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For me it was the Big John Tate-Mike Weaver heavyweight title fight...first fight i ever watched, for fourteen rounds I was bored outta my mind watching Tate easily outbox Weaver and then in the final round....bam...hook off the ropes and Tate is done...I think to this day it's those sudden fight turning moments when a guy appears beaten and bewildered and then somehow against all odds pulls out a last minute victory...that keep me hooked on this wondeful sport.
the first fight i remember watching was tyson vs douglas i was 9 and my father never liked tyson. he let me stay up watch it with him and my uncle and when tyson got floored they where yellin and screamin and the excitment was overpowering i was hooked from then on in. i also remember hearing our landlord upstairs jumