Boxing rivals - who do you like?

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  1. steve_dave

    steve_dave Hard As Fuck

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    Big boxing rivalries often split fans down the middle. So, who were you rooting for during these bouts? Feel free to add your own.

    Benn/Eubank - Eubank
    De La Hoya/Trinidad - Trinidad
    Lewis/Tyson - Lewis
    Holyfield/Bowe - Bowe
    Holyfield/Tyson - Holyfield
    De La Hoya/Mosley - Mosley
    Hopkins/Jones - Jones
    Morales/MAB - MAB
    Marquez/Pacquiao - Pacquiao
    Morales/Pacquiao - Pacquiao
    Leonard/Hearns - Leonard
    Leonard/Duran - Leonard
    Hagler/Leonard - Leonard
    Lewis/Holyfield - Lewis
    Cotto/Margarito - Cotto
    De La Hoya/Vargas - De La Hoya

    That's all for now, literally 100s of examples to draw from. Who were you rooting for?
     
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    Erratic "Twinkle Toes" McJack

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    De La Hoya/Trinidad - Trinidad
    Lewis/Tyson - Tyson
    Holyfield/Bowe - Holyfield
    Holyfield/Tyson - Holyfield
    De La Hoya/Mosley - DLH
    Hopkins/Jones - Didn't care
    Morales/MAB - Barrera
    Marquez/Pacquiao - Pacquiao
    Morales/Pacquiao - Pacquiao
    Lewis/Holyfield - Holyfield
    Cotto/Margarito - Cotto
    De La Hoya/Vargas - De La Hoya
     
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    Benn/Eubank - Benn
    De La Hoya/Trinidad - Trinidad
    Lewis/Tyson - Lewis
    Holyfield/Bowe - Holyfield
    Holyfield/Tyson - Holyfield
    De La Hoya/Mosley - Mosley
    Hopkins/Jones - Hopkins
    Morales/MAB - MAB
    Marquez/Pacquiao - Pacquiao
    Morales/Pacquiao - Pacquiao
    Leonard/Hearns - Hearns
    Leonard/Duran - Duran
    Hagler/Leonard - Hagler
    Lewis/Holyfield - Lewis
    Cotto/Margarito - Cotto
    De La Hoya/Vargas - Vargas (not as a guy, but I admired him a lot for his brave show with Tito)
     
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    Benn/Eubank - Eubank
    De La Hoya/Trinidad - DLH
    Lewis/Tyson - Tyson
    Holyfield/Bowe - equal
    Holyfield/Tyson - Tyson
    De La Hoya/Mosley - DLH
    Hopkins/Jones - Hopkins
    Morales/MAB - was MAB at the time, now Morales
    Marquez/Pacquiao - Marquez
    Morales/Pacquiao - Equal
    Leonard/Hearns - equal
    Leonard/Duran - fgw,hjfgwdjfygwd,chjg clown rings
    Hagler/Leonard - I thought Leonard sneaked it but there was stink involved
    Lewis/Holyfield - equal
    Cotto/Margarito - equal
    De La Hoya/Vargas - De La Hoya
     
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    puerto rock WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    De La Hoya/Trinidad - Trinidad
    Lewis/Tyson - Tyson
    Holyfield/Bowe - Bowe
    Holyfield/Tyson - Tyson
    De La Hoya/Mosley - Mosley
    Hopkins/Jones - Jones
    Morales/MAB - Barrera
    Marquez/Pacquiao - Pacquiao
    Morales/Pacquiao - Pacquiao
    Lewis/Holyfield - Lewis
    Cotto/Margarito - Cotto
    De La Hoya/Vargas - Vargas
     
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    Benn/Eubank - Benn
    De La Hoya/Trinidad - Trinidad
    Lewis/Tyson - Lewis
    Holyfield/Bowe - Holyfield
    Holyfield/Tyson - Holyfield
    De La Hoya/Mosley - Mosley
    Hopkins/Jones - Hopkins
    Morales/MAB - Morales
    Marquez/Pacquiao - Marquez
    Morales/Pacquiao - Morales
    Leonard/Hearns - Hearns
    Leonard/Duran - Duran
    Hagler/Leonard - Hagler
    Lewis/Holyfield - Lewis
    Cotto/Margarito - Margarito:scared2:
    De La Hoya/Vargas - De La Hoya


    Almost completely opposite of you steve.
     
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  7. Slice N Dice

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    Cool thread.

    Benn/Eubank - Benn, although I didn't watch the first fight
    De La Hoya/Trinidad - Trinidad at the time for some reason, I realised he wasn't that good after this fight
    Lewis/Tyson - Lewis
    Holyfield/Bowe - Holyfield
    Holyfield/Tyson - Holyfield
    De La Hoya/Mosley - Mosley
    Hopkins/Jones - Didn't watch the first fight, I was rooting for Roys corpse in the rematch though
    Morales/MAB - MAB for the first fight, Morales for the others
    Marquez/Pacquiao - Pacquiao
    Morales/Pacquiao - Pacquiao
    Leonard/Hearns - No preference
    Leonard/Duran - No preference
    Hagler/Leonard - No preference
    Lewis/Holyfield - Lewis
    Cotto/Margarito - Cotto
    De La Hoya/Vargas - De La Hoya
     
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  8. Neil

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    i wont speak on fights i didnt see live or have a rooting interest in, prior to them taking place.
     
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    steve_dave Hard As Fuck

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    Yeah, honestly, I had been drinking when I made this thread and probably got a little carried away. :lol:
     
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  10. cdogg187

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    I thought the idea was more "which guy do you prefer as a guy? who would you root for?"

    If it was "who did you pick to win?" my responses would be different for some of these
     
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    his first post asks who you were rooting for. hard to root for a guy if you werent really paying attention to boxing when the fight occurred. i was 2 years old when duran fought leonard.
     
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    Benn/Eubank - Benn
    De La Hoya/Trinidad - Trinidad
    Lewis/Tyson - Didn't root, was fine with how it played out
    Holyfield/Bowe - Bowe
    Holyfield/Tyson - Holyfield
    De La Hoya/Mosley - Mosley
    Hopkins/Jones - Jones
    Morales/MAB - Couldn't decide
    Marquez/Pacquiao - Couldn't decide
    Morales/Pacquiao - Couldn't decide
    Leonard/Hearns - Didn't have a rooting interest at time
    Leonard/Duran - Didn't have a rooting interest at time
    Hagler/Leonard - Hagler
    Lewis/Holyfield - Lewis
    Cotto/Margarito - Cotto
    De La Hoya/Vargas - Double DQ
     
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  13. steve_dave

    steve_dave Hard As Fuck

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    It's who were you rooting for
     
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    cdogg187 GLADYS

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    gotcha, same here.
     
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    De La Hoya/Trinidad - Delahoya
    Lewis/Tyson - Tyson
    Holyfield/Tyson - Tyson
    De La Hoya/Mosley - DLH
    Hopkins/Jones - Jones
    Morales/MAB - Morales
    Marquez/Pacquiao - Marquez(I rooted for PAC in the 3rd fight tho)
    Morales/Pacquiao - Morales
    Cotto/Margarito - Cotto
    De La Hoya/Vargas - De La Hoya
    Trinidad/Vargas- Vargas
     
    The Ripper, Dec 26, 2011
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