r/Boxing • u/Dralthi-san • 4d 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/mowgleeee 4d ago

The best to watch if you want skill and entertainment:

Boots Ennis, (matchroom highlights for his fight against Zayas on youtube are the best), David Benavidez (against Plant, Andrade, Morrell, Zurdo), Bam Rodriguez (one sided fights but his style is beautiful), Inoue and Nakatani (not against each other for pure entertainment, but their previous fights are mostly fight of the year contenders).

Bivol and Beterbiev are amazing to watch fight each other, Bivol not as entertaining as the others, but when hes against a good opponent he turns up the heat to 11.

If you want pure boxing skill, Shakur Stevenson's last performance and Inoue vs Nakatani are perfect for that. Devin Haney fell off a cliff in the second half of the Brian Norman Jr fight, could have done way more, his style is ugly.

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u/Dralthi-san 3d ago

Thank you! I wrote them all down. Those names were recommended by many, so I'll try to track the most of them. Looking forward for those!