Thread: boxing's best characters

who do you guys reckon are the best characters in boxing past and present? and lets have a few good stories from over the years aswell.

The 'Clown' Prince of Boxing
Jorge 'El Maromero' Paez

From the famous 'Batman' vest, to cutting messages into his hair like for his 1st fight in Los Angeles he put 'No Smog' we have a huge smog problem here.... Or the wedding dress, he wore a army uniform during the desert storm war in honor of the troops out there....

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Theres loads..
Toney..
Naz
Vargas
Mayorga...

Ive got to admit never mind whether i like him or not he gives me a good giggle and i dont really pay much attention to morals when it comes to him since nothing he does shocks me..Its just him all over
pEACE

most of the big characters can come across as wankers i suppose. like toney, vargas and naz. but the sport is better for em if i think about it. even though most of the time they just piss me off.
but i like it when fighters pull stuf like when tarver baught the rocking chair in to the press conference for the hopkins fight.
and i used to love it when naz did his little ring flip

But at the same time as enjoying to watch the bad guy i guess i also like the good guys aswell...

Like de la hoya
Tito..Love the way he used to smile and stay really calm and nice during pressers and ring walks etc..
Loving Kassim the dream..A really nice guy...Love his accent..always smiling n stuff ..
Good cats

The Lollypop Cowboy bit from Arce cracks me up. That is the funniest thing ever. Tarver is funny, the left side of the screen rant was so funny. Mayorga is a chain smoker who is always in jail for one reason or another. Toney thinks he's the black Al Capone.

I also like when people are obviously crazy. Sadness aside, McLellan was insane in his day. Killing flamingos Ricky Hatton inviting the crowd to get drunk after the Tszyu fight was awesome. Holyfield singing on his way to the ring was always fun. But it wasn't meant to be.

Just a few off my head.

Originally Posted by amat

The Lollypop Cowboy bit from Arce cracks me up. That is the funniest thing ever. Tarver is funny, the left side of the screen rant was so funny. Mayorga is a chain smoker who is always in jail for one reason or another. Toney thinks he's the black Al Capone.

I also like when people are obviously crazy. Sadness aside, McLellan was insane in his day. Killing flamingos Ricky Hatton inviting the crowd to get drunk after the Tszyu fight was awesome. Holyfield singing on his way to the ring was always fun. But it wasn't meant to be.

Just a few off my head.

Yehh man arce is definately worth a mention!! Love the lollypop and cowboy gag!! He's a right cheeky chappy!

This chap

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Love him or Hate him he was a character

And Jorge Paez of course!!!!

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This person too

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THIS GUY MOST OF ALL!!!

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I'm shocked nobody mentioned him yet

Here's another great one

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hatton is a cheeky little chappy aswell.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vRj3jq31dA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_dVtMR-j4I

eubank was a good character aswell. pretty much everyone hated him in his day but the arogance sold tickets. loving all that coming into the ring on the harley fat boy.

Tyson-FOOKING mental!
Ali- No need of explanation.
Hamed-Hated the lil prick but he was an entertainer.
Mayorga-As mentioned earlier.

Chris Eubank- Like Naseem only with actual intelligence and Charm.

Sir Henry Cooper- A Gentleman in and out of the ring. A great ambassador for boxing.

Oscar De La Hoya- Cleaning up boxing via Golden Boy Promotions.

Bernard Hopkins- Controversy at each interview

Ricky Hatton- Working Class Super Hero

Marco A. Barrera- Met Him at Hatton-Maussa, what a nice guy!!!!!!