I was watching boxing ever since I can remember...influenced by my dad mainly because he was big boxing fan---huge Duran fan. So for the first years of my life we are watching all mainly Duran and he is having me root for Duran. As i got to be about four or five I can remember really starting to think for myself, when, during the Duran-Leonard fight, I decided that I liked the other boxer better. I think it was at the end when they both raised their hands and Duran grabbed Leonards and pulled them down. Or maybe because Duran just seemed so mean and Leonard was always smiling and that garners more trust and/or favoritism from a kid. Anyway, it was the first great sports rivalry we had between father and son.

So that little jog down memory lane revisited, my favorite fighters growing up were...


Roberto Duran
Sugar Ray Leonard
"Iron" Mike Tyson (i know...i know...some might say a poor choice for a hero, but growing up, who didnt have him here?)
"The Real Deal" Evander Holyfield
Tommy "The Duke" Morrison
Muhammad Ali
"The Professor" Azumah Nelson
Roy Jones Jr.
Lennox Lewis
James "Lights Out" Toney
Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins
Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker
Julio Cesar Chavez
George Foreman (2nd comeback)