How do you choose your favorite fighters?

[*TonyMontana*]

I'm curious what criteria NSB contributors use when choosing your favorite fighters, either past or present.

Do you favor offensive-minded fighters, who bring a lot of action to a fight but not much defense, they leave it all in the ring--such as Gatti, Ward, Provodnikov, Berto, etc?

Do you favor slick defensive fighters who take a safety-first approach to boxing and choose to rely more upon reflexes and defense rather than offense? Mayweather, Whitaker, Rigo, Lara?

Do you favor a more well-rounded fighter who displays equal parts offense and defense in their repertoire and tend to have a fan-friendly style such as Duran, M. Spinks, Leonard, De La Hoya, Pac, Loma?

How about behavior/persona in and out of the ring? How much does that influence whether or not you are a fan? Do you like or can you tolerate a trash-talker and villain like Mayweather, Mayorga, Broner, Fury? Or prefer a more humble approach like DLH, Pac, Mosley, Joshua?

What attributes put your favorite fighters at the top of your list? What attributes are deal-breakers?

There really isn't anything for me
I either follow you
Or I don't

I appreciate all styles

[New England]

the only criterion for me are endearing performances.


fighters pick me, not the other way around. a dog loves a bone.

[The Hammer]

I like fearless, aggressive, come-forward fighters who go for the KO like Golovkin, Gvozdyk, Inoye, and Canelo. I like a boxer with a combination of skill and aggressiveness, like Lomachenko.

I don't like cowardly runners like Floyd, nor fraudulent braggarts like Wilder and divas like Ward who always demand home advantage.

[Mike D]

I look for the least ethnic looking fighter possible backed by a promoter of the whitest shade of skin color, that's what I look for

[CatchAndShoot]

I look for the least ethnic looking fighter possible backed by a promoter of the whitest shade of skin color, that's what I look for

LMAO yep, if it's all white, it's all right. Tired of seeing those dark skinned ass holes shucking and jivin all over the place with their dance moves, and hippity hop music.

[P.K Dionysus]

It just sorta happens like when you see a girl you just know you are gonna f#ck & later that night or a week or two from that moment you are.

^This.

Something about the fighter has to resonate with me, and I'll just like said fighter.

It's pretty simple, really.

[GrandpaBernard]

1) Fighting style

Outfighters and counterpunchers.

2) Is he American?

3) Personality

I like the outspoken ****y fighters

[Johnny Rubber]

I like smart aggressive punchers that break you down and get you out of there. Matthysse, Froch and Loma etc.

[Dodger07]

Its really hard to say. Like others have said they just have to resonate with me or not. i like and dislike all types of fighters.

Some of my favorite aggressive fighters are maidana, morales, tapia, spence, pwill, ggg, kovalev, cotto, porter, froch, jermall, pacquiao, mikey just to name a few.

but i never really liked margarito (even before the hand wraps), mosley, barrera, provodnikov, hatton, rios, khan, gatti, even though theyre all aggressive too.

Same with the more defensive fighters. i like mayweather, hopkins, fury, lomachenko, usyk, ivan calderon, tevin farmer, collazo among others. but not a fan of ward, wlad, rigo, lara, degale, miguel vazquez

Not really sure what is tbh

[FinitoxDinamita]

I judge them off their forms, conventional stance, got to be a boxer-puncher, with respectable punching power. Txtbook clean fighters like Finito lopez, Ray leonard, marquez and Linares.