What got you interested in boxing?

[erics44]

me dad


hes irish and it was at the time Baz was ruling the world

[Lefty08]

My earliest boxing memory is one night when my family gathered together to watch Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. I was real young, five or six and remember him getting knocked down and sit up with blood coming down his face. My only thought was "that's a lot of blood." and my family was in shock. I think it might've been the fight against De La Hoya, and they were all rooting for Chavez. Being Mexican American, boxing was always present growing up.

It wasn't until high school that I became more interested in it. I wasn't much for team sports, boxing stood out to me simply because of the 1 on 1 factor. It's all on you, and no one else. So I worked up the courage to find a gym and began training. I started at 18, and did it on and off over the years. I'm 26 now and have accumulated five amateur fights with plans on becoming pro before regret and old age claim me. I love the sport and the feeling of just you and the other guy in there and nothing else mattering. It's a real living in the moment and testing what you're made of. Plus it's a great way to stay in shape both in and out of the ring

[generalbulldog]

The ring card girls actually. I forgot which fight it was, but I was around 8 or 9 and saw one of those ring card girls and it drew me in to the boxing match my dad and uncles were watching. I was waiting to see the ring card girls again, then ended up watching the fight and liking boxing.

Funnily enough, I don't care about the ring card girls anymore and just want to see a good match.

[chef97]

Good stuff guys! I've known a few guys from the UK and in places like Ireland and England boxing is part of everyday life for a lot of families... Dad's teach all their kids to box both boys and girls.... Right now the UK boxing scene is the world leader in our sport.... The fans over there create an electric atmosphere in the arenas and they travel well to support their fighters too...

[Sleepwalker]

I watched an old Muhammad fight documentary (about 2 hours long) which covered to time frame of him in the Olympics to his rematch win over Leon Spinks. Filled with fight footage, interviews and outside the ring coverage.

Prior to this, I had little knowledge of Ali's history (the Liston upset, suspension from boxing, Frazier fight, etc...), so it was as if I was watching his career unfold in real time. I watched the Frazier fight completely clueless about the result and was shocked that Frazier came out of top....decades after the fight actually happened.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Frank Bruno
Mike Tyson
Barry McGuigan
Prince Naseem
Benn/ Eubank/ Watson
Evander Holyfield
Lennox Lewis
Knockout Kings on PS1
The Peacock Gym
Oscar DelaHoya
Fight Night Round 4 on PS2
James Toney
Emmanuel Augustus
Flyd Mayweather

In that order

[J_Undisputed]

I'd say Bruce Lee. More specifically Jeet Kun Do philosophy. As a runt, I started with wrestling, then Boxing, then kickboxing briefly, Muay Thai... moving along studying all forms of combat from Hockey fights (used to play) to now researching Kali and krav maga... . Studying fighters and breaking down styles, stances, weight shifting, and body position and techniques ... picking up what can be blended in and discarding what is useless

Boxing holds a special place because, prior to cable it was the only one that was televised mainstream over here aside from maybe the Olympics (judo, wrestling TKD) where you could watch, analyze and glean from the pros in competition. (Even now, many martial arts on cable are exhibitions, not real world applications.) So I spent most of my time watching it and breaking down in my head why the best were the best. Fighters like Ali, Tyson, Roy stood out because stylistically they were extreme for their time but still so effective. Ali's movement, Roy's everything... I mean Cus coached patterson and torres but there was something about the speed and compactness of tyson under him that brought the style to a pinnacle.

[erics44]

frank bruno
mike tyson
barry mcguigan
prince naseem
benn/ eubank/ watson
evander holyfield
lennox lewis
knockout kings on ps1
the peacock gym
oscar delahoya
fight night round 4 on ps2
james toney
emmanuel augustus
flyd mayweather

in that order

bruuuuuuunnnnnnnooo

[Primo Carnera]

frank bruno
mike tyson
barry mcguigan
prince naseem
benn/ eubank/ watson
evander holyfield
lennox lewis
knockout kings on ps1
the peacock gym
oscar delahoya
fight night round 4 on ps2
james toney
emmanuel augustus
flyd mayweather

in that order

bruuuuuuunnnnnnnooo

You put Mayweather down on that list! You 2 faced fucker!! 😂😂😂
Secret Mayweather lover!

[Yuzo]

when we were kids do any of you remember playing hot hand?

[Master]

when we were kids do any of you remember playing hot hand?

no

[Primo Carnera]

when we were kids do any of you remember playing hot hand?

Did it involve a magnifying glass?

[Batman]

when we were kids do any of you remember playing hot hand?

Is that basically slaps? If so then yes, no idea what the relevance is though

[Yuzo]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_hands

theres this saying in boxing. they say you cant play boxing. not so sure this is true.

boxing is just a game of hot hand. but with punches, counter punches, counter counter punches, slipping motions.

when guys walk into boxing gyms they suddenly have amensia. they dont remember anymore. you have to teach these guys how to play hot hand again. but with punches, counter punches, counter counter punches, slipping motions.

[Dia bando]

With my Dad in the 60s Cooper Clay just went on from there.
My son watched boxing with me and went onto box himself, I am 56 and my son is 25 and we still watch boxing together, weather on TV or we go to watch live .