Favourite and Least Favourite British Fighters and Why.

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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?

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

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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?

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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:

[CutMeMick]

cant wait for mick to see my boy be champion in his next fight. Shame about Inkin cowering out twice though...

the time will come when Inkin beats Froch, yet again...

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Don't even think Joe won the fight. He wouldn't have beaten a prime Hopkins or Jones. Wouldn't call Calzaghe my least favourite, though, because he could fight and was very good, just not an all time great in my opinion.
My fave was John Conteh, who if he had Calzaghe's dedication , would have been our best ever. Least favourite is hard cos I respect most fighters, but at one point it was Naz, due to his cockiness. I accept he was a huge talent, though.

[FinitoElDinamita]

In terms of styles and skills, Eubank and Kevin Mitchell has always floated my boat. I like David Haye too but to a lesser extent..

GUys that are rubbish in my eyes are Calzaghe ( although he's no British ) and Ricky Hatton who I dislike very much as a fighter. TO me, Ricky Hatton is one of the most boring fighters ever, he was like a John Ruiz mini-me with that same ole tactic of punch grab punch grab punch grab punch grab.... I can't stand the guy... I just hope Hatton stays retired and never comes back.. For a guy with such lousy boxing ability, he did pretty good for himself so i give him that.. But he would have been better off as a wrestler in the WWE. He could have wrestled side by side with British the bulldog.. They could have called him the Manchester Midget.. It's mind boggling how some actually found his style to be exciting.. smh

[Beanflicker]

Favorite: Chris Eubank. Such an interesting character, and a skilled boxer obviously. Despite his flashy persona and his antics, he was tough as nails with a great chin.

Least Favorite: This is a hard one because I must admit that I'm biased AGAINST British fighters, and there are very few Brits that I ever rooted for.

I guess if I had to pick a least favorite I'd pick Froch.

Just seeing his trash mother and annoying girlfriend cheering him on made my blood boil haha.

[Master]

favourite Lennox, Herol Graham, Benn, Hatton

Not favourite Hamed, Khan, Mason, Minter, Sibson

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least: frank bruno the tosser and wanker

[FinitoElDinamita]

A Mere Con is another one.

[FTMatty]

Favorites

Nigel Benn - The man is a battling legend
Lloyd Honeyghan - Met him 6 weeks after the Curry fight.......truly nice guy.
George Groves - Gotta like this guys attitude and growing maturity.
David Haye - Like his style and he can only do good for boxing.
Lennox Lewis - Great champion and ambassador for the sport.
Colin Lynes - Model pro.
Pat Cowdell - Just because it was the first fight I went to.


Hates

Naseem Hamed - Utter prick!
Amir Khan - Was ok until he started talking about "Brand Khan"
Junior Witter - Cocky, over rated and ultimately a bit of a twat
James DeGale - *see Junior Witter description

[Mark TKO]

Favourites

Benn - true warrior and I was a bag of nerves every time he was in the ring

Lewis - a top ten all time HW class act who lost twice for being a lazy get (and not a class act )

Frank Bruno - shite but we all loved him. 'Hold him Frank. Hold him !!!!' who can forget that night

Eubank (post 1997) - became a fan when he started losing Was at his first fight v Carl Thompson and went from wanting him sparked to cheering him on a la Rocky IV.



Least favourite

Eubank (pre 1997) - couldnt stand him. Or maybe I just misunderstood

Amir Khan - blessed with talent and a chin short of being potentially the greatest fighter these shores have ever produced. But I think he is a wanker who believes his own hype. Will never forget his 'let's compare my bank balance with Maidana's and see who the biggest superstar is' . Prick

Naseem Hamed - never thought he was as good as everyone and himself believed. Loved it when I was proved right



On the Fence


David Haye - two years ago was on verge of being a huge fan but inactivity and his apparent lack of desire to be a great put me off him. Has a chance to redeem himself in three weeks time