Fighters you just never took a fancy to...

two i forgot

de la hoya and even when i was little jim watt

 

Agree with Chavez, I hated how Whitaker was robbed against him and even though that wasn't JCC's fault, he never had the humility to admit afterwards that Pea schooled him. I'm also not a big Toney fan, purely because he is a fat loudmouth who never lived up to expectations, even though he is one of the nost naturally gifted fighters ive seen.

 

allthough i am not a big tyson fan one has to be honest. and a lot of people bash him but let's be true he cleaned out the division in the 80ties. and i enjoyed to watch his fights. the only shortcomings mike has are those of the mental/psycological kind

 

Pernell Whitaker. Great skills boring to watch.

 

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Hopkins is another.

 

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Calzaghe

 

Some of Mike Tyson's personality traits that asserted themselves in his later career,made me look at him in a negative light. And although I admired Sugar Ray Leonard as a boxer,there was something about his personality that stopped me warming to him as a person. I can't quite put my finger on what it was. A little too calculating,maybe ?

 

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Lennox Lewis

 

1986-89 could be a reason, truly awesome.

 

Lots to be honest-Ali, Leonard, McGuigan, Dempsey to name a few. Not all of them for a very good reason to be honest. A lot of them just seem to irk me.

In recent times it's Pacquaio and Barrera. Probably bias because I grew up watching Erik Morales. Saying that, I can sometimes change my mind on people. I hated Hamed and Eubank for a long time but now I wish they were still around. Also if it wasn't for the general hysteria surrounding everything that Pac does my stance on him would soften. I think I'll always despise Barrera.

 

Good one, I find him hard to watch also but I acknowledge he was good.

 

I dont like Barrera either, a lot of that is probably due to Morales being my favourite fighter but most of it is the way he acts & things he does, great fighter tho, always respected his ability in the ring.

I also hated Eubank with a passion & went from ecstatic, watching Watson school him in that 2nd fight, to severe rage & sadness watching him score that lucky KO... I actually missed his 1st defeat to Collins, I was overjoyed when I heard he lost but felt cheated that I never got to see it live after having sat thru many a victory (& 1 draw vs Benn)
I have nothing but the deepest respect for Eubank now tho, a true warrior & very good boxer.

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