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Which fighters do you love? It needs to be said I'm not talking sexually here.
I'm talking the fighters that you've followed for years and years, the guys who you constantly watch videos and highlight reels of on youtube, the guys who made you feel that passion you have for the sport, the guys you can watch shadowboxing over and over again, the guys who if/when they retire you did or will feel a genuine sadness for.
That is what boxing is about for me and that is what I'm talking about here. List the ones that have had a similar effect on you and a brief description.
I'll start off with a few of mine.
Joe Frazier - Can't get enough of this guy, hometown hero and my idol as a child. He had, in my opinion, the best left hook I've ever seen, he would literally wreck you with it. I sometimes find myself watching my own sig banner waiting for it to come around over and over again. Amazingly kind human being as well, always gracious, always humble, still teaching kids how to box to this day. I will shed a tear for him when he dies.
Bernard Hopkins - Another guy I can't get enough of who gets hated on a lot here. Yet another hometown here and an idol to me since I started watching him fight in '95. In his prime he was unstoppable, and would've given any other Middleweight Legend from any era a stern run for their money. His skills continue to erode and his age continues to increase but I can't stop backing him because of a few losses or some lackluster performances. He's still one of the best counterpunchers out there.
Meldrick Taylor - Yet another hometown hero. In his prime he was one of the fastest fighters I've ever seen to this date. His combinations were poetry in motion, and he had what so few fighters today have, balls. He showed that in spades against Chavez, he could've easily avoided those vicious xchanges and got on his bucycle to win a UD, but he didn't. He would stay in Chavez's chest and plant his feet and fire back with everything he had. View my sig video for proof.
Marco Antonio Barrera - What can I say about this guy? He had it all, skill, will, and balls. A wrecking machine before he switched to a more boxing oriented style, but showed tremendous versatility in being able to do so. Had some setbacks along the way but never stopped giving it his all. Probably not the nicest man on the planet and has said some ugly things in the past. Also had a bad temper and would make a habit of hitting on the break, rabbit punching, and other sorts of boxing no-no's but he made me feel it. Also responded to punches landed against him amazingly fast, had reflexes like a cat.
Diego Corrales - Posterboy for everything I love about boxing. He wasn't amazingly gifted in terms of technical ability, but he always gave it 110%. A flawed fighter, and a flawed human being for sure, but that's what endeared him to me. He admitted his mistakes and did his best to make up for them. Every time he fought I felt it, when he won I won and when he lost, I lost. Some fighters have all the skill you could be blessed with but they never connect with me in that way.
I'm talking the fighters that you've followed for years and years, the guys who you constantly watch videos and highlight reels of on youtube, the guys who made you feel that passion you have for the sport, the guys you can watch shadowboxing over and over again, the guys who if/when they retire you did or will feel a genuine sadness for.
That is what boxing is about for me and that is what I'm talking about here. List the ones that have had a similar effect on you and a brief description.
I'll start off with a few of mine.
Joe Frazier - Can't get enough of this guy, hometown hero and my idol as a child. He had, in my opinion, the best left hook I've ever seen, he would literally wreck you with it. I sometimes find myself watching my own sig banner waiting for it to come around over and over again. Amazingly kind human being as well, always gracious, always humble, still teaching kids how to box to this day. I will shed a tear for him when he dies.
Bernard Hopkins - Another guy I can't get enough of who gets hated on a lot here. Yet another hometown here and an idol to me since I started watching him fight in '95. In his prime he was unstoppable, and would've given any other Middleweight Legend from any era a stern run for their money. His skills continue to erode and his age continues to increase but I can't stop backing him because of a few losses or some lackluster performances. He's still one of the best counterpunchers out there.
Meldrick Taylor - Yet another hometown hero. In his prime he was one of the fastest fighters I've ever seen to this date. His combinations were poetry in motion, and he had what so few fighters today have, balls. He showed that in spades against Chavez, he could've easily avoided those vicious xchanges and got on his bucycle to win a UD, but he didn't. He would stay in Chavez's chest and plant his feet and fire back with everything he had. View my sig video for proof.
Marco Antonio Barrera - What can I say about this guy? He had it all, skill, will, and balls. A wrecking machine before he switched to a more boxing oriented style, but showed tremendous versatility in being able to do so. Had some setbacks along the way but never stopped giving it his all. Probably not the nicest man on the planet and has said some ugly things in the past. Also had a bad temper and would make a habit of hitting on the break, rabbit punching, and other sorts of boxing no-no's but he made me feel it. Also responded to punches landed against him amazingly fast, had reflexes like a cat.
Diego Corrales - Posterboy for everything I love about boxing. He wasn't amazingly gifted in terms of technical ability, but he always gave it 110%. A flawed fighter, and a flawed human being for sure, but that's what endeared him to me. He admitted his mistakes and did his best to make up for them. Every time he fought I felt it, when he won I won and when he lost, I lost. Some fighters have all the skill you could be blessed with but they never connect with me in that way.
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