Fighters who you initially didnt like or respect but they won you over

[DAN916]

Mayweather

[Ray*]

Paulie Maglinaggi after the Cotto fight, I like fighters that talk the talk and then walk the walk too.

[Monte Fisto]

thats a good one too I used to be annoyed by his style in the early years he was like a flea on *******

Me too, bro. If y'all heard me talk about PAC prior to boxingscene, you'd think I was a *****, hehe

Oh, and I always respected Erika Morales as a fighter, but, never really liked him. But, after seeing the punishment he took from PAC in their second fight, I have nothing but the utmost respect for the man's heart.

I mean, it's one thing to see it on t.v. But I got see it live and had a great view of the fight, PAC was unleashing some heavy bombs on him, many would've folded, especially the barrage that PAC unleashed on him somewhere between the 5th and 6th rounds.

What y'all didn't see on t.v. was how f**ked up Erika's face was after he got off the ring and walking back to the locker room. That **** was literally disfigured, man. Cheekbones protuding to the side, his nose sideways, it was like Fernando Vargas's big ass knot, but, it was all over his face.

[Thread Stealer]

haha that was who first came to my mind as well

Same here.

[puga]

abraham..after getting schooled onesidely by a damn jab....always respected froch.....

[*OG Wenger*]

Carl Froch.

This was the first name that popped in my head...

[dc6112]

I'd say Cotto is at the top. I always thought he was ok and I would watch his fights, but in the last couple of years he's been one of my top 3 favorites. I think the Margarito fight made me go from a spectator to a legit fan. That fight was awesome even tho Miguel lost.

Froch gets an honorable mention, I'm slowly becoming a fan. He does have legit skill.

I would say Pavlik vs. Taylor made me a fan of JT too, but his career took a serious nosedive afterwards so I didn't have too much to cheer about, which was sad.

[dc6112]

Paulie Maglinaggi after the Cotto fight, I like fighters that talk the talk and then walk the walk too.

Oh, totally forgot about this fight. I still didn't like Paulie after the Cotto fight, but the first Diaz fight gave me a newfound respect for Paulie, he unloaded on how shady the business is and i became a big fan instantly. gotta respect the guy for calling it like he sees it.

[STRUGG]

Amir khan.....................

[toysale]

For me personally, Haye. I used to like watching him fight, he was exciting and entertaining to watch. Then the first Klitschko fight fell through and he fought Valuev, still alright up to that point, understood he had to defend against Ruiz but then the clincher, Audley.

To this day that still pisses me off, no signs of fighting a Klitschko and he wants to retire in October without achieving what he set out to do (initially, fighting both Klitschko's). He's showed them so much disrespect and hasn't appeared to be backing his word in anyway shape or form.

I still will watch him fight but I'm not interested unless it's a Klitschko soon. If Chagaev is mandatory, fair do's but it's pointless, he was rubbish in his last fight although it would be a keep busy fight. So this is one boxer I've lost a reasonable amount of respect for.