Why DO fans dislike certain fighters?

[Lance Uppercut]

I usually hate fighters for stupid reasons.
For instance, I am always hoping the Corey Spinks is serisouly injured after watching him dance to the ring.

[Violent Demise]

I voted ducks good fighters and his fans. Which is pretty much the reason I dislike Calzaghe. The guys a good fighter. Never said he wasn't. He has skills. But he's never left home for a big fight. There's no elite names on his resume. Only decent names on it were fighters already passed there primes. And one overrated, in-over-his-head fighter. He holds a bogus, minor league belt. And thinks defending it against obscure European club fighters is a great accomplishment. He constantly whines and cries about wanting a big fight. But does little about it. Whenever there is talk of one. Some thing always comes up. And according to him, it's never his fault. But the worse thing of all are his misguided groupies. They ignore all facts. Constantly make foolish excuses (some times they just straight lie). And they elevate him to Godlike status. .

[amat]

Let's do the rundown because it's different for all. I don't care if a fighter has a boring style or if he has an attitude outside of the ring. I don't care what country he is from and...well yeah. Let's just run down the list.

Calzaghe - He beat Lacy. After months of wondering if he was ever going to fight Lacy, he came out and just dominated him. I'm not on the "Lacy is done" bandwagon, by any means. No way. The guy could be a great fighter but sthat was the most disappointing night of boxing ever for me.

Audley Harrison - I watched him fight Dominic Guinn. I've never pulled my hair out more over a fight in my life.

Judah - He's vastly overrated. Has a somewhat delusional fanbase (but that isn't to speak for the entire fanbase, I'm a Peter fan and some of them seem to think he walks through the division with ease)


Well...that's it for now.

[motorcitycobra]

I voted ducks good fighters and his fans. Which is pretty much the reason I dislike Calzaghe. The guys a good fighter. Never said he wasn't. He has skills. But he's never left home for a big fight. There's no elite names on his resume. Only decent names on it were fighters already passed there primes. And one overrated, in-over-his-head fighter. He holds a bogus, minor league belt. And thinks defending it against obscure European club fighters is a great accomplishment. He constantly whines and cries about wanting a big fight. But does little about it. Whenever there is talk of one. Some thing always comes up. And according to him, it's never his fault. But the worse thing of all are his misguided groupies. They ignore all facts. Constantly make foolish excuses (some times they just straight lie). And they elevate him to Godlike status. .

well said the mans a fool to himself.

[TitoFan]

Great response, guys! Cool clicks to all who have responded.

Point is, like someone posted, sometimes it's not a clearcut reason for disliking a fighter. Sometimes it seems like a "stupid" reason. Nevertheless, we as boxing fans tend to dislike some things more than others.

I myself voted "Attitude outside the ring" and "Ducks good fighters." But sometimes it's something else altogether that irks me about a fighter. Take John Ruiz, for instance. Nothing wrong with his attitude outside the ring, nor do I think he necessarily ducks good fighters (there's a scarcity at HW nowadays anyway). But I just can't stomach his BORING fighting style. Punch and clinch.... punch and clinch..... punch and clinch..... ad nauseum.

With other fighters, it's the hype machine. When HBO or Showtime insist on putting a fighter on a "bigger-than-life" pedestal, I just tend to react in the other direction. So you see.... it's not always the same reasons.

[Tito BHB]

Lol i have found ruiz to be very brash and rude outside of the ring..

I remember he turned up to the roy jones pre fight presser in a pimp outfit calling out ..
" Wheres my ho.. Wheres my ho at? "

[bigragu]

I voted ducks good fighters & Talks trash... then eats it.

Take a wild guess who falls in this criteria?

Mayorga?

[the phenom]

some ppl are haters me i dont like de la hoya because hes a fake ..... he has that fake smile but we all know hes an asshole and a cokcy scumbag but he fakes to be modest and humbel also any fighter who talks shit but sucks

[Lance Uppercut]

Like reality shows; boxing needs villians. In fact thats what sells tickets in professional wrestling- A bad guy that everyone wants to see get beat.

