what do you look for in a fav fighter for me they have to have Boxing skills but they also have to be warriors aswell who have the balls to fight when push comes shove i dont appreciate all out brawlers how are exciting but have no skills to admire and i dont like Boxers that are GREAT Boxers but dont take chances
and that is what my fav fighters have in common they can all Box but most importantly they can bring it aswell
Leonard
Cotto
Norris
Holyfield
Barrera
Trinidad
Bowe
I like quick, accurate, powerful fighters that hit but don't get hit (or at least not so often).
I like it when a fighter completely outclasses his opponents. On the other hand I really hate the fighters that just trade punches until the one with the weakest chin is exposed. Thats why Im not a big fan of a lot of the stereo typical mexican/southern American fighters.
Faves in no particular order
Roy Jones Jr (all of the above)
Floyd Mayweather (Technically perfect)
Naseem Hamed (Power, speed, elusive, entertaining)
Bernard Hopkins (Dominator)
David Haye (not your typical heavy weight, most of the above)
Kermit Cintron (Usually a dominater eh hem Margarito lol)
Andre Berto (Shows potential to be all the above)
Im a young man so all my faves are present day/late 90's.
Oh yeh with the exception of Tommy Hearnes
i like watching cotto box...also margarito...wasnt a huge fan til after he left but i appreciated how Tito would go in for the kill
Terry Norris was awesome
Julian Jackson was a brilliant finisher
Prime Mike was evil
Duran carved his legend with his aggression
Marvin was a shark when he smelled blood
it goes on and on...all my fav fighters had.have that trait
like pacquiao now as well...whether he really has his opponent hurt or not, if he thinks he does, then the fight goes up another level
yeah i would add Duran to my list too a very underrated Boxer who was just awesome on the inside he beat a natural LHW when he was past his prime in Barkley and he gave Leonard all he could handle in montreal
there's quite a list on the criteria ie. technique, footwork, chin, stamina, heart etc...
but one of the things that catches this fight fan's eye is aggression...when i see someone that can recognize his opponent fading and he's able to ruthlessly kick it into next gear, he's automatically put on the radar
you must like Miguel Cotto then
flawless technique:headbang:
when you watch Floyd fights when he was a SFW he was awesome but as a WW he is just boring it feels like you have been watching his fights for about 3 hours when you put them on