Great Boxers are AUTOMATICALLY exciting: agree or disagree?

[Mr140]

Ali was boring as fuck for alot of his fights and is consider the greatest by fucking everyone one of the most known boxers ever. Hopkins also a boring fucker for most of his fights but another great fighter. Mayweather boring but at 130 and 135 he was far from a boring fighter beat the shit out of guys. Jmm when he fights a guy who can box and not get hit is a boring fucking fighter John, Mayweather and Bradley boring because Jmm cant be aggressive verse elite guys who can jab and move. Pac was not that exciting in Mosley, Bradley, and Mayweather fight he looked like a fucking zombie gatekeeper boring. People talk about Gatti well when he fought great fighters he got his ass beat so he looks good against none greats that does not make him great. I will take Hopkins, Mayweather and Ali over a Gatti who just a fucking punching bag and never provide to be the best that not being great i am sorry. So no great fighters are not always exciting this is real life not a fucking movie and there all kinds of types of fighters so not ever style is let me get hit in the face that be fucking stupid.

[Spicoli]

Winky Wright? May not be an all time "great" but definitely one of the best defensive boxers I had the pleasure to watch live. Its odd though, he's one you just like to see dissect someone. The subtleties and a jab you might as well just glue to your forehead prior to the opening bell. Sharpshooters can be very exciting and its just as much on the other guy to break the shell. Virgil Hill..very very stick and move, nearly one arm only at times. Then again even he had a couple of explosive ko's you couldn't see coming. Styles man.

[Manos de Piedra]

If I think of who I feel is a great boxer---- Duran, Hagler, Tony Ayala, Aaron Pryor, Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson, Jack Dempsey, Evander Holyfield, Tommy Hearns, GGG, ODLH, ---- it seems to me that they are all really really exciting to watch.

Name a great boxer who was consistently boring. Not talking about the off-night, but the USUAL night.

You mentioned GGG and tony ayala amongst greats

[walrus]

I think I would include Wlad as a great fighter. I know not everyone agrees but he is certainly not consistently exciting. Floyd is another example of a great who's not consistently exciting although I do find his defense and jab exciting to watch. Rigo has greatness, but can often be boring. I guess a lot of it is subjective. I'm sure all these guys have fans who consider them consistently exciting.

[beenKOed]

Respectfully disagree.

[SugarBoxing]

I would say great boxers have to be special, they have to bring one or several elements of the game to the new level.

Mayweather earned TONs of buck and have no losses for long long time. This is exceptional

[SlimTrae]

Antonio Tarver.
Not sure if some call him boring or just don't like him.

[X]

I disagree. Let's turn it around a bit and say:

Everybody who gets excited watching a fighter fight automatically thinks that fighter is a great fighter.

For example, I think that people like Floyd, or Sweet Pea, or Calzaghe are wonderful to watch. I admire their technical skills, their nerve and their disciple ...... So I think they are exciting fighters.

I also love watching Tyson, Benn, Hearns and others knock seven bells of shit out of people ...... So I think they are exciting.

Someone else might enjoy the latter and not the former, so they might not agree that Floyd or Whittaker are great fighters,

Someone else might think that Benn was a limited and messy brawler, therefore didn't find him exciting to watch and therefore would argue that He wasn't a great fighter.

Maybe it's all in the eye (and heart) of the beholder??