Favourite and Least Favourite British Fighters and Why.

[Kev]

My favourites, in no particular order:

Nigel Benn - absolute warrior, an animal ready to fight anyone
Jimmy Wilde - just the best flywieght who ever lived. Period
Joe Calzaghe - world class, legendary record, a winner
Randy Turpin - a lightheavy in a middleweight body. Beat the great Sugar Ray, then went nuts and killed himself ... classy.
Jem Mace - the original bareknuckle king of the ring.

Least (and I find this hard because I respect anyone who climbs into the ring generally)

Naseem Hamed and Scott Harrison - wasted talent and unpleasant people who never respected their opponents, their sport or, ultimately, themselves.

X posting on boxing talk makes me laugh it so rarely happens

Yeah and he gets confused. This was a thread about current fighters

[X]

My favourites, in no particular order:

Nigel Benn - absolute warrior, an animal ready to fight anyone
Jimmy Wilde - just the best flywieght who ever lived. Period
Joe Calzaghe - world class, legendary record, a winner
Randy Turpin - a lightheavy in a middleweight body. Beat the great Sugar Ray, then went nuts and killed himself ... classy.
Jem Mace - the original bareknuckle king of the ring.

Least (and I find this hard because I respect anyone who climbs into the ring generally)

Naseem Hamed and Scott Harrison - wasted talent and unpleasant people who never respected their opponents, their sport or, ultimately, themselves.

X posting on boxing talk makes me laugh it so rarely happens

Yeah and he gets confused. This was a thread about current fighters

Silly me, but it does not actually say that on your post where you opened the thread?

[X]

..... and don't try and edit it without anyone noticing!

[Thread Stealer]

Favorites:

Michael Watson: I liked his slick boxing style. He covered up well and threw crisp combos, short punches. I loved watching him school Nigel Benn.

David Haye: I just want him to do well in the HW division because he's generally fun to watch and he's charismatic. It'll be good for the sport if he does well.

Least favorites:

Joe Calzaghe: I don't like his slapping style, or his annoying fanboys. He's a very good fighter, I just don't like him.

Nigel Benn: His favorite punch was a looping right hand to the brain stem. Yeah, I know most top guys bend the rules, but I can't still make exceptions and dislike certain dirty fighters and like some, right?


Indifferent:

Lennox Lewis: I disliked him when he fought, but now I'm indifferent about him. I've always given him his credit though as I feel he was a great heavyweight who had some explosive KOs and entertaining bouts despite his (undeserved) reputation as a boring fighter. He stinks as a commentator though.

Naseem Hamed: Like Lewis, I disliked him when he fought, but I've grown to respect him more. He often gets underrated for his achievements. His antics and personality, annoying as they might've been, brought attention to boxing and electricity to the arena. Boxing could use another fighter like him.

Frank Bruno: Closer to liking him than disliking him, but still rather indifferent about him. Sort of the "lovable loser". Couldn't help but be kind of happy for him when he finally won a world title belt against Oliver McCall.

Ricky Hatton: He used to be more exciting, but as he's gotten older, and also facing higher levels of opposition, he's gotten very ugly to watch. He seems like a likeable guy, although I think he's run that "Fatton" joke into the ground. Some say he tries too hard to play the "just one of the guys" type of persona. Maybe the British fans can help me on this, but does he really try hard to do that or do the media just ask him about it and he responds?

[killersheep]

Favorites:

David Haye: Exciting, real power and a questionable chin. I really look forward to seeing if he can shake up the Heavyweight division.

Ian Napa: Does what he can with what he has. Shows great heart.

Least Favorite:

Audley Harrison: It's painful to watch this guy

Danny Williams: Bores me to tears as well Skelton vs. Williams won a big who cares from me.

Junior Witter: This era's Naz

Indifferent:

Ricky Hatton:

Joe Calzaghe: