Who You Admire

[marbleheadmaui]

Another survey for the gang. What fighters, now or past, best exemplify what you want out of a professional fighter? They need not be great, you need not be a fan. This is about the way you like to see the sport, and the fighters within it, behave. Please give us a brief why.

Thanks in advance.

[TitoFan]

First name that comes to mind is Alexis Arguello. Tremendous puncher... exciting style... huge heart... and just as important... a gentleman and role model both inside and outside the ring. He was the pride of Nicaragua, an excellent ambassador to the sport. His fights with Aaron Pryor were classics... too bad he lost them both. A truly ATG, in my book. Here in Puerto Rico he was respected and admired, even though he beat local favorite Alfredo Escalera in a grueling, bloody fight.

R.I.P., Alexis.

[FinitoElDinamita]

Jung Koo Chang aka Korean hawk

Marquez

Ricardo Lopez

Floyd Mayweather

I love boxer-punchers with high level of intelligence and no one does it better than these guys, simple as that..

[gest12645]

Tim Bradley- he's a inspiration the way he comes in , in amazing shape
Cotto- He works hard, is skilled, and I like his style in and out of the ring
Tyson- he's had it tough and is doing good right now- great fighter.

[Pavlik]

emille griffith

[generalbulldog]

emille griffith

Same here. And Shah Khan.

[marbleheadmaui]

emille griffith

I always feel so bad for Emile. Such a good guy and such a tortured soul.

[marbleheadmaui]

Tim Bradley- he's a inspiration the way he comes in , in amazing shape
Cotto- He works hard, is skilled, and I like his style in and out of the ring
Tyson- he's had it tough and is doing good right now- great fighter.

Totally agree with first two.

Whoda thunk Mike Tyson would be alive and seem to more or less have his stuff together at 45?

[CutMeMick]

Monzon... kidding, kidding...

Let's be real here though, a lot of boxers had/have alcohol or drug problems among other things, just like anybody else. Even Alexis had drug issues. But some of these guys can still be admired in a sense for overcoming adversity out of the ring. SRR was a womanizer and alcoholic... Guess we really don't know sometimes.
Barrios and Ulises Solis both while drunk ran over people. Look at Valero and how he turned out to be.

ODLH
Ricardo Lopez
Jose Torres
JMM
Zaragoza
Emile
Foreman
Holyfield
Alexis
Gatti
Dick Tiger
Ali

[marbleheadmaui]

Jung Koo Chang aka Korean hawk

Marquez

Ricardo Lopez

Floyd Mayweather

I love boxer-punchers with high level of intelligence and no one does it better than these guys, simple as that..

Nicely done!

[marbleheadmaui]

First name that comes to mind is Alexis Arguello. Tremendous puncher... exciting style... huge heart... and just as important... a gentleman and role model both inside and outside the ring. He was the pride of Nicaragua, an excellent ambassador to the sport. His fights with Aaron Pryor were classics... too bad he lost them both. A truly ATG, in my book. Here in Puerto Rico he was respected and admired, even though he beat local favorite Alfredo Escalera in a grueling, bloody fight.

R.I.P., Alexis.

There goes MY number one pick! Two things to add are Alexis was willing to go to the other guy's place to fight him and he ALWAYS made daring matches.

[rjj tszyu]

Another survey for the gang. What fighters, now or past, best exemplify what you want out of a professional fighter? They need not be great, you need not be a fan. This is about the way you like to see the sport, and the fighters within it, behave. Please give us a brief why.

Thanks in advance.

The first man that came to mind when I saw the title was Marvin Hagler. He was IMO the greatest MW of all time but he was also so much more than that. He was twice robbed early on in his career and was avoided like the plague by top fighters for a long time and he just kept going and beating everyone in his path. Then when his chance did finally come IMO he was robbed vs Antuofermo only getting a draw from the judges, again he just kept going and got himself back in the limelight until he was again given a shot. This time it was against Alan Minter and this time he was making sure no judges would be robbing him stopping Minter with a badly cut eye. What happened after the fight was a disgrace and was not a moment that when I look back I feel proud to be British.

After taking that title though he showed just how great a champion he was beating everyone in his path. The fights with Hearns and Mugabi are 2 of my favourites involving any fighter. Then came the fight with Leonard, now I do actually think the judges got this one right, I know many don't but I do. It was close but Leonard was fighting very intelligently and stealing rounds in the last 30 seconds. Anyway it did Hagler a favour in the long run because the Leonard fight upset him so much that the only fight he wanted was Leonard rematch and if he couldn't get that he wouldn't fight again. He didn't, and we never saw Hagler fade and get beaten by much lesser fighters a few years past his prime in the way so many great champs have.

So for me the most admiration goes to "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler!

[marbleheadmaui]

Another survey for the gang. What fighters, now or past, best exemplify what you want out of a professional fighter? They need not be great, you need not be a fan. This is about the way you like to see the sport, and the fighters within it, behave. Please give us a brief why.

Thanks in advance.

The first man that came to mind when I saw the title was Marvin Hagler. He was IMO the greatest MW of all time but he was also so much more than that. He was twice robbed early on in his career and was avoided like the plague by top fighters for a long time and he just kept going and beating everyone in his path. Then when his chance did finally come IMO he was robbed vs Antuofermo only getting a draw from the judges, again he just kept going and got himself back in the limelight until he was again given a shot. This time it was against Alan Minter and this time he was making sure no judges would be robbing him stopping Minter with a badly cut eye. What happened after the fight was a disgrace and was not a moment that when I look back I feel proud to be British.

After taking that title though he showed just how great a champion he was beating everyone in his path. The fights with Hearns and Mugabi are 2 of my favourites involving any fighter. Then came the fight with Leonard, now I do actually think the judges got this one right, I know many don't but I do. It was close but Leonard was fighting very intelligently and stealing rounds in the last 30 seconds. Anyway it did Hagler a favour in the long run because the Leonard fight upset him so much that the only fight he wanted was Leonard rematch and if he couldn't get that he wouldn't fight again. He didn't, and we never saw Hagler fade and get beaten by much lesser fighters a few years past his prime in the way so many great champs have.

So for me the most admiration goes to "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler!

Lunchpail Marvin can be a model for every kind of fighter there is.

[DopeyKev]

Erik Morales. A total badass with tons of heart. I already admired this guy but after his performance against Maidana my admiration for him just skyrocketed. To pull out a performance like that fighting way above your best weight and way past your sell by date, with one eye shut from the 2nd round on, against a young, tough, powerful bull is amazing. What - a - WARRIOR.