Foreman was an animal when he was young he once said he did'nt train to beat a man he trained to kill him
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Foreman was an animal when he was young he once said he did'nt train to beat a man he trained to kill him
I was watching boxing ever since I can remember...influenced by my dad mainly because he was big boxing fan---huge Duran fan. So for the first years of my life we are watching all mainly Duran and he is having me root for Duran. As i got to be about four or five I can remember really starting to think for myself, when, during the Duran-Leonard fight, I decided that I liked the other boxer better. I think it was at the end when they both raised their hands and Duran grabbed Leonards and pulled them down. Or maybe because Duran just seemed so mean and Leonard was always smiling and that garners more trust and/or favoritism from a kid. Anyway, it was the first great sports rivalry we had between father and son.
So that little jog down memory lane revisited, my favorite fighters growing up were...
Roberto Duran
Sugar Ray Leonard
"Iron" Mike Tyson (i know...i know...some might say a poor choice for a hero, but growing up, who didnt have him here?)
"The Real Deal" Evander Holyfield
Tommy "The Duke" Morrison
Muhammad Ali
"The Professor" Azumah Nelson
Roy Jones Jr.
Lennox Lewis
James "Lights Out" Toney
Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins
Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker
Julio Cesar Chavez
George Foreman (2nd comeback)
:coolclick:Quote:
Originally Posted by Trainer Monkey
You beat me to the punch!! I was seriously thinking of both of them.
Have to add in
Hagler
SRL
and of course Tyson.
I remember thinking I wished my name was Mike cause the big 3 at the time was Mike Tyson, Mike Jordan, and Mike Jackson. They were on the top of their respective professions at the same time. I'm talking about Michael Jackson when he was "Bad". Not the white girl.
Ever hear the Warren Zevon song about Boom Boom?Quote:
Originally Posted by luvfightgame
Heres the lyrics,its one of my faves
Boom Boom Mancini
Hurry home early hurry on home
Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon
Hurry home early hurry on home
Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon
>From Youngstown, Ohio, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini
A lightweight contender, like father like son
He fought for the title with Frias in Vegas
And he put him away in round number one
Hurry home early hurry on home
Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon
Hurry home early hurry on home
Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon
When Alexis Arguello gave Boom Boom a beating
Seven weeks later he was back in the ring
Some have the speed and the right combinations
If you can't take the punches, it don't mean a thing
Hurry home early hurry on home
Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon
Hurry home early hurry on home
Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon
When they asked him who was responsible
For the death of Du Koo Kim
He said, "Some one should have stopped the fight
And told me it was him."
They made hypocrite judgements after the fact
But the name of the game is be hit and hit back
Hurry home early hurry on home
Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon
Hurry home early hurry on home
Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon
Pernell Whitaker is my favorite fighter of all time, and my childhood hero. I started school in Norfolk, Virginia at the height of Sweet Pea's popularity, around 94. Honestly, he was my first favorite sports team. And he was a fighter. Ingleside, Elementary 8) One of the best moments of my early childhood was him coming to my school when I was in kindergarten. Absolutely insane in there. Just the feeling of the excitement, I've never seen so much excitement at a school. Kindergarten and I can still remember it like it was yestarday. When he came on stage, I was in front because it was the lower grades in front, and it was the wierdest thing seeing a proper, refined school teacher old enough to be my mom SCREAMING for Whitaker. He was wearing a Norfolk Tides baseball jersey and black shorts and the mayor was there. He took a picture with us kindergartners and it was on the front page of the newspaper. My mom had it until a flood took everything :(
Shea Neary, my dad was in the army with him and I went to see him a few times at everton park when I was 5-6.
I didn't really start watching boxing til i was 17 and the first real fight i ever watched was ali-chuvalo 1 on espn classic. After that, the rest is history.
Archie Moore, Floyd Patterson and later on, Emile Griffith.
Joe Louis,Marven Hagler,Rocky Marciano and HolyfieldQuote:
Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
Besides my boxing smart uncle who shares the same name as my father and I...
Jake LaMotta. The movie Raging Bull was out and I thought the nickname sounded tuff. I actually didn't have a favorite fighter until I got older. It was the sport itself that I loved at first. I remember watching my moms brothers boxing and thinking it was sooo damn cool.
My uncle would force the gloves on you and make you spar with him. Young or old, male or female. It did not matter.
I would cry and tell my mom when he hit me.