I'm sure some Muslims or Christians feel strongly about the fighters who constantly praise the same God as them. White Christians used to hate Muhammad Ali because of his religion and race. I pissed off a guy in the lounge by making a thread calling SRL an atheist.
i don't look at race, religion, or popularity because that's not what boxing is about. i look at things like how they carry themselves and fighters styles of fighting.
Hypocrisy, god is on their side so is he against his opponent? How about if they lose, is it also gods fault?
Going purely on what they do in the ring ... I like Donaire Gamboa Juanma Guererro JMM Khan L.Matthysee Ortiz Berto Mosley Pacquiao Cotto Mayweather Martinez Pirog Pavlik Bute Froch Abraham Tarver Dawson Vitali This is just active fighters , and of course I like more.. These ones I never want to miss a chance to watch them fight , for the most part.
I remember the Warsaw Schmorgasborg on Cicero I think. 8 bucks and you could eat till you we stuffed. The best potato pancakes and perogies and calotchkies? And whole pigs in their mouth and everything. All polish folks working there, and this 300 y/o man sharpening his knife on a strap of leather between slices off the hog. Good Stuff:good:good I like some Chi fighters like Molina, Estrada, Oquendo, Mollo. Not many get ranked though, but I think Mollo could move up, Estrada contended around 5 years ago, and Molina looks to be moving ahead with his win over Cintron.
I don't tend to think like that when I make a judgement on which fighters I like and which fighters I dislike. There is however some sort of correlation on where my favourite fighters are from: Oscar de la Hoya Shane Mosley Erik Morales (all from the west coast). Jose Napoles Roberto Duran (four out of five being Latin American, and the other one born very close to Mexico). I don't like them for that reason but my viewing pleasure is drawn towards those fighters from that region.
These are the biggest factors as to why people generally like a fighter. People generally dislike a fighter for those same reasons as well, along with whether or not a fighter is a rival of a fighter you like. It's a microcosm of life. We generally think that we(what we feel represents us) are better than everyone else(what doesn't represent us).
Czerwone Jabluszko (Red Apple, there's two on Milwaukee) is my favorite smorgasbord Polish restaurant, but I haven't been to a bad one either . Chicago unfortunately hasn't produced a ton of talent of late, Molina got a good win like you mentioned. I like Diaz well enough, he draws a damn good crowd too here. Of course there was Golota for me to root for, now Poles like Fonfara are fighting out of here.
I have a particular affinity for Cuban boxers because I am a student of Revolutionary Cuban history, love the music and culture, visited and loved the place, and am really impressed by their technical ability. Yhonny Perez I like because I am Colombian, and he picks his shots really well on the inside; I also find myself hoping Prescott keeps improving enough to become a contender more in the mix in his division. I also like his style because it's rangy and incorporates a good right hand, like my own. I guess the nationalities help, but I would like these fighters regardless of whether or not they were Colombian/Cuban. It just peaks my interest more and increases my hopes that they'll do well.
I love the way Cubans box. Lara and Gamboa have won me over. Their amateur boxing program is awesome. Sorry if that sounded a little homo
boxers should be liked or disliked by their performance for instance I did not like Haye or Judah's performance but as a man I cannot say because I do not know them