You like them...but you hate them too

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  1. D-MAC

    D-MAC Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Any fighters out there who you like to watch (for their speed, their power, their ring intelligence etc), but who you don't particularly like as people (through their interviews or maybe things you have read in articles).

    Vice-versa, are their any boxers who you cant stand to watch fight (because their boring, you feel they are overrated by the TV guys etc.) but who you really like as people (good personality, man-of-the-people etc)

    Is their a conflict within you when you watch them fight? Do you wanna see them get beat? or do you wan't to see them do well despite your reservations?

    Opinions anyone?
     
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  2. J-Dog

    J-Dog Active Member Full Member

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    Mayweather, never miss his fights, you cant help but admire his skill, but what a nob.....half the time hoping someone will put him on his arse....
     
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  3. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    Floyd Mayweather springs to mind immediately
     
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  4. D-MAC

    D-MAC Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yes, Mayweather was the main one I was thinking of when I came up with the thread. Hatton fits into the other category for me; hate to watch him fight, but he is a laugh outside the ropes (I for one don't think its an act).

    Hows tricks by the way J-Dog?

    You been on holiday or something?

    Haven't seen you on the boards in a while.
     
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  5. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    I think Hatton has got less good to watch as he has climbed the ladder (Tszyu apart - Castillo maybe), though this has as much to do with his opposition levels as it does with him.

    That said, you rarely see a boring Ricky Hatton fight, he always turns up to have a go and look for the KO win, which entertains the crowd.

    Top man though.
     
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  6. J-Dog

    J-Dog Active Member Full Member

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    Not bad thanks DM, im busy selling my house so spendin all my time decorating and tweaking, will be this way for few weeks yet then i be back on track, im just jumping in the odd day here and there, missed the banter tho.

    Im having to take a ESB standing 8 count my friend, my head should clear shortly and i be verbally firing on all cylinders again real soon....

    Spk soon DM.
     
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  7. D-MAC

    D-MAC Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Gotta get the priorities straight mate.:good

    Catch ya later.
     
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  8. AbbasKhan6428

    AbbasKhan6428 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Floyd mayweather
     
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  9. P.4.P.G.O.A.T.

    P.4.P.G.O.A.T. Q Boro Killa Bee Full Member

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    Mayweather - adore the boxer, hate the guy. Hatton - like the guy, bores me to sleep as a boxer.
     
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  10. Fat Joe

    Fat Joe Let's have it right Full Member

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    Pbf
     
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  11. Caper

    Caper How about a fair shake? banned Full Member

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    I can relate though PBF was one of my favorites at one time earlier in his career somewhere around his thrashing of the late Chico (RIP). I've grown this ****** of disdain on my back due to PBF and his recent antics. Still got love for the dude though. Hatton is another case, I seriously can't stand his style but he's a hardworker and seems like an extremely personable guy.
     
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  12. dunne101

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    Pbf one of the best ever, terrible outside the ring.
    John Duddy but opposite
     
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  13. Scar

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    James Toney.
     
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  14. Thread Stealer

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    Many fighters.

    I enjoy watching Ray Robinson fights, and I was a big Diego Corrales fan, but it made me sick to think of what they did to their wives.

    Mike Tyson. A joy to watch in the ring, mainly in his younger years, but as a person outside the ring? No doubt he's done some really bad things.

    I love watching Floyd Mayweather's skills in the ring. Outside the ring, he's rather annoying.

    Jermaine Taylor seems like a likeable guy. I think he's sloppy in the ring, but what makes me like him is his attitude towards fighting tough opposition.

    "I don't want a tune-up, I want to fight the man that beat me"
     
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  15. smiffy

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    mayweahther for me as well. he's obviously a bit of a dick, but a fantastic boxer , you can't take that away from him no matter what you think he's like as a person ( probably not as bad as he makes out ) .

    the second part though, how can hatton bore you ? there are so many more boring fighters out there.
     
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