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Which Boxer do you think has the most fan friendly style past and present?...For me I think it's a mix of a lot of guys and I don't think I can pick just 1...but a prime Roy Jones Jr. comes to mind...but I'm drawing a blank on the most exciting guys out now besides GGG...he may have the most fan friendly style today...him or kovalev...honorable mention lomochenko...just needs more KO's...
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For me, Manny Pacquiao has always been fan-friendly. Especially when he was ripping through guys like Oscar, Cotto and so on. One of the most exciting fighters to watch, ever, in my opinion.
Prime Mayweather was amazing to watch when he fought in the pocket, like he did against Cotto. But I admire the sweet science, not all do.
Roy Jones is a great shout. As a British fan, Hatton was always great to watch. Hence his huge following. -
Prime Roy Jones was not fan friendly, people watch his highlights aka snippets of the best moments of his fights, watch his entire fights they were not as exciting as his highlights, people complained that he was boring if you grew up in that era he got criticized hard, and was never a ppv attraction because of his style. And yes I am a roy jones jr fan, but im honest he wasn't fan friendly.
I would say in terms of fighting style no swag or personality to influence just fighting, Mike Tyson, George Foreman in his prime, Roberto Duran in his prime, Tommy Hearns, prime Evander Holyfield and Manny Pacquiao and Edwin Valero. I can list more but those are the ones off the top of the dome.
Pacquiao is a great example of fan friendly, when that dude first fought people became instant fans, Floyd Mayweather became a fan of his, Larry Merchant and Lampley, the majority of people in Mexico who loved boxing, they even said he was Mexican style before Triple G.Comment
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Casual fan friendly would be guys like Arturo Gatti and James Kirkland
Boxing fan friendly would be like Hagler, Duran, Leonard and Hearns
I separate the two because some people don't distinguish between crude excitement and technically sound/skilled excitement.Comment
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Arturo Gatti. Gatti actually could box it's just that whenever he got hit hard, he'd forget and start brawling and, in retrospect and at that time, it was awesome to watch - win, lose or draw. I also think of people like Barrera and Morales and the likes who, again, had definitive skills (even more than Gatti in their cases), but brawled and really put on great fights in their careers.
Right now, I'm looking at people like Leo Santa Cruz, Dennis Lebedev, Vic Darchinyan and others - Estrada is a really good one - who fight really hard and exciting fights, win or lose, almost every time out and when it isn't, you look at their opponents as the reason why it wasn't.Comment
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roy jones had the most fan friendly style?
somebody only watchewd the highlight reels
arturo gatti is the most exciting fighter in the history of the sport. arturo f#cking gatti. i was blessed to watch a lot of his fights live. dude was the perfect combination of broken blood vessels, titanic punching power, and a leaky defense.
his chin was bad enouhg to get hurt, but good enough to let him rally back.
he was the perfect storm of an action fighter. you'll probably never get anothger like him. that's why he's a hall of famer. i wouldn't vote for him myseflf, but i can absolutely see why people did. he was in a handful of all time great fights.Comment
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Tyson, Hearns, Pac, Gatti, Barrera, and if you want to be literal; Mayorga, Rios, Matthysee, Provod, etc.
If I had to pick 1, Tyson. He's had a few stinkers but people were absolutely mystified with his power. I remember people who weren't into boxing talking about Tyson's fights and how fas he ko'd someone that weekend. I don't know if anyone will catch the interest of casuals andeven non-fans like that ever again.Comment
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I am an older boxing fan and liked too many boxers from the past to name them all. I liked Hagler, Hearns, Napoles and Trinidad a lot. Some of my favorites today are Pacquiao, GGG, Kovalev, Canelo, Walters, Loma, Spence, Santa Cruz, Jermall Charlo and Rigo. There are dozens of other boxers I think are a pleasure to watch.Comment
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