The trouble with boxing and the nature of the sport is that, somewhere down the line, even the fighters you hate the most end up earning your respect.
I hated Chris Eubank for a very long time, but that guy really could fight and had one hell of a heart. When he stepped in the ring against Calzaghe as a washed up shadow of his former self and fought Joe toe to toe like a true warrior, I had to admire him and I really did want him to win.
It's often only when a fighter retires that you start to really admire them. Eubank was kind of fun and good for boxing and I like him now more than ever, even if he is still a complete dickhead. I didn't much like Naz back in the day either, but he was a great fighter who always put on a show. He took the MAB defeat much better than I expected to as well. He was pretty humble about it, which came as a surprise. Had he carried on fighting I would have been behind him.
Of the current crop, I could never see myself supporting Mayweather. Not in a million years.
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