The Legend of Foreman, which lead to the legend of ALI. I read books, biographies, saw biographies, movies, and classic fights.
I wasn't REALLY interested into current boxing until I saw Gatti Ward I.
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The Legend of Foreman, which lead to the legend of ALI. I read books, biographies, saw biographies, movies, and classic fights.
I wasn't REALLY interested into current boxing until I saw Gatti Ward I.
As a kid I grew up watching Euabank, Benn and Watson on ITV....I was hooked from that moment on...
I think the first Pay Per View fight was a Larry Holmes vs Spinks fight in 1985. Don't quote me on that but I am almost sure of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by stebs
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Pay-per-view has been around since the 1970s, when the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers began using the system after winning the championship in the 1977 season. During that time, it was operated on a few pay-TV services such as Z Channel, SelecTV, and ON TV in select markets throughout the 1980s.
In 1985, the first U.S. cable channels devoted to Pay-Per-View Viewer's Choice Canada, Cable Video Store, and Request TV began operation within days of each other. Viewers Choice was available to both home satellite dish and cable customers, while Request was available to cable viewers but would not be available to dish owners until the 1990s.
However, the term "pay-per-view" wasn't widely used until the 1990s, when companies like iN DEMAND, HBO, and Showtime started using the system to show movies and some of their productions. In Demand would show movies, concerts, and other events, with prices ranging from $3.99 to $49.99, while HBO and Showtime, with their legs TVKO and SET Pay Per View, would offer championship boxing, with prices ranging from $14.99 to $54.99.
ESPN has shown college football and basketball games on pay-per-view. The boxing undercard Latin Fury, shown on June 28 of 2003, became ESPN's first boxing pay-per-view card and also the first pay-per-view boxing card held in Puerto Rico. Pay-per-view is also a very important revenue stream for professional wrestling companies like WWE, which shows fifteen pay-per-view events a year, and TNA, which initially offered weekly pay-per-view in lieu of a national cable television show but now offers monthly pay-per-views like WWE. World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) currently holds the rank for most PPV's sold per year.
For me it was Sugar Ray Leonard who lit my fuse.
what the hell are u a consultant for PPV or something? haahaQuote:
Originally Posted by Danny_G
Same here mate, also Jimmy 'Shea' Neary and Frank Bruno, they are the first guys I remember watching. ITV used to cover boxing really well, my memories of those days are fond indeed.Quote:
Originally Posted by miles
Matthew Saad Muhammad -v- Yaqui Lopez 2.
Best fight ever IMO. :army: :beerchug:
Ahhh....Saad Muhamad.....Now theres a fighter who never had a dull fight!Quote:
Originally Posted by Syntax Error
Kerry, good cll.....ccQuote:
Originally Posted by kerry0774
It consisted of 4 beers, 2 joints, and Gatti/Ward I
ayala-barrera like 3 yrs ago
It's a cross ...aye!?
I remember the old ABC days, where guys used to get koed real brutal like...
That and the Tyson vs Spinks match.
After that I was hooked!
:o
BUT you only went to see rjj kicks ruiz's arse though....right? Coz thats acceptable but if you went to see ruiz then yeah...shame on you ;) ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by TheBESTP4P
it was iron mike tyson vs pinklon thomas but ive always loved boxing dating back to my childhood 5 yrs old watching rocky!rocky and tyson were a huge influance on me for sure!!
Haha me too! :coolclick:Quote:
Originally Posted by miles
I do remember being about 6 years old when Bruno and Tyson were about to sqaure off for the 1st time.
Of course Bruno was a big celebrity plus he used to train round the corner to me 9and sign aurographs at my local market) so i was aware of boxing back then too. ;D
julio cesar chavez vs. meldrick taylor
2 seconds left and the fight was stopped
and dont forget tyson vs. holyfield 2 - that really hooked me up
the controversies actually made me a fan
i thought boxing is just like any other combat sport
but im wrong, you wouldnt see someone in any other sport
biting-off his opponents ear?
:ears: not even in UFC
when i was 12 watching barry mcguigan defeat eusebio pedroza
ali got me hooked onto boxing. not sure what fight it was.