How does Augustas not belong in this thread...The topic is
"Which boxer for you always put on a good show"
No which fight had the best record...or they must have been a world champion etc....Win or lose a fighter can put on a good show....
To say Augustas was not an entertaining fighter 90% of his career either says you just don't like him or just don't know enough about him
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6z2UE0hdT8
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Im going do a past and present list, of fighters in each weightclasses. Because i hate thinking i forgot some names.
Past
Heavyweight: Joe Frazier
Cruiserweight: Carl Thompson
Light Heavyweight: Matthew Saad Muhammad
Super Middleweight: Roy Jones Jr
Middleweight: Julian Jackson
Jr Middleweight: Terry Norris
Welterweight: Thomas Hearns
Jr Welterweight: Aaron Pryor
Lightweight: Ray Mancini/Pernell Whitaker
Super Featherweight: Alexis Arguello/Bobby Chacon
Featherweight: Kevin Kelley/Azumah Nelson
Super Bantamweight: Erik Morales/Junior Jones
Bantamweight: Jeff Fenech not really sure where to put him.
Super Flyweight: Johnny Tapia
Flyweight: Jorge Arce
Jr Flyweight: Michael Carbajal
Minimumweight: Ricardo Lopez
Present
Heavyweight: Chris Arreola
Cruiserweight: Tomasz Adamek
Light Heavyweight: Glen Johnson
Super Middleweight: Librado Andrade
Middleweight: Kelly Pavlik
Jr Middleweight: James Kirkland
Welterweight: Miguel Cotto
Jr Welterweight: Ricardo Torres
Lightweight: JMM
Super Featherweight: Roman Martinez
Featherweight: Yuriorkis Gamboa
Super Bantamweight: JML
Bantamweight: Fernando Montiel ? dunno really.
Super Flyweight: Vic Darchinyan
Flyweight: Nonito Donaire ? again don't know really.
Jr Flyweight: Used to think Ivan Calderon but he's been in some stinkers.
Minimumweight: Roman Gonzalez
I'm sorry to say but the death penaltyis attached to even joking that Nelson was the " ENTERTAINER " he claimed to be. The only PACIFIST to wear gloves and enter a boxing ring.
He had 1 thing in common with Michael Jackson , they both wore gloves for no apparent reason !
I think of fighters that I put on for 'background' while doing other things or just have to rewatch.Ones that grab your attention even though you have watched a particular fight a number of times.Every single fighter has the occasional exception.'Good show' to me is one that keeps you standing while watching
Terry Norris...you just NEVER knew what to expect.But you knew it would involve power punches and swings in momentum.
Edwin Rosario...same
Evander Holyfield....but the Donald and Bean fights were painful
Nigel Benn...
Johnny Tapia...for fighting style and unbrideled personality while he did it.
Wayne Mccullough...
Ricardo Lopez...
Azumah Nelson
Shane Mosley
Jung-koo-Chang
Glen Johnson
Saad Muhammad
Bobby Chacon
Charles Brewer....yes.Him.His willingness combined with that chin made of eggshells.Fun stuff!!
Michael Carbajal
Arturo Gatti
Wilfredo Gomez
Oscar Larios
Meldrick Taylor
Tony Lopez
Marco A.Barrera
Jorge Paez....THE Showman
Jochiro Tatsuyoshi....stay retired danmit!!!
Yaqui Lopez
Erik Morales
Kevin Pompey..until the end was near
Fernando Montiel
Antonio Margarito
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To change it up a bit from the very obvious answers.
I say;
Delvin Rodriguez
Jesus Soto-Karass
Alejandro Berrio
Popo Freitas
Tomasz Adamek
I love Augustus but he wasn't always fun to watch. He has been inconsistent in his career and while he has some questionable losses, he has some ugly losses too in which he DIDN'T put on a good show. Even the most ardent Augustus fan will admit that he wasn't ever consistent and even as a fan that is a very fair assesment. Plus, there is a huge probability that he took a DIVE against Alan Vester and imo that should disqualify him from the thread on that basis alone. That's not a good show.
Kid Thunder and Zelenoff are terribly entertaining.
Rocky Marciano
Last edited by boxinggirl; 07-28-2009 at 11:09 PM.
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I can't believe no one has mentioned the great Felix "Tito" Trinidad. From the moment he won the title from Maurice Blocker, Tito could be counted on to KO someone in devastating fashion after being in some trouble himself. I think most people are judging Tito too much from his fights including and post Hopkins. Before that, he was a pay per view stud and one of the greatest welterweights of all time.
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