Great response, guys! Cool clicks to all who have responded.
Point is, like someone posted, sometimes it's not a clearcut reason for disliking a fighter. Sometimes it seems like a "stupid" reason. Nevertheless, we as boxing fans tend to dislike some things more than others.
I myself voted "Attitude outside the ring" and "Ducks good fighters." But sometimes it's something else altogether that irks me about a fighter. Take John Ruiz, for instance. Nothing wrong with his attitude outside the ring, nor do I think he necessarily ducks good fighters (there's a scarcity at HW nowadays anyway). But I just can't stomach his BORING fighting style. Punch and clinch.... punch and clinch..... punch and clinch..... ad nauseum.
With other fighters, it's the hype machine. When HBO or Showtime insist on putting a fighter on a "bigger-than-life" pedestal, I just tend to react in the other direction. So you see.... it's not always the same reasons.
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