Name a bunch of fighters you like and dislike

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by Robbi, Nov 23, 2008.


  1. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Eh, I can and do find positives in almost all fighters styles, and usually in their personalities and their stories as well.

    Even negative fighters like Ottke, Byrd and Jimmy Young have plenty you can appreciate.

    Different perspectives I guess.
     
  2. Robbi

    Robbi Marvelous Full Member

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    Obviously I appreciate some ingredients within the fighters who I listed under "not for me" but I generally don't admire their styles. Not so much punch resistance, heart, chin, etc, on either fighters I like or don't. It's a style thing with what fighters I admire and don't admire more than anything else. The the core of it.

    Pretty simple.
     
  3. Robbi

    Robbi Marvelous Full Member

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    A fighter won't get into my "likeable" list soley on being a tough cookie who's never in a dull fight.
     
  4. Manassa

    Manassa - banned

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    Oh **** yeah, Ken Buchanan.
     
  5. Bigcat

    Bigcat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Like , TYson , Bowe, Moorer, Grant, Holyfield...

    Dislike, Mayorga, Bute, Kevin Johnson, Valuev, Donald, Ottke...
     
  6. Robbi

    Robbi Marvelous Full Member

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    You are a fan of the heavies, huh.
     
  7. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    I don't know if there's any dislike, I'm not a fan of certain styles and I dislike a fighter getting undeserved props when a similarly/better skilled fighter goes without
     
  8. Minotauro

    Minotauro Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Fighters I like: Ezzard Charles, Jersey Joe Walcott, Julio Cesar Chavez, Floyd Patterson, Barbados Demon, Wilfred Benitez, Joe Frazier, Wilfredo Gomez, Carmen Basilio, Ray Robinson, Thomas Hearns, Alexis Arguello, Archie Moore, Felix Trinidad, James Toney, Nigel Benn, Holman Williams, Charley Burley, Lloyd Marshall, Sam Langford, Joe Gans, Bob Fitzsimmons, Joe Choynski and Joe Louis.

    Fighter I dislike: (I don’t dislike all of these guys some of them its more to do with disliking there fans or because they didn’t defend there title against the best like a champ should.) Joe Calzaghe, Aaron Pryor, Gene Tunney, Tony Zale, John L Sullivan, Muhammad Ali, Carlos Monzon, Fernando Vargas, Winky Wright and Hector Camacho.
     
  9. teeto

    teeto Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Like or dislkie? Im a big admirer.
     
  10. Slider75

    Slider75 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I have a lot of fighters i like, so more easy to give you the guys i dislike: Sven Ottke, Edison Miranda, Anthony Mundine, Carl Froch, Antonio Tarver, Zab Judah, Danny Green

    They all have one thing in comment, a big mouth! to much talk but not able to back it up.. or haven`t proven anything yet! (except Ottke, he was just a fraud)
     
  11. Slider75

    Slider75 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    And the two most arrogant i really just hated, and allways wanted to get beat badly: Naseem Hamed and Fernando Vargas!
     
  12. Holmes' Jab

    Holmes' Jab Master Jabber Full Member

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    Fair enough we all have our own tastes. I love his fighting style, plus what a fantastic champ/fighter he was, best of all-time in my book. :good
     
  13. Holmes' Jab

    Holmes' Jab Master Jabber Full Member

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    Like:

    Ross
    Whitaker
    Johnson
    Holmes
    Arguello
    Hearns
    Holmes
    Charles
    Napoles
    M.Taylor
    Louis

    Dislike:

    Duran
    Hopkins
    Foreman
    Dempsey
    Chavez
    Tucker
     
  14. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    Fighters i Like:
    Sugar Ray Robinson. Roberto Duran . Marco Antonio Barrera . Aaron Pryor . Bennie Briscoe . Stevie Johnston . Shane Mosley . Carmen Basilio . Danny Lopez . Bobby Chacon . James Toney . Manny Pacquiao . Mathew Saad Muhamad . Jack Dempsey . Joe Louis . Marvin Johnson . Nigel Benn . Vicente Saldivar . Fighting Harada . Johny Tapia . Naseem Hamed . Roy Jones . Kaosay Galaxy . Arturo Gatti . Rafael Marquez . Felix Trinidad . Yury Arbachakov . Wilfredo Gomez . Izrael Vazquez . Jorge Arce . Diego Corrales . Micky Ward . Ruben Olivares . Mayar Monshipour . Salvador Sanchez . Evander Holyfield . Terry McGovern . Tony Canzoneri . Willie Pep . Orzubek Nazarov .


    Fighters i dont like:

    99.5% of all Heavyweights. Antonio Tarver . Zab Judah . Floyd Mayweather. Paul Malignagi . Anthony Mundine . Chris Eubank . Wilfred Benitez . Freddie Norwood . Derrick Gayner . Cory Spinks . Johny Nelson . Vivian Harris . Sven Otke . Edwin Viruet . Hector Camacho .
     
  15. Holmes' Jab

    Holmes' Jab Master Jabber Full Member

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    Interesting that you don't like Benitez, I'm curious as to your reasons.