Fighters who you enjoy watching less now than during their careers?

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  1. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    There are fights who I loved as a kid/younger adult whose old performances just don't do it for me anymore. Is it just me or do any of you have similar fighters?

    My list:
    Sugar Ray Leonard (still an ATG but his running bothers me more now)
    Felix Trinidad (slower, stiffer, and less skilled than I had remembered; just a tough guy wth power)
    George Foreman (ditto but even worse. His performance against Ali really bothers me now)
     
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  2. Brixton Bomber

    Brixton Bomber Obsessed with Boxing banned Full Member

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    Mayweather.
     
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  3. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    You're saying that you liked his old fights more back when you first saw them?
     
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  4. Foxy 01

    Foxy 01 Boxing Junkie banned

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    Duran, every time he lost.
     
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  5. Boxing125

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    Audrey Harrison
     
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  6. Rafaman

    Rafaman Active Member Full Member

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    Outside of the Mosely 1 and Vargas fights I don't really watch ODLH. I followed his whole career, I enjoyed the spectacle of him being a large attraction and cash cow rather than his fighting style. I watched most of his bouts on PPV and don't have any interest in watching them again.
     
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  7. Rafaman

    Rafaman Active Member Full Member

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    Tszyu is a plodder? What fights made you come to that conclusion?

    How do you see the Tackie fight with him boxing off the backfoot? How was he able to cut the ring off vs Mitchell 2 and Hurtado then? What about the Vernon Forrest amateur fight? The guy had a 259-11 amateur record where its all about the 'in/outfootwork".

    When I hear plodder I see guys like Bam Bam Rios or Glen Johnson.
     
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  8. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    Ahh, this is the post to which rafaman was referring. I can live with it.
     
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  9. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member

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    Strange as it seems ,even to myself .Muhammad Ali's!!!
     
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  10. McGrain

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    Yeah, Felix Trinidad would be about the only one that really fits for me.

    I think Wladimir Klitshko will too though.
     
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  11. SuzieQ49

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    Why Wlad?
     
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  12. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Because i'm pretty much on the edge of my seat waiting for him to starch his man or for his man to starch him. Devoid of that excitement it's just going to be a one-sided beating of a physically/technically outmatched heavy by another. It will probably be pretty boring.
     
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  13. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    Fixed.
     
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  14. ribtickler68

    ribtickler68 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I was just about to post the same!
     
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  15. Thread Stealer

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    Oscar De La Hoya

    For him, a lot of excitement was the magnitude of the event, and his opposition level.

    Watching him though, there's a bit of ugliness to his fighting style. I mean his left hooks were often beautiful, as the jab, but aesthetically there's this stiff roboticness, or tenseness, that just makes his less fun to watch.

    Someone like Floyd Mayweather is the opposite. A lot of his fights lack suspense, and his opposition level has left something to be desired, but I can watch replays of many of his fights (or at least the highlight reels) for the aesthetic beauty of his boxing style. His movements, defensive maneuvers, pull counters, combos when he actually throws them, etc...I've rewatched that 8th round against Ricky Hatton too many times to count. It's simply beautiful.
     
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