Loved Boxers That YOU Don’t Like

[Wee Tommy]

Neither really although I was quite impressed with Ricky after a few rounds.

That was a weird fight indeed during the build up, am sure Old Floyd trained Hatton but seemed to be a terrible fit for him as a trainer. I really rate Floyd as a boxer but I’m not a fan of the persona he presents. Also his woman bullying fetish is very off putting.

Who did you root for in the fight RKO?

Neither tbh. Watched it as a mutual fan.

I thought FMJ would win, which he did. The winner of the fight didn’t bother me as long as I got a good fight. Although ref ruined it. Back then I wasn’t too much into the politics, refs, judges etc.

Around the same time we had the Calzaghe vs. Hopkins as well.

What did you make of Cakzaghe Hopkins? Strange fight.

[paddy chavez]

I never liked Ali all the black supremacist stuff
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[Ruthless-RKO]

Neither tbh. Watched it as a mutual fan.

I thought FMJ would win, which he did. The winner of the fight didn’t bother me as long as I got a good fight. Although ref ruined it. Back then I wasn’t too much into the politics, refs, judges etc.

Around the same time we had the Calzaghe vs. Hopkins as well.

What did you make of Cakzaghe Hopkins? Strange fight.

Not watched it since.. I was a fan of neither here as well. But I think I didn’t like Calzaghe more.

[Wee Tommy]

What did you make of Cakzaghe Hopkins? Strange fight.

Not watched it since.. I was a fan of neither here as well. But I think I didn’t like Calzaghe more.

It’s looked like a close win for Calzaghe but when I rewatched it in slow motion it appeared a master class in slipping and countering by Hopkins.

[margaret thatcher]

Nah, Hopkins got hit plenty in that fight, far more than he hit Joe. He was put into a shell and mentally beaten up, a sulking baby who looked like he wanted out at times. No idea how people think he won that, sometimes I think they just assume that becase it was Hopkins it must've been a 'schooling' 'masterclass' 'old school' 'crafty' etc. I think Hopkins could take a dump in the middle of the ring and some people would call it effective boxing

Thankfully the guy who clearly deserved to win got the decision. To me that's the fight where I think more than any other that gets debated a lot, I simply cannot see the one side of the argument.

[BigGar]

Wish we'd seen hopkins v Calzaghe when Hopkins was far active during rounds. I'm a calzaghe fan but don't think he'd have beaten the Hopkins that beat Trinidad.

[gilgamesh]

Wish we'd seen hopkins v Calzaghe when Hopkins was far active during rounds. I'm a calzaghe fan but don't think he'd have beaten the Hopkins that beat Trinidad.

Safe bet considering he barely beat the Hopkins that he did fight.

[gilgamesh]

Nah, Hopkins got hit plenty in that fight, far more than he hit Joe. He was put into a shell and mentally beaten up, a sulking baby who looked like he wanted out at times. No idea how people think he won that, sometimes I think they just assume that becase it was Hopkins it must've been a 'schooling' 'masterclass' 'old school' 'crafty' etc. I think Hopkins could take a dump in the middle of the ring and some people would call it effective boxing

Thankfully the guy who clearly deserved to win got the decision. To me that's the fight where I think more than any other that gets debated a lot, I simply cannot see the one side of the argument.

I've never thought the decision was debatable.

Similarly some of Canelo's fights I don't see the controversy at all. I remember some being up in arms about the decision in Canelo's favor against Cotto which absolutely mystified me as it wasn't even close to me. I thought Canelo beat Lara clear too, but some disagree on that. It was closer than Cotto I'll say that much.

I'm sure there are other "controversial" decisions that don't strike me as controversial.

[Arnie.]

Here’s a couple I can name but the list could be so long tbh :

Floyd Mayweather ( don’t know him personally but know others who have met him, know him and been in gym with him, absolute weak bully of a man and complete pudendum in everyway
Ricky Hatton (fake, totally different than public persona)
BJS ( publicly and privately sh it bag)
Barry McGuigan (fake, privately a totally different man than the public persona he portrays, not nice at all)

On the opposite side of the coin 2 people I know personally and well who come across wrong to some and I know rub Some people up the wrong way but are absolute gentlemen and good people and not all for public show and are really good people genuinely, could name more.

Tyson fury
Adam booth

U would kiss there arse in person

[paddy chavez]

Wish we'd seen hopkins v Calzaghe when Hopkins was far active during rounds. I'm a calzaghe fan but don't think he'd have beaten the Hopkins that beat Trinidad.

Would of been good to see the fight before Joe damaged his hands ,he went 20 Kos from 21 fights to a slapper..

[stujones]

Wish we'd seen hopkins v Calzaghe when Hopkins was far active during rounds. I'm a calzaghe fan but don't think he'd have beaten the Hopkins that beat Trinidad.

