Who's your favorite fighter and why?

[Poet682006]

You expressed your admiration for your favorite fighter quite well. But this...this is...awesome.

Love the avi: Jose Raul Capablanca :cool9:

[pugilistprophet1994]

Quote:

Originally Posted by paulf

Great piece of writing by Thomas Hauser

http://www.secondsout.com/columns/th...-fighters-code

" On August 16, 2008, a young man named Ronnie Vargas was shot to death. Vargas was a promising young fighter; a three-time New York Golden Gloves champion with an 8-and-0 professional record.

Four days later, Paulie visited the Ortiz Funeral Home in the Bronx (where the family was sitting) and gave his IBF championship belt to Vargas’s father so Ronnie could be buried as a champion. "

That's nothing...Floyd feed the poor. He also paid for Fraizer funeral.

You're joking...right?


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[CubanGuyNYC]

Love the avi: Jose Raul Capablanca :cool9:

Thanks, bro. My love of chess has recently been rekindled. After all these years I finally entered my first few tournaments. Currently sitting on 1700.

[Poet682006]

Thanks, bro. My love of chess has recently been rekindled. After all these years I finally entered my first few tournaments. Currently sitting on 1700.

Better than me.....I peaked at something like 1500 back in the early '90s lol :chuckle9:

[LA_2_Vegas]

I have a number of favorites, but ill go ahead say Paulie Malignaggi.

A boxer with virtually no power, who has to win every single one of his fights solely on skill and grit. Always takes the hard fights. Isn't afraid to talk ****, but is always been classy in defeat and doesn't make excuses.

I mean, how many times has the guy been written off? Showed heart of the highest order against Miguel Cotto. Was supposed to be an easy fight for Juan Diaz. He was supposed to become a Golden Boy gatekeeper after the Khan loss, and then he walked into an undefeated, Roach-trained champions back yard and stopped him.

Lastly, the article about Paulie giving his title belt to the family of a murdered kid who boxed, so he could be buried a champion, really solidified Paulie to me as one of the best guys in boxing. And you know what's so great about it? There's no photos. No video. He didn't bring a TV crew or announce it on his twitter as some self-serving tool to promote himself.

Hats off to the Magic Man. A real ****ing champion.

good post, I didn't know about that story. He's not my favorite like yours, but no doubt Paulie is one of the best dudes in boxing.

I remember seeing him while waiting for a Pac weigh-in to start and he was just hanging around shaking a few hands here and there, until he started to get noticed by some fans and then more people and more and more. I know some of the people knew who he was, but there were plenty who didn't know his name, just that he must be a popular boxer and wanted to meet him anyway. He must have stood in the same spot for about 40 minutes shaking every hand, signing every autograph, and taking every picture someone asked him for. He went way above and beyond, the line of people got pretty ridiculous..but he engaged everyone like a real dude

after that, seeing tons of his fights, and watching the "Magic Man" doc I always hope he does good.

[Japanese Boxing]

nonito..every punch he throws is deadly...

Try watching KO Dynamite (The guy in my AV). He's really does throw deadly shots.

As for favorite? I dunno, I want Hozumi Hasegawa to fight some more. He needs to work on his defense but his offense is poetry in motion. Yota Sato is also another guy I love watching fight.

[Fighting_Pride]

this era, pacquiao. of all time, i'm torn between sugar ray robinson and muhammad ali

[gmc_rfc_06]

The man in my av.

He's simply a tremendous fighter. Everything I love about the sport, he has it. Skill, frightening speed, power, grit, a real fighting mentality. He doesn't do a lot of talking, he doesn;t get much media attention....he just goes out and dominates anyone put in front of him.

[Juof]

Great piece of writing by Thomas Hauser

http://www.secondsout.com/columns/thomas-hauser/khan-malignaggi-a-fighters-code

"On August 16, 2008, a young man named Ronnie Vargas was shot to death. Vargas was a promising young fighter; a three-time New York Golden Gloves champion with an 8-and-0 professional record.

Four days later, Paulie visited the Ortiz Funeral Home in the Bronx (where the family was sitting) and gave his IBF championship belt to Vargas’s father so Ronnie could be buried as a champion. "

i've always liked paulie if he had a little more power imagine the things he could of done.

my favourite fighter is probably mclellan or james toney both were fun to watch

[bojangles1987]

I say this hesitantly, because my favorite fighters tend to do ****** stuff when I become a fan, but Andre Ward is my favorite right now.

It was Pac, but he lost me the last couple of years, though I'm still a fan. It would be Bradley if he hadn't ducked Khan.