thing, I remember in early 1982, Hearns fought Marcos Geraldo. During the broadcast Ray said I will fight Tommy as soon as he says there was no chance for him to continue. I was a big Ray fan up until that point. After that I was a fan because he was so great, but not the same way I was before.

 

Roy has been my favorite fighter since the Olympic finals vs. Park Si Hun. Before that it was Mike Tyson, I don't remember the exact fight... I want to say it was the destruction of Trevor Berbick, and a few other fights.

 

Nigel Benn, rememer seeing him on saturday afternoon tv as he was coming through the ranks. I was about 12 and just starting to seriously like boxing and he was just a beast. A flawed fighter cos he got hit a bit too much but that flaw was what made him special, if he got hurt, which he did often he would just react like a wild animal and come right back at you. Proper hard puncher, defined the warrior spirit i respect in boxers.

 

morales. His fighting style is pretty much self explanatory as to why anyone would like him. First seen him at 122 around late 1999.

I was really amazed by this little skinny guy who could punch so hard and had such a good chin. I watched a few fights here and there before but morales got me hooked.

 

leonard - just watching the style, the guts, the charisma, the heart, the quality - what a phenominal boxer, the best i've ever seen by a distance.

hagler - 2 of the 1st fights i watched in boxing (8 or 9 year old) where hagler against hearns and hagler against mugabi. how the **** could you not love hagler and the sport of boxing after that. to this day i am still mesmarised by the 1st round of hagler - hearns. even though i know every move before i watch a repeat of that 1st round it still gets me pumped and mad for this sport.

hearns - what a ****in warrior. tommy put it all on the line every single fight. he got in that ring and it was either knock himout or be knocked out, he didn't know the meaning of fear, he just wanted to have a tear up against anyone. probably the most exciting boxer to watch of all time.

 

Joe Calzaghe became my favourite boxer because when my friend got me into boxing a few years ago, most of the talk was based around Calzaghe because of the way he beat Lacy. My friend is a purist when it comes to boxing. He has no particular favourite (although he has a big poster of Corales on his locker in work) and everytime he'd talk about a fight, he would talk about the story behind it or the tactics involved. Now I always considered Calzaghe as a weak puncher and a lucky champion because I was more a fan of Robin Reid from Merseyside, but the more my mate pointed out about Calzaghe, like his movement around Lacy and his combo's, the more I started to appreciate how good and how technical he actually was. From then on, everytime theres a big fight coming up, i'd consult my mate and we'd talk tactics and just basic jibber jabber about boxing. I think I can hold my own a bit now too.

Joe Calzaghe had that Champion mentallity in the ring AND he was a clever boxer... plus, all but one of his fights we're exciting to watch! What more can a boxing fan ask for? :good

 

gatti-anyone who seen him fight knows why.

 

great description, that is how i remember benn. he was awesome to watch until after the mcclellan fight.

 

He also had that stone cold killer look in his eyes right before the fight.... One of the most intimidating stare downs of all time. That is one of my favorite things about Hearns.:yep