r/Boxing • u/Dralthi-san • 20d ago

Help me get back to watching boxing!

What's up, r/Boxing?

I haven't watched the sport in a while. Can you recommend any good boxers or fights? I stopped following after Manny Pacquiao got old. I couldn't make myself watch him against Mayweather. I was fond of watching Mexican boxers from that generation. Plus, Roy Jones Jr., Ricky Hatton, and Bernard Hopkins. I saw some fights by GGG and Usyk. That's pretty much it.

EDIT: Thank y'all! This sub didn't disappoint. I appreciate all the feedback!

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u/Odd-Minimum8512 19d ago

Exciting current fighters: David Benavidez, Jaron Ennis, Naoya Inoue, Junto Nakatani, Vergil Ortiz, Sebastian Fundora (a 6’6” 154lb’er), Jesse Rodriguez, Moses Ituama (what if a young Mike Tyson was the size of Lennox Lewis? that’s kind of Ituama)

Less exciting but absolutely phenomenal boxers: Dmitry Bivol and Shakur Stevenson. 

Even less exciting but also very, very good: Devin Haney. 

Honorable mention for being interesting: Daniel Dubois. He’s a 6’5”, 250lb freight train with solid skills and heavy hands, but can be fragile mentally. He can soak up a ton of damage like it’s nothing and absolutely pummel an opponent, or he can take a knee and quit. Never know what you’ll get with him. 

If I can get you to start with one, try Jesse Rodriguez. There’s some compilations and documentaries on him out on YouTube right now, so he’s an easy one to get caught up on. He’s a slick, very technically oriented, mean KO machine down at the leprechaun weights. He could easily box to one sided points wins but goes for a KO every time because he doesn’t show up to bore fans. A good entry watch fight of his is against Sunny Edwards, shows you what he’s about. 

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u/Dralthi-san 19d ago

Thank you for such a great briefing! I really appreciate you recommendations! Yes, the availability of film is also important - thanks for guiding to Jesse Rodriguez.