The first fight you watched live on tv and made you a boxing fan?

I cannot remember because I have watched so many.....thinking really hard I do remember watching one of Barry McGuigan fights when I was really young. But watching Muhammed Ali & Mike Tyson fight's really got me hooked.


Job Biscuit (What a great question)!!!


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Originally Posted by CutMeMick

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Originally Posted by Scrap

Marciano v Cockell ;D

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You sure it wasn't Jack Johnson vs. Jess Willard? :)

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Hahahaha - He's done you there Scrap. ;D

Anyway the question was which fight did you see on TV, not fight were you ringside in the corner - so it def can't be Marciano v Cockell ;D

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Originally Posted by ICB

Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield 1.

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What did you think about the fight at the time mate?

H actually listened to it on Radio, then about four days later watched it on the TV. Stayed up with my Grandfather who was a Big Boxing Fan. The commentary on the Radio we was Robbed, on the TV He got Bashed up ;D

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H actually listened to it on Radio, then about four days later watched it on the TV. Stayed up with my Grandfather who was a Big Boxing Fan. The commentary on the Radio we was Robbed, on the TV He got Bashed up ;D

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What Johnson v Willard ;)
































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Tyson vs Bruno I

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Originally Posted by Scrap

Marciano v Cockell ;D

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You sure it wasn't Jack Johnson vs. Jess Willard? :)

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Either one makes him older than me.. :cool:

Off camera fight, 1964 Ali Vs Liston

On TV.. Don't remember

I vaguely remember Ali v Holmes and Holmes v Conney hype but not the fight. Also remember McGuigan v Pedrosa on BBC and Herol Graham but it was the Tyson v Berbick fight that got me hooked.

My uncle used to watch a lot of boxing when I was a kid, but I really didn't care for it.

First fight I can remember watching was Lennox/Tyson. I knew fuck all about boxing then, but everyone knows Tyson was a killer so I figured he would kill this British guy in a few minutes. Tyson got smoked obviously and I left disappointed.

Next fight I watched was Kirk Johnson vs John Ruiz that same summer. They were making a big deal out of it here in Canada because they thought Johnson would become the first Canadian HW champ of the world. So we watched that, Johnson got DQed and I still though boxing was boring compared to MMA (which I was a huge fan of).

Finally a couple of months later I watched Roy Jones vs Clinton Woods which came on free TV. I tuned in because I heard Jones had very fast hands. I was blown away by how fast he was. Like I said I was a huge MMA fan and I thought some of those guys were fast, but next to Jones they looked like they were punching in slow motion. I got bigger into boxing after that, started watching and reading up as much as I could on it and here I am today.

So there you have it, ROy Jones JR made me a boxing fan.

DAMN, some of you are really old school!

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DAMN, some of you are really old school!

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Some, more than others and don't you forget that Sonny :rolleyes: ;)

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Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield 1.

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What did you think about the fight at the time mate?

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Ahh mate it was crazy i remember all my family coming round to watch it, it was like Godzilla vs King Kong at the time for me. I remember mostly everyone thinking Mike Tyson would win the hype was crazy.

What a great night it was though i remember people jumping up and down, shouting you name it. I was just in awe at the exchanges, heart, will, skill. I had seen nothing like it before, and that fight made me a fan for life. And after that i would get my grandad to tell me all his stories about his boxing days and etc.

Michael Carbajhal-Joge Arce

I really started watching after Magee Hatton I think. After that I started watching old fights and it has deterioated into a madness of pugilism.

Ali/Spinks 1 was my first real fight I ever seen because my Father was such a huge fan,,,Was not really sure of what went on but just my Dada was upset over it...The rematch made me a fan...Again not too sure about what went on at the time but I knew Ali won it made my Dad happy so I was happy...from then on I was hooked