Fighters who ...

Mike Tyson, without a doubt. His power and ferocity reignited boxing in a time of need. He was a household name, even with women and children. Even non boxing fans were fascinated and drawn in by him.

 

frank bruno in the UK believe it or not. think it was his laugh what did it 'arry .

 

Roberto Duran caught the imagination for his savagery at Lightweight..over the years this gave way to an admiration for his fully rounded skills...but he could still turn it on as Cuevas and Moore found out. a remarkable career journey.

 

SRR. Both Sugar Ray's infact.

 

Julio Cesar Chavez in Mexico.

 

Pacquiao is a GOD in the Philippines, I don't believe there is a more idolized sporting figure in the world just now.

 

Henry Cooper as well. In his day one of the most recognisable faces in the country.

 

Naseem Hamed - brought the spot light on the FW division
Amir Khan - became a national hero of sorts after the olympics, being a young likeable 17yo Asian lad
Benn-Eubank - you can't mention 1 without the other, this fight series is what boxing in Britain was all about and is still talked about to this day 'the good old days'
Delahoya - obviously
Leonard - without him the fab 4 wouldnt have had a story
Trinidad - brought a nation together
Roy Jones - I come across women I've dated who talk about him, when a woman who doesnt follow sports knows a fighter hes transcended
Mayweather - see above

 

He did. For a brief moment. But half the nation cheered when he was KO'd so that didn't last long.

True. The Fab 3 doesn't sound as good.

Well they're very much in the minority. I know fans of sport who couldn't identify him in a two-man ID parade, with the other candidate being Little Jimmy Osmond.

 

Well this was in the US, with black girls, agreed most in Britain don't know Roy Jones

 

Yes but if Eubank had been ko'd in the 90s I'm sure half would cheer. I think Khan will keep a big name and work his way back up. I see him having a Bruno type career with similar popularity

 

It's a pity. It's something that pissed me off a bit in the mid-1990s when he was at his peak. Because people didn't know him they wouldn't believe me when I said how good he was.

 

We usually need a Yank to bash our lads up before the general public acknowledge them, if it wasn't for Cooper we might not know Ali, if it wasnt for Bruno we might not know Tyson so much, if it wasnt for Minter we might not have paid Hagler so much attention and so on....

One things for sure Mayweather is known in Britain now, before Hatton he wasnt