[DaxxKahn]

some ppl are haters me i dont like de la hoya because hes a fake ..... he has that fake smile but we all know hes an asshole and a cokcy scumbag but he fakes to be modest and humbel also any fighter who talks S*** but sucks

You don't have to like him but to say he sucks as a fighter is just plain ridiculous....Oscar id an all time great like hyim or not...His record speaks for itself...And DLH is one of the few fighters who will actually fight anyone anytime and want's only the BEST!!!!!....and unlike many top guys Oscar doesn't just say he wants the best he pursues them....It is a personal thing for him...DLH wants to prove to himself how good he is and the world...Oscar fights for glory and status...he has no need to fight for money...He has made more than one could possibly imagine.....

Love him or hate him you have to respect him for that

[cockey cockney]

Personality inside and outside the ring and the key ones for me. I absolutely hated that twat Prince Naseem with a passion. I never liked Lewis so you could throw fighting style into it.

[spekterscript]

Lol i have found ruiz to be very brash and rude outside of the ring..

I remember he turned up to the roy jones pre fight presser in a pimp outfit calling out ..
" Wheres my ho.. Wheres my ho at? "

Agreed. I have no respect for Ruiz. With the hugging, blatant headbutting of Kirk Johnson and exaggerating the effect of low blows, always making excuses after losses. Also his jumping up and down when a draw was announced in his third Holyfield fight (what kind of competitor gets that excited and happy over a draw?). His total lack of class before, during, and after fights which doesn't help build up the fight at all. I do like Mayorga and Vargas because they give their all during their fights, their trash talk before fights increases the anticipation and they go out on their shields-to me that makes up for the trash talking before fights and excuse making after fights. PBF for trying to maintain a thug image when he could have easily been the next Golden Boy media-PR wise.

[lb4lb]

Boring styles and other.
Other: If a boxer beats a boxer that I am a huge fan of. I hate them. (Especially if it is a controversial decision.) Sounds childish, but I can't help it.
I do forgive somewhat easily so somewhere down the road I may end up cheering for a boxer that I once hated.
I hated Trinidad for a while (DLH) but I found myself cheering for him against Winky.

[the phenom]

some ppl are haters me i dont like de la hoya because hes a fake ..... he has that fake smile but we all know hes an asshole and a cokcy scumbag but he fakes to be modest and humbel also any fighter who talks S*** but sucks

You don't have to like him but to say he sucks as a fighter is just plain ridiculous....Oscar id an all time great like hyim or not...His record speaks for itself...And DLH is one of the few fighters who will actually fight anyone anytime and want's only the BEST!!!!!....and unlike many top guys Oscar doesn't just say he wants the best he pursues them....It is a personal thing for him...DLH wants to prove to himself how good he is and the world...Oscar fights for glory and status...he has no need to fight for money...He has made more than one could possibly imagine.....

Love him or hate him you have to respect him for that

yo my man u wrote all that cuz u misread look i wrote i dont like delahoya for that and then i said ALSO anyother fighter that talks shit and sux ... which is not delahoya it was y i dont like certain OTHER fighters i can agree e la hoya isgood boxer but hes jus fake

[El Kabong]

God so many good choices....it's hard to choose.

Of the fighters I dislike I will say that when trash talking and personality don't mesh with the fighting style it makes it hard for me to like a guy.

For example, Sergio Mora....he "toed the line" vs Eric Reagan and honestly when you are that blatent about your superiority you should be able to put the guy away right then and there. If you have no power you shouldn't dare a guy to go toe to toe with you ESPECIALLY when he's a nobody.

That's another huge issue for me....when you fight a bum don't act like you've just beat the best ever....when did Ray Robinson or Joe Louis jump up on the turn buckles to celebrate a victory over a bum


I understand the need for the feeling of invincibility but as a fighter you need to be humble as well and sometimes even show some respect