Would of been good to see the fight before Joe damaged his hands ,he went 20 Kos from 21 fights to a slapper..

It was a great KO percentage - but the opponents weren't great and lots of cumilative punches. His hand injuries coincided also with a step up in class so I don't think we will never know how hard a real puncher Joe was.

He didn't half moan on sky when he was going through that poor run (e.g. David Starie fight).

[skanksta]

I've never really felt the love for the PacMan, but that pales into insignificance to AJ.

I like watching AJ fights - who doesn't? - but he seemed so manufactured.
It was almost like Fast Eddie told Britain he was a huge, marketable star and it happened by decree. I never got that.

[Wee Tommy]

Nah, Hopkins got hit plenty in that fight, far more than he hit Joe. He was put into a shell and mentally beaten up, a sulking baby who looked like he wanted out at times. No idea how people think he won that, sometimes I think they just assume that becase it was Hopkins it must've been a 'schooling' 'masterclass' 'old school' 'crafty' etc. I think Hopkins could take a dump in the middle of the ring and some people would call it effective boxing

Thankfully the guy who clearly deserved to win got the decision. To me that's the fight where I think more than any other that gets debated a lot, I simply cannot see the one side of the argument.

I felt pretty happy that Calzaghe was the better man on the night when I watched it live. Hopkins rolling about was very lame for a man of his stature although he did win some rounds it seemed to me Calzaghe bossed the fight.

However someone on here, was years back, posted up saying how Calzaghe had been licked and how controversial the decision was, giving this slow motion video of the fight as evidence. I was stoned out ma nut that night so just watched the whole fight in slow motion and was surprised how many punches Calzaghe missed and how many clean counters Hopkins landed it was like a different fight. Like I said strange fight.

[paddy chavez]

Would of been good to see the fight before Joe damaged his hands ,he went 20 Kos from 21 fights to a slapper..

It was a great KO percentage - but the opponents weren't great and lots of cumilative punches. His hand injuries coincided also with a step up in class so I don't think we will never know how hard a real puncher Joe was.

He didn't half moan on sky when he was going through that poor run (e.g. David Starie fight).

I was never a fan around the starie fight I found him Joe pretty boring and never thought he'd go on to do what he did

[samwbr]

I've never really felt the love for the PacMan, but that pales into insignificance to AJ.

I like watching AJ fights - who doesn't? - but he seemed so manufactured.
It was almost like Fast Eddie told Britain he was a huge, marketable star and it happened by decree. I never got that.

It's perfect work in this business.

He knocked loads of people out, not much decree in that.

[Onetimeonly]

Wish we'd seen hopkins v Calzaghe when Hopkins was far active during rounds. I'm a calzaghe fan but don't think he'd have beaten the Hopkins that beat Trinidad.

Safe bet considering he barely beat the Hopkins that he did fight.

Too bad Hopkins pulled out of the fight. Joe clearly beat nard, he literally bent him over. He was on the verge of quitting.

[ewenhay]

I like most boxers in the main.

I thought Mayweather was a masterful boxer but I can't stand him or the legally assisted farce that was his final set of comeback fights.

In British terms I never took to Froch or Khan.

And this might come as a huge shock to others on here but I can't really take to Joshua either.

Edit: forgot Canelo Alvarez. What was I thinking!? Complete ar*e.

[ewenhay]

I was going to make a similar post

Unloved boxers that their mothers loved to have loved that you don't like but would have loved to have loved.

But that's just silly.

Big Donna Summer hit

[brilo33]

naz benn, calzaghe, lewis, barry McGuigan british n irish ones growing up ali aswell , though i have huge respect for barry, and rate joe as the best all time , even in time i liked naz calling out eubank

[gilgamesh]

Safe bet considering he barely beat the Hopkins that he did fight.

Too bad Hopkins pulled out of the fight. Joe clearly beat nard, he literally bent him over. He was on the verge of quitting.

You mean they were in talks to fight in early 2002 or something?

[gilgamesh]

I like most boxers in the main.

I thought Mayweather was a masterful boxer but I can't stand him or the legally assisted farce that was his final set of comeback fights.

In British terms I never took to Froch or Khan.

And this might come as a huge shock to others on here but I can't really take to Joshua either.

Edit: forgot Canelo Alvarez. What was I thinking!? Complete ar*e.

I'm a bit curious as to what you mean by the "legally assisted" part of this comment. I get the farce part I'm pretty sure.

[margaret thatcher]

Gotta think he means Floyd's TUEs

[gilgamesh]

Gotta think he means Floyd's TUEs

It'd be nice if somebody would post something in a language I can f*cking understand. The f*ck are TUE's now?

[oogiebe]

Gotta think he means Floyd's TUEs

It'd be nice if somebody would post something in a language I can f*cking understand. The f*ck are TUE's now?

Therapeutic Use Exemption.

[gilgamesh]

Oh that BS? Whatever