who is your favorite current or past fighter and why?

[Hoggmeister]

Joel "El Cepillo" Casamayor cause he a respectable asshole

other current favorite fighters b-hop,edwin valero,kermit cintron,jorge arce, fernando montiel, ponce de leon, and a couple of others

first time i saw montiel properly was against martin castillo and i was impressed with him. he looked sharpe and dangerous, not to mention very well conditioned.

[CGM]

Current, I'd say Hopkins. He's a guy who has paid his dues and worked hard for what he achieved. I also appreciate a technical boxer who can be badass if need be.

For the past, i's a tough call. Probably I go with Hagler. He's a blue collar sort of guy with the true heart of a champion. Honorable mention to Arguello, Benitez, Curry, there's so many.

[paddy448]

roberto hands of stone duran. the way he fought was incredible.a fearless warrior,with great skills .fought hard,partied hard, he was a wild man,my kind of dude. also upon reading his book hearing the storys of when one of his old rivals esteban de jesus became ill with the aids virus,duran found this out and came straight to his bed side,and broke down saying to him u will always be my champion.plus u hear the times he use to give his fight purse out to all the poor kids in the slums round his old neighborhood. in and out of the ring that guy is my hero

[Spicoli]

Nigel Benn!!!He was the man.Wow what a forward fighter he was.Their sure dont have many boxers like him anymore.He always fought the fight ever time he was fighting.For me he was just soo great and entertaining to watch.He used to take heavy shots but always came back and fought on with heart and desire.Benn was a true warrior though and though!

Unbridled passion he.Wore emotions on his sleeve and was like crashing waves when he rolled in.He took you out or you took him out,unless you were Eubanks and a rubbish draw .He actually found some nice boxing improvments as he went,a long way from wreckless whirling dervish as in young days.He fought like I wished I could live some of my days

Current favs:Margarito,Montiel,Hopkins,Antillon,Campbell,J MM,Mosley,Donaire,Penalosa.

[The PocketRocket]

My favourite fighter is Wayne McCullough - local lad and class act to boot. He was another one who wore his heart on his sleeve and had an iron chin coupled with great boxing skills. My one regret is that he didn't have a lot of power and he suffered for this. I have a lot of respect for Wayne.

[Kel]

Nigel Benn!!!He was the man.Wow what a forward fighter he was.Their sure dont have many boxers like him anymore.He always fought the fight ever time he was fighting.For me he was just soo great and entertaining to watch.He used to take heavy shots but always came back and fought on with heart and desire.Benn was a true warrior though and though!

Nice one

[NPwill]

Past: Danny Little Red Lopez was always my favorite fighter when I was a kid-- loved that he always climbed off the deck to win (until he met l Sanchez). Also liked Jimmy Young, Termite Watkins, Randy Shields, Carlos Palomino and Pipino Cuevas, Howard Davis Jr, Matt Franklin/Saad Muhammad; Virgil Hill, Arturo Gatti and Angel Manfredy

Current: Kermit Cintron (a great kid with Philly-area connections, a heartwarming backstory and a fan friendly style/talent to boot), Steve Luevano (reminds me of Lopez in some ways) and Carlos Quinitana (quiet guy too often overlooked/underrated); John Murray

[holmcall]

Bobby Chacon for his warrior heart. I also followed Micky Ward from the time he was an amature in Lowell, MA and always liked him because he could win a figjht at any time with one lethal left hook to the liver. Ward-Neary; Ward-Burton,; Ward-Green; Ward-Gatti. The guy came to fight.

I also liked Nigel Benn for his ferocity and Carl "The Cat" Thompson for his.

But Chacon was my man.

Way, way back, it was Bob Satterfield. One-punch KO power in either hand. He could knock you out with a miss.

[Kel]

Tszyu's comback after his loss to Phillips was amazing and inspiring. He never showed any disrespect towards anyone and to this day I think he gets less credit than he deserves.

[DaxxKahn]

Lennox Lewis...He ruled in perhaps HW boxings second best era...beat everyone there was to beat...Avenged both his losses with authority....He improved everytime out...

He was a master boxer yet his punch was devestating...he was a thinking mans fighter...He could pick his opponents apart...

Regardless of opinions due to his 2 KO losses his chin was fantastic....

One of the best thngs about him is he knew when it was time to go...He knew he was starting to lose a bit of what made him great and refused to be one of those champions who would not retire until he was driven out of the sport by an embaressing loss....

Currently I would have said Margarito until the hand wrap incident...

So I have to go with Hopkins...

Again Master boxer...fantastic chin...will fight anyone...a thinking mans fighter

[BoomBoom]

Roberto Duran. I love his style and his mentality. He fought with so much intensity and will. He was a born fighter. He fought the best, took on all challenges, and had sucess at multiple weight classes. His boxing career had it all. Ups, downs, comebacks, setbacks, he beat the odds, proved his critics wrong, and most of all he did it his way. Remarkable fighter. Always will be my idol.

[Kel]

Lennox Lewis...He ruled in perhaps HW boxings second best era...beat everyone there was to beat...Avenged both his losses with authority....He improved everytime out...

He was a master boxer yet his punch was devestating...he was a thinking mans fighter...He could pick his opponents apart...

Regardless of opinions due to his 2 KO losses his chin was fantastic....

One of the best thngs about him is he knew when it was time to go...He knew he was starting to lose a bit of what made him great and refused to be one of those champions who would not retire until he was driven out of the sport by an embaressing loss....

Currently I would have said Margarito until the hand wrap incident...

So I have to go with Hopkins...

Again Master boxer...fantastic chin...will fight anyone...a thinking mans fighter

100% agree on that. Getting out when your on top must be so hard to do, but I suppose only those that have made huge money have that option.

[fan johnny]

My dad got me hooked on boxing watching Muhammad Ali, except he got so freakin' mad.... because he just wanted somebody to hit him....so he would shut the hell up!. He got so into the fight that my mom even got excited... and she was always so calm.... she'd be shouting "hit him! come' on! just hit him...

My favorite though was Roberto Duran. I used to watch him KO guys after playing around. I was the one shouting for Duran to KO Leonard. I guess I'm partial to the brawler style rather than the boys that dance.

I've been hooked on Manny Pacquiao since 1997 in the Philippines, seemed like he was knocking everyone out in the first round. I hadn't been following boxing from the mid 80's till I start watching Pacquiao because of a lot of overseas work.

[Andre]

Tszyu great fighter, chose a style that came to to do the job above some of the other boxing skills we all knew he had, nice bloke ,honest ,no excuses.

Latley since Tszyus retirement Mosley another nice bloke who comes to play hard. I remember years ago he gave a good mate of his a go at him in an interm fight, fought for a while and then koed him. All business.

[C-Lo]

I honestly can't tell if I like Muhammad Ali or Sugar Ray Leonard more. I liked how fast and slick Ali was. He talked A LOT but he backed it up EVEN MORE! He beat everyone worth beating while he was fighting.

Sugar Ray Leonard could frustrate you by flurrying then popping out of there and he could slug it out if he wanted to. No need to mention the names he took out, because he beat EVERYONE in one of the BEST if not THE BEST era of boxing.

Current Favorites: Manny Pacquiao, Juan Manuel Marquez, Miguel Cotto, Kelly Pavlik, Sugar Shane Mosley, Floyd Mayweather, Jermain Taylor, and as much as I don't want to admit this, I like Wlad as well...