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When Deagol found it, it had been lost for a long time, and would have been desperately trying to be found. So it would have been exerting its will very strongly. Whereas when Boromir was around it, it had already been found for a long time. It wouldn't have been as desperate as it was when Deagol found it and Smeagol felt it's pull.
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But it had been found, by Deagol. If there was nothing to choose between the two, why not stay with him? I suspect that it sensed that Smeagol was more susceptible and therefore chose to work its wiles on him. That doesn't make Smeagol evil from the outset, but it does suggest that there was more there for the Ring to work on than with Deagol.
As for Boromir, I feel that the Ring would have been keen to escape from Frodo, having not intended to fall into Hobbit hands in the first place (it would have preferred a Goblin when it escaped Gollum), and Frodo was displaying a remarkable resistance to its wiles. Boromir, being the son of the Steward of Gondor, was a prime target. So I am sure that it worked on him just as much as it had worked on Smeagol. And Boromir resisted for a good few months, unlike Smeagol.