p4p most disliked fighters to watch

[bigstinkybug]

So do you watch fighters for their personality more or less? Couldn't really have a more diverse range of styles in that list...

*it's more of a conversational thread than anything... I thought it would be fun, maybe I was wrong. do we watch fighter becuz of their personalities..sure we do... and they have to back it up in the ring as well.

[outspoken]

1. Vic Darchinyan (shocked no one has mention him yet lol)
2 Broner
3 Haye
4 Joe Calzaghe
5 Tito Trinidad
6 Margarito
7 Amir Khan
8 Pacquiao (Mainly because of his fans after the hatton, cotto fight they thought he was the best of all time)
9 Tarver
10 James Toney


I actually like Mayorga and Prince Hamed which im sure some people will think they are assholes lol

[SugarBoxing]

10 James Toney

I can accept everybody except James Toney, what he is doing here?
I mean James Toney till Lebedev Fight, he is quite exciting to watch

[Silkeyjoe]

1. Vic Darchinyan (shocked no one has mention him yet lol)
2 Broner
3 Haye
4 Joe Calzaghe
5 Tito Trinidad
6 Margarito
7 Amir Khan
8 Pacquiao (Mainly because of his fans after the hatton, cotto fight they thought he was the best of all time)
9 Tarver
10 James Toney


I actually like Mayorga and Prince Hamed which im sure some people will think they are assholes lol

Khan He is one of the most fun fighters to watch!!!

[IamInuit]

Its a good thread because it goes to show how diverse the interest in the sport is to this day. Its probably also the reason two judges at ringside can see a different fight I guess. Add in preconceived notions about a fighter and objectivity takes a vacation.

I enjoy watching

Willie Pep
Nicolino Locche
Pernell Whitaker
Floyd Mayweather
Andre Ward
Ivan Calderon

There is a large potion of fans out and about these days that would consider the above 6 boring. Shit, a guy like Locche with only about 15 stoppages in close to 140 fights would probably not have an easy time navigating through today's market. I love the classic technical pugilists that use it all just as much as I love to watch the puncher/boxers like,

Carlos Zarate
Alexis Arguello
Wilfredo Benitez
Ruben Olivares
Tito Trinidad

etc etc etc. I like to watch both sets of fighters however I dont think I would enjoy say a fight between Pep and Locche.


There is a style though if you want to call it that which at times has reasonable success and yet is almost unwatchable that hangs out in the boxing ozone and @Master nailed it.

Guys like,

Abraham
Mormeck
Arslan
Briggs in his last few years.

[p4pking]

Exactly, spot on.

What's most boring to watch; irrespective of styles, is someone who can't consistently work, or who gets by on the threat of something they don't actually deliver consistently. I can appreciate all types of fighters but I most like to see guys who are cerebral in the ring, and always thinking of ways to win. I don't like to see guys give up rounds in hopes of coming on late, I'd rather watch certain fighters most would consider boring stylistically I think.

[outspoken]

1. Vic Darchinyan (shocked no one has mention him yet lol)
2 Broner
3 Haye
4 Joe Calzaghe
5 Tito Trinidad
6 Margarito
7 Amir Khan
8 Pacquiao (Mainly because of his fans after the hatton, cotto fight they thought he was the best of all time)
9 Tarver
10 James Toney


I actually like Mayorga and Prince Hamed which im sure some people will think they are assholes lol

Khan He is one of the most fun fighters to watch!!!

Watching him box is like watching Jackie Chan in the drunken master. He would be exciting to watch if not for the fact that anytime he faces a fighter that can hit he is all over the place.. like the Maidana fight.


Second of all, the first few post on this thread seemed to be about the boxers personality now it seems its more about styles of fighting... Somewhere along the way we got off track.

If boring styles to watch is what this thread is about I would have to completely redo my list.. and yes Khan would not be on it cause I do enjoy watching him get drop lol.

1.Ruiz
2. Calderon
3. Ishe Smith
4. Valuev .... etc .. However I don't think thats what the poster was getting at.

[Spicoli]

Inactive guys...
Michael Nunn
Larry Donald
Derrick Gainer
John Ruiz
Ernest Mateen
Kermit Cintron
Jameel McCline
Joe Calzaghe
Cory Spinks
Julio Chavez Jr.

[bigstinkybug]

*i'll say this..in my youth, I didn't care for Sweet pea's style... AT ALL...not that i'm older, I can't take my eyes off him... it's funny how things change and the way u see them,

[Master]

*i'll say this..in my youth, I didn't care for Sweet pea's style... AT ALL...not that i'm older, I can't take my eyes off him... it's funny how things change and the way u see them,

I use to watch Pernell a lot and could never figure his style and why other fighters could not hit never mind beat him. He had great body work and conditioning but I was not a fan but admired his skills in beating Chavez, Buddy McGirt, Nelson and the british fighter Jacobs. The way he beat Vasquez at light middle was pure quality.

[p4pking]

So do you watch fighters for their personality more or less? Couldn't really have a more diverse range of styles in that list...

*it's more of a conversational thread than anything... I thought it would be fun, maybe I was wrong. do we watch fighter becuz of their personalities..sure we do... and they have to back it up in the ring as well.

Who is we? Speak for yourself. Most fans of the sport don't give a fuck what a fighter is like or does out of the ring unless it affects their fights.

[bigstinkybug]

So do you watch fighters for their personality more or less? Couldn't really have a more diverse range of styles in that list...

*it's more of a conversational thread than anything... I thought it would be fun, maybe I was wrong. do we watch fighter becuz of their personalities..sure we do... and they have to back it up in the ring as well.

Who is we? Speak for yourself. Most fans of the sport don't give a fuck what a fighter is like or does out of the ring unless it affects their fights.

*the fan... Broner is more talk than fight, just as many watch him fight as to watch to see if's gunna lose... prince Hammed, Ali... when u have a guy that talks and can't back it up..then he's no one..but if u have a guy with personality...of lack there of...then he's an amusement... that's promoting. next time I have to explain this, i'll have to charge u...