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

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Originally Posted by boozeboxer

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.

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Hatton magee was a pretty damn good fight...action packed

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Originally Posted by eagle

It is surprising i still like boxing as the first fight i watched was Fenech v Nelson I!! After that debacle of a scorecard i should have been put of boxing forever!

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Wright - Trinidad for me, that is the fight which got me into boxing and made me a fan. It demonstrated that it truly was an art, not just brute strength and bloodletting.

i cant remember which but its surely a tyson fight.hes a phenom then.dismantling those bigger heavies.i think its the tyson-frazier fight that made me admire the technicalities of boxing.it was always a brawl when its tyson but you have to admire his style.cus d'amato did a great job.his double right uppercut where he switches to southpaw on the second punch was out of this world man

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Originally Posted by ICB

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Originally Posted by Memphis

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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?

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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.

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Wow you remember it in some detail. How old were you in 96? That fight was on early hours of the morning right? Sounds like a right family knees up.

First fight I can remember wasnt live but I went to me nans to watch a repeat of Bruno Witherspoon. Some twat told me what happened before it started, felt gutted.

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Originally Posted by Memphis

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Originally Posted by Memphis

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.

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Wow you remember it in some detail. How old were you in 96? That fight was on early hours of the morning right? Sounds like a right family knees up.

First fight I can remember wasnt live but I went to me nans to watch a repeat of Bruno Witherspoon. Some twat told me what happened before it started, felt gutted.

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9th November 1996 what a horrible night that was for me i could have cried.:eek: I kept getting up for a drink after round 6 thinking i would hear my mum shout YES! like Tyson had got him but if didn't happen.

I actually cried when Ali/Spinks 1 happened

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Originally Posted by Trainer Monkey

I actually cried when Ali/Spinks 1 happened

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I also nearly cried when Lewis beat Tyson up for 8 rounds Tyson kept coming out round after round taking a beating it did upset me. How emotionally involved these guys make us strange.

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Originally Posted by tysonbruno

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Originally Posted by Trainer Monkey

I actually cried when Ali/Spinks 1 happened

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I also nearly cried when Lewis beat Tyson up for 8 rounds Tyson kept coming out round after round taking a beating it did upset me. How emotionally involved these guys make us strange.

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I really dont think so,growing up in the 70's or the 60's,Ali was god allmighty,I guess if I had grown up in the 80's it would have been Sugar Ray,Tyson
But in both those decades,boxing was still big time
There really hasnt been a boxer in some time that really captivated the way they did back then,for various reasons.Im not saying there havent been great fights or fighters, but just not that captivate factor.
To put it in perspective, when was the last time you remember a major company hiring a boxer for their ad campaign in the States?

I know it wasn't the first I watched but its the one that sticks out the most from the "old" days lol

Chris Eubank Vs Michael Watson I.