Top fighters you love to watch the most and top fighters you hate to watch

[talip bin osman]

just what sonny said, like him im more of a fight fan than a fighter fan... but anyways....

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arturo gatti, erik morales, saad muhammad, manny pacquiao, carbajal

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nate campbell, the klits, ruiz...

[bojangles1987]

All time fighters I love to watch:

Manny Pacquiao, he makes you fight entertaining fights. Well, except Clottey.
Roy Jones Jr., even blowing out all his opponents, he was incredible to watch.
Evander Holyfield, watching the way he fought bigger opponents his whole career and the warrior he was, a real pleasure.

Fighters I hate to watch:

Bernard Hopkins, nothing personal he just has rarely entertained me.
John Ruiz, uh, no explanation needed.
Sugar Ray Leonard, just because I never liked Sugar Ray Leonard. Two of his biggest wins, Duran II and Hagler, were fights where I couldn't stand the way the guy fought and won.

[Thread Stealer]

I love watching good defensive fighters, the counterpunchers. Wilfred Benitez may be my favorite, but I love watching Whitaker, Mayweather, etc. I also loved watching Ricardo Lopez.

I HATE watching aggressive, swarming fighters. Sorry, but "attack, attack, attack" isn't exciting for me.

I'm probably in the minority, but I want all fights to go the distance. Knockouts aren't that appealing to me. If I buy a ticket for a baseball game, I want to see the whole nine innings. Same thing for boxing.

I like different styles, but punching technique is a big part of why I like certain fighters' styles. That probably plays a bigger part in my preference than whether or not a fighter is an aggressive attacker or counterpuncher. Tyson is probably my favorite fighter ever, not necessarily because he knocked guys silly, but because his punching technique was beautiful.