...and what they would have to do to change your mind. Favorite Kovalev -Sign with Al Haymon -Fail to severely injure Stevenson when they fight. -Duck a fight with anyone 175 and under. GGG -Sign with Al Haymon -Learn English. -Duck a fight with anyone 168 and under. Lomachenko -Sign with Al Haymon. -Tattoo a man's face on his body ONE MORE TIME. -Duck a fight with anyone 130 and under. Rigondeaux -Sign with Al Haymon. -Move up in weight before taking on Inoue and/or Gonzalez. -Duck a fight with anyone 122 and under. Thurman -Cut his hair. -Not fight a legit top 8 welterweight in his next fight. -Fight less than 3 times in 2015. -Duck a fight with anyone 147 and under. Least Favorite Khan -Fight a top 5 welterweight. -Fight Brook. -STFU about Mayweather. -Admit he has a glass jaw and needs to develop his defense to protect it. Mayweather -Fight Pacquiao. -Fight a top 5 welterweight. -Release a statement criticizing Ben Thompson for not KSAB. -Stop using Mexican holidays to cover his lack of drawing power. -Learn to read. Cotto -Learn how to use first-person pronouns. -Teach his son to be a man. -Sign the f%cking contract and fight Alvarez. -Beat a healthy top 10 fighter at 147, 154, or 160. Broner -Fight two top 5 140 lb fighters. -Manage to not be annoying for an entire year. Stevenson -Die.
Favorite 1. Rigo -Retire 2. Povetkin -Start ducking everyone -Get rekt by Wilder or Fury -Agree to fight Waldo in Germany 3. Tim Bradley -Start ducking -Become an ******* -Smoke meth 4. Ward -lol 5. Lara -Go back to Cuba Least Favorite 1. Wilder -Build a time machine and fight anyone with a pulse -Stop acting like SRL -Stop screaming "Bomb Squaaaddd!!!" 2. Adrien "Crackbaby" Broner -Sustain another savage beating from Maidana -Become mute -Retire 3. Floyd -Take his ***** out of his purse -Get in the ring with Khan, Bradley or Pacman 4. Tyson Fury -Fall down while entering the ring more often 5. Thurman -Not preach about supreme skill and power then get chased around the ring by a feather fisted plodder.
Contradiction with Khan there....'Fight a top 5 welterweight'...who would take that fight? Answer is no one, which is why he has to chase fights such as Mayweather. His defence has massively improved. Did you not see the Alexander fight?
favorite pacquaio wlad golovkin fury kovalev least favorite Duckweather qullin broner wilder Stevenson I would also like to add ward and hopkins
Favourite 1. Froch Fight Degale and become a yes man to the IBF Retire without taking another fight 2. Khan Lose to Floyd or Pac and still talk about how talented he is 3. GGG Fail to learn English fluently- Makes him a bigger name and bigger attraction Stay at Middleweight too long 4. Bellew Couldn't dislike him, top bloke, talks **** but what boxer doesn't, funny guy too and doesn't get any credit 5. Joshua- Maybe a bit early but I do like the way he carries himself and conducts himself Turned into someone very ****y Avoids any good fighter If I take Joshua out of the list then Klitschko makes it as he is a very good fighter and a very professional fighter too. Least favourite 1. Stevenson Respect him as a fighter but an awful person and I will never like him 2. Dirrell Andre, never stops moaning about the Froch defeat and claims that he should get another shot despite not beating any remotely decent. Beats a load of top contenders and becomes the #1 guy at the weight and then just shuts up about the whole Froch thing and just accepts it like every fighter has to 3 and 4. Mayweather and Pacquiao Cant separate them, both extremely talented but both ruined a generation of boxing by not fighting each other and im not getting into the debate of who fault it is but I know they could have both done more to make that fight happen. 5. Lomachenko Bit harsh but he was an exceptional amateur and he turned pro and got everything handed to him on a plate, failed to beat Salido who isn't amazing and s****ed past Russell jnr, and somehow is considered by some as the #1 guy at the weight. For me to really like him he just needs to fight the top guys like Walters and the rest of them, win lose or draw he then gains my respect
Favorite : Golovkin - start ducking Bradley - butt more blatantly or conversely - become a primadona (AKA start ducking) Provdnikov - become a protected well guided primadona Herera - become a protected well guided primadona Garcia - lower his level of opposition even more least favorite : Mayweather - i think it is too late to change my mind , but stop ducking Wilder - might still change my mind , but probably never will , start fighting live opponents Algieri - rematch Provodnikov and then retire and enjoy his money JCC Jr. - start fighting live quality opponents @ 168 or 175 or Golovkin Ward - stop being a hometown fighter - use his head less - no more catchweights since he obviously picks them least fairly
good stuff in this thread. i'm going to do something different, fighters i've changed my opinion about. former favorites but not so much anymore: Kovalev: stepping off the gas against Hopkins and not knocking that ****er out forever hurts his legacy in my eyes. doesn't have the killer instinct of triple G, even though he's literally killed a guy. Provodnikov: embarrassing how he let Algieri escape a ko and outbox him with one eye; then goes back to Russia to beat on old washed-up Castillo. disgraceful! Cotto: admired him despite his dumb mouth for years because he fought everybody and fought them hard but now his washed up diva ass is a nuisance with holding the lineal MIDDLEWEIGHT belt hostage, and that after beating up a cripple to get it.
in no type of order... Fave 1 Cotto 2 Floyd 3 Andre Dirrel 4 Lara 5 Rigo Least Fave 1 Rios 2 Khan 3 Chavez jr 4 Broner 5 Canelo notice i didnt bring up ggg. i like him as a man and fighter BUT his fan boys hype him up soo much its annoying. he hasent had that breakout fight where i say "yup hes the real deal" pac, same thing his fan boys are annoying and hasent did anything but fought JMM a 4th time to get a KOed and he beats a weak guy like algerie and hes great again... no i dont hate i just dont buy the hype. Loma, i like that dude and have shown alot he would be in my fave if we had a 6th slot. fights big as cheating as solido and almost stopped him and good win over the highly respected russel jr in his 3rd pro fight thats G Canelo gets on my nerves just like khan does. both two sh!t tlkers that have no belt and nothing to show but always want a free pass and thinking there big time when they are not and wont dare fight any real opponent that will give them trouble (unless you gets gifts like canelo fighting Lara and Trout) Kieth is another fave on my radar cus hes in that same spot as ggg, needs that break out fight where you say "hes real" and i believe hes that already more than ggg. thurman just hasnt had a lucky break with the top guys yet.
There have been some good threads lately and this is one of them! (I'm assuming this is current boxers) Most favorite: 1. Pacman- not knock out another person before he retires. Somehow gets exposed as the real reason Pac/May never happened. (That's not intended to start a debate. Please let it go) 2. GGG- I'm with learning English. Also, not be a super-goofy and harmless-looking kid. 3. Wlad- Retire or lose before he breaks the title defense record. 4. Kovalev- retire too soon to do action movies. (Notice, I don't have to say "start ducking opponents" for GGG, Wlad, or Kov because I'm certain that these Eastern Europe/Soviet Block boxers are the real deal and are going to revive boxing). 5. Umm... maybe Lomachenko- not start getting some knock outs. Least Favorite: 1. Obviously Mayweather- Fight Pacman 2. Cotto: Fight GGG if you survive Canelo 3-5: Anyone that is holding a belt hostage and/or ducking. Sorry, I wish I could be more specific but I'm still learning the politics of boxing. *Honorable mention to Shannon Briggs as a favorite- he'd ruin that by stopping to **** off Wlad when he's on vacation.
faves: froch - behaves even remotely like floyd. ggg - improves his english. kid galahad - falls in love with his power. favesn't: quillin - sues shady al for loss of earnings. fury - gives it a rest. ward - fights.
Brook or Bradley come to mind. I just want him to admit his chin is bad. Or at least stop saying it isn't.
Fave Pac - Lance Armstrong repeat Cotto - Keep MW title while avoiding GGG GGG - Fight Pacquiao Matthysse - Duck anyone at 140 Walters - Start acting like Broner Least fave Broner - Stop copying Floyd. Stop acting like an idiot. Bellew - Become mute. Andre Dirrell - Act and fight like a man. Wlad - Stop holding and leaning on opponents so much.
Considering inside and outside the ring. 5 All Time Faves (off the dome). This will never change. I genuinely enjoying watching the following: James Toney RJJ Naseem Hamed Pacquiao Mike Tyson Current Active Faves Keith Thurman: Fight the rest of his fights like Bundu and never face a top fighter. GGG: Retire unexpectedly. Lomachenko: Age overnight and never display his incredible footwork ever again. The Dirrell Brothers: Lose to someone not named Ward, Golovkin, Kovalev or Beterbiev. Lara: Close Cuban Boxing School. Least Khan: Actually earn his shot at FMJ by winning a world championship at WW or LMW like FMJ's past opponents. Pacquiao: Leave TR and truly build his brand to it's full potential. Canelo: Clearly beat/KO a top ranked fighter that has fought not lower than LMW. Danny Garcia: Not boast about beating guys like Rod Salka and clean out the LWW before moving to WW too soon and getting embarrassed. Broner: Look like the old Broner from LW and below. Also, defeat someone respectable (former, current, future champ). I was just taking a quick look at p4p lists to find guys. But I have a level a respect for all fighters that risk their lives and well-being while entertaining us fans.
Fav 1)Bhop 2)crawford 3)Lara 4)mattysse 5)Ggg 6)Amir imam Least fav 1)Canelo 2)Chavez jr 3)mayweather 4)Danny Garcia 5)Adonis stevenson Alltime 1)Whitaker 2)Bhop 3)Chris byrd 4)Winky wright 5)Michael spinks Alltime worst 1)de la Hoya 2)Lennox Lewis 3)prince naz 4)Canelo 5)gatti