Most likable boxer?

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  1. dublynflya

    dublynflya Stand your ground Son!! Full Member

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    :good Bang on!!!
     
  2. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    For me, of the current guys, Arthur Abraham. Besides balls of steel in the ring, he's got this offbeat sense of humor. It's like he's always in on his own inside joke. I find Cotto to be likable. Straight forward, pretty stoic until he finally loses his temper and body slams you. Librado Andrade. What a classy guy. Wladimir Kltschko outside the ring. I don't get entertained much watching his in the ring style but I think he's a very likable personality and I've heard people who have met him compliment his affability. He has a good sense of humor too. I remember Wlad on Conan O'Brien being asked about fighters abstaining from sex during training. He tells Conan it's not so bad during the week when he's burning energy in training but ''on weekends, it's hard because I always wake up in tents."
     
  3. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Dont think he was overrated at all if anything underrated atleast at Bantam and Jf.. he couldnt mess with any of the elite guys at feather. I do think his wins over Tapia were questionable 1st one he might have edged it , but the 2nd one Johnny won hands down.
     
  4. EricGN

    EricGN Active Member Full Member

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  5. Furey

    Furey EST & REG 2009 Full Member

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    Ricky Hatton, barely if any boxer has seen support like he gets.
     
  6. Kayo-Kid

    Kayo-Kid Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I have to go with Cotto and Shane Mosely (though I havnt met them, they seem really likeable and friendly).

    In SA it seems all our boxing stars are a-holes ... eg: Phillip Ndou, ***** of note!
    Although I have to say Isaac Hlatswayo and Cassius Baloyi are very approachable. I tried speakin to Silence Mabuza when I was younger but I froze up, all he did was laugh and shake my hand lol (I think thats where he gets his name from lol)
     
  7. ero-sennin

    ero-sennin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Pac, Cotto, Izzy Vasquez, Wladimir Klitschko, Hatton, David Diaz.

    Diaz especially is a cool motha****a.
     
  8. LastQuark

    LastQuark Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I'll vote for Max Schmeling. He helped to pay the impoverished Louis' medical bills and served as a pallbearer at Louis's funeral for which he helped pay.
     
  9. Govanmauler

    Govanmauler Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Totally !

    the post fight interview after pac was hilarious , even tho he had just taken a beating and was admitting to having gotten skelped he still managed to come across as the coolest guy in the building.

    that is very hard to pull off when everyone just saw you get tore up.

    " I thought Freddie was in there hitting me too ! " too ****in fuinny
     
  10. Gneus7

    Gneus7 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'll go with that.
     
  11. lankovski

    lankovski Member Full Member

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    totally agree
     
  12. punch13

    punch13 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Here's a few more, eventhough I haven't met them:

    Vasily Jirov
    Roy Jones Jr.
    Joan Guzman
    Johnny Tapia
    Lucian Bute
     
  13. RogerB

    RogerB THE OLD GREY WOLF!! Full Member

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    Arturo Gatti
    Evander Holyfield
    George Foreman
    Barry Mcguigan
    Ray Leonard
    Mosely
    and surprisingly David Haye ...seems kool
     
  14. s23041983

    s23041983 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    thats because hes always high on PED's :happy
     
  15. simon850

    simon850 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Margarito (ignoring the little plaster issue)