I had no idea at the time that I was watching a future legend

For me, it's Pacquiao. I saw him the first time when he lost against Morales. He impressed me a lot with his aggression. And at that time, I sincerely was hoping to see that vigorous and courageous Filipino boxer again. And then, the rematch. Since then, he became one of my favorite boxer.

 

Nah Sanchez was going dirty to try to survive. He knew Pac wanna gonna wreck him. Who knew Pac would go on to become the best p4p fighter of that decade? Noone.

 

Thought the same about Crolla,not heard of him until he got attacked chasing burglars away but I followed his career from then and have so much respect for the lad.

 

Not a hall of famer but Badou jack for me just never had anything early on to tell me he could beat more talented fighters guys like Degale, Groves, Stevenson (draw).

 

For me outside of the big Froch-Groves, Anthony Joshua shows, what Eddie Hearn and Matchroom's biggest success for British boxing is what they did with the lightweight division. There were some very good domestic fights even those from Prizefighter.

I was disappointed that Kevin Mitchell didn't get matched up with another UK lightweight when he was with Matchroom but as I say good fighters and decent fights were made. Crolla and his career trajectory has been great to watch.

 

Yeah, he has been one of my favourite fighters to watch. Mostly in the second half of fights where he seems to make the fights so brutal that his opponents come out looking like victims rather than competitors.

 

i grew up in a boxing hotspot and in a family that loved boxing
went to the local fights at the york hall a few miles away every fortnight amatuer and pros
we did not even know a lot of times who we were going to watch
saw hatton/calzaghe/benn/ etc etc

one day we went to see 2 american fighters about 20 fights each who for some unknown reason were fighting in a spit and sawdust victorian turkish baths in londons east end.

frankie randall v edwin rosario
i was sat in the balcony just above the ring
york hall is about the size of a basketball court with a balcony`s over it

it was a barnstormer of a fight the quality /tenacity/skill /power on show who now in hindsight was between 2 great fighters
and i think it was about £10 to get in from memory to watch it live.

 

Officially you are correct but a lot of people thought Degale lost. It was a contraversial decision for me

 

Holmes vs Shavers 1st fight

 

What I find so interesting about this topic is that invariably you have the majority of today's boxing fans saying so and so is not Tyson, Pacman, SRL, Hagler, etc. but each generation has their Tysons, Pacmans, SRLs and Haglers. It just takes time for the young guns to prove themselves and you won't know who they are for sure until the smoke settles and see who is still standing. You have weight divisions get hot and cold but there is always top talent in boxing. It's just funny. When talking about music, for example, many of my friends say things like there will never be another band like The Beatles, CCR, The Eagles, Aretha Franklin, etc. but I have to say I think there as much good music today as ever. Legends are being born every day. Most people just tend to cling to what they are familiar with.

 

Yeah, makes sense. Timing is everything as they say. The Beatles filled a void after the assassination of JFK as well. Americans were looking for something to brighten their world. The Beatles hit the US shortly afterward.