Most entertaining & least entertaining (boring) champions of last 20 years?

[chrisJS]

Ok. In ring excitement and drama is created when two closely matched fighters fight. I would argue there are no fighters during his era that were his equal or really close which is why most of his fights weren't exciting.

I think most fans appreciate greatness and domination like this and find it entertaining.

Not taking chances-with all due respect I always see this as coded language for Floyd not giving his opponent a chance to get a KO win because he will not fight recklessly once he has a huge lead.

respectfully, how can you not count those things? People pay to see fighters they are entertained by. They don't pay to see fighters they are bored by, right?

You are entitled to your opinion. I just think "entertaining" should be measured by subjective factors, not objective ones.

Some fighters can provide great entertainment even in matches that aren't evenly matched. Marquez is a fighter than was so much more skilled than his opponents and he fought responsibly and with the exception of Pacquaio IV really didn't put himself in a position to be KO'd but he entertained and often put something onto his punches. Lomachenko and Crawford are very dominant but they still make a point to entertain and usually don't coast.

PPV is often to do with marketability and appealing to casuals. I know most people were bored by Floy'd fights but would buy it anyway to see him lose. For me it was just not enough commitment to his shots, a little too much lateral movement and too much clinching. That's why I often didn't bother to watch him.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Hatton not entertaining ?

Lol

Who would you say are the 10 most entertaining championship level fighters of the last 20 years and the 10 most boring?

Entertainers
Felix Trinidad
Juan Manuel Marquez
Erik Morales
Manny Pacquaio
Marco Antonio Barrera
Rafael Marquez
Israel Vazquez
Arturo Gatti
Roman Gonzalez
Diego Corrales

Insomnia curers
Andre Ward
John Ruiz
Sven Ottke
Wladimir Klitshcko
Floyd Mayweather
Ricky Hatton
Shawn Porter
Winky Wright
Bernard Hopkins
Derrick Gainer

I know some will attack me for including Ottke and I know he's unbeaten doe but his fights were boring and ugly. Hopkins I respect as an all-time great fighter but his fights were often ugly and marred by wrestling, holding, injury feigning etc; The rest need no explaining.

Hatton was always in exciting fights! Floyd at 130-140 was exciting as well, I can understand why people feel he became boring later on, but in his early days Floyd was always fun to watch.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Some fighters can provide great entertainment even in matches that aren't evenly matched. Marquez is a fighter than was so much more skilled than his opponents and he fought responsibly and with the exception of Pacquaio IV really didn't put himself in a position to be KO'd but he entertained and often put something onto his punches. Lomachenko and Crawford are very dominant but they still make a point to entertain and usually don't coast.

PPV is often to do with marketability and appealing to casuals. I know most people were bored by Floy'd fights but would buy it anyway to see him lose. For me it was just not enough commitment to his shots, a little too much lateral movement and too much clinching. That's why I often didn't bother to watch him.

Go watch Floyd at 130 and see what commitment he puts into his shots😂😂
I ain't even a Floyd fan but he was far from boring at the lower weights

[Enzo Mc is SHIT]

Devon Alexander had a belt at one point, right? In terms of entertainment he's the worst I've ever seen.

[TonyGe]

Another vote for Floyd at the lighter weights. Later in his career no.

[chrisJS]

Go watch Floyd at 130 and see what commitment he puts into his shots😂😂
I ain't even a Floyd fan but he was far from boring at the lower weights

I've seen them. I was a fan of his initially but at 135 he started getting boring. The Castillo fights were kinda boring (and Castillo entertained more often than not) and then whenever I bothered to watch him after that I was bored. Obviously at 147 and 154 he was awful to watch.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

I've seen them. I was a fan of his initially but at 135 he started getting boring. The Castillo fights were kinda boring (and Castillo entertained more often than not) and then whenever I bothered to watch him after that I was bored. Obviously at 147 and 154 he was awful to watch.

Fair enough man, it's all personal preference anyway. I still fought Floyd had some exciting fights above 130, like Gatti at 140 for instance. Cotto at 154 was fun as well IMO.

[WesternChamp]

How are you measuring entertainment?

For example, Floyd sells the most tickets/PPv's at the highest prices. This is the primary measure of entertainment in film, music sports-sales, viewers, pricing level.

Or, are you measuring it a different way?

i swear, cant say anything bad about floyd without this nuggah coming in.

[WesternChamp]

Ok. In ring excitement and drama is created when two closely matched fighters fight. I would argue there are no fighters during his era that were his equal or really close which is why most of his fights weren't exciting.

I think most fans appreciate greatness and domination like this and find it entertaining.

Not taking chances-with all due respect I always see this as coded language for Floyd not giving his opponent a chance to get a KO win because he will not fight recklessly once he has a huge lead.

respectfully, how can you not count those things? People pay to see fighters they are entertained by. They don't pay to see fighters they are bored by, right?

You are entitled to your opinion. I just think "entertaining" should be measured by subjective factors, not objective ones.

shouldnt that makes it easier for floyd to put them away then??????

[WesternChamp]

Ok. In ring excitement and drama is created when two closely matched fighters fight. I would argue there are no fighters during his era that were his equal or really close which is why most of his fights weren't exciting.

I think most fans appreciate greatness and domination like this and find it entertaining.

Not taking chances-with all due respect I always see this as coded language for Floyd not giving his opponent a chance to get a KO win because he will not fight recklessly once he has a huge lead.

respectfully, how can you not count those things? People pay to see fighters they are entertained by. They don't pay to see fighters they are bored by, right?

You are entitled to your opinion. I just think "entertaining" should be measured by subjective factors, not objective ones.

but some how his fans said he did it against conor???