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(Note: this doesn't mean that boxers that aren't included don't count - being a limey I might not have seen 'em all, particularly Maymeather and Byrd who look fascinating)
Okay, no particular order....
Carl "The Cat" Thompson: This guy is mental! Talking like an effeminate George Foreby, Carl brings out the sadist in boxing viewers by embarking on the least sophisticated battle plan in history: he lets his opponents give him an absolute CANING until he stops them in turn. Fight of the year last year for Carl against Rothwell, where he just refused to give up.
Roy Jones Jr: Please get your powers back, Superman. I want to believe, but I think you may have just been a ::coughsteroidscough:: naturally gifted athelete who never really had a test.
Howard Eastman: I only saw Eastman for the first time against Joppy, the fight that he "lost". Little did I know at the time that his clowning antics were lifts from Ali, but his offering Joppy two free shots to the jaw then doing a comedy "shudder" had me in bits. Add to this his deceptively hard punching power and his Jamaican accent (Un-PC, but officially THE funniest accent ever) and you have some crazy bonkers genuine contender who loves to dye his beard bright yellow.
Danny Williams: Yeah, yeah, I know - there's nothing that special about Danny. But he's got so much heart that he kept getting up against Vitali despite getting an absolute battering, and - as someone else on here astutely observed - he can be great or **** on any given night. I actually think he was **** both times in the US - yeah, he defeated Tyson, but he could have been better at doing it. You ain't seen the best of Danny yet, and - while I can't envisage him ever beating Vitali - I am curious to see who else this perrennial underachiever can take out.
Junior Witter: I don't care if he underperformed against Zab Judah some years ago when he was underprepared - everyone's entitled to an off night, particularly a sharp, switch-hitting, come-from-all-angles jive mother like the Witter. Nickname not "The ****ter", apparently.
One to watch: Anthony Small. Only just saw this guy for the first time, he's a four-fight middleweight from England who's the ****iest little git you've ever seen. He enters the ring miming to his favourite James Brown records and goes around the ring like a little jitterbug full of nervous energy. His whole performance is one of sticking his chin in the air and nervous tics. Huge potential.
One not to watch: David Haye. Hasn't David got dull since he's dropped the "**** 'em out quick" style? Plus, now he's been exposed in the most literal sense, all his opponents know about his dodgy stamina. And by dodgy, I mean VERY dodgy.
A possibility: Samuel Peters. Not a huge amount of skill or speed, but hits like a truck.
Okay, no particular order....
Carl "The Cat" Thompson: This guy is mental! Talking like an effeminate George Foreby, Carl brings out the sadist in boxing viewers by embarking on the least sophisticated battle plan in history: he lets his opponents give him an absolute CANING until he stops them in turn. Fight of the year last year for Carl against Rothwell, where he just refused to give up.
Roy Jones Jr: Please get your powers back, Superman. I want to believe, but I think you may have just been a ::coughsteroidscough:: naturally gifted athelete who never really had a test.
Howard Eastman: I only saw Eastman for the first time against Joppy, the fight that he "lost". Little did I know at the time that his clowning antics were lifts from Ali, but his offering Joppy two free shots to the jaw then doing a comedy "shudder" had me in bits. Add to this his deceptively hard punching power and his Jamaican accent (Un-PC, but officially THE funniest accent ever) and you have some crazy bonkers genuine contender who loves to dye his beard bright yellow.
Danny Williams: Yeah, yeah, I know - there's nothing that special about Danny. But he's got so much heart that he kept getting up against Vitali despite getting an absolute battering, and - as someone else on here astutely observed - he can be great or **** on any given night. I actually think he was **** both times in the US - yeah, he defeated Tyson, but he could have been better at doing it. You ain't seen the best of Danny yet, and - while I can't envisage him ever beating Vitali - I am curious to see who else this perrennial underachiever can take out.
Junior Witter: I don't care if he underperformed against Zab Judah some years ago when he was underprepared - everyone's entitled to an off night, particularly a sharp, switch-hitting, come-from-all-angles jive mother like the Witter. Nickname not "The ****ter", apparently.
One to watch: Anthony Small. Only just saw this guy for the first time, he's a four-fight middleweight from England who's the ****iest little git you've ever seen. He enters the ring miming to his favourite James Brown records and goes around the ring like a little jitterbug full of nervous energy. His whole performance is one of sticking his chin in the air and nervous tics. Huge potential.
One not to watch: David Haye. Hasn't David got dull since he's dropped the "**** 'em out quick" style? Plus, now he's been exposed in the most literal sense, all his opponents know about his dodgy stamina. And by dodgy, I mean VERY dodgy.
A possibility: Samuel Peters. Not a huge amount of skill or speed, but hits like a truck.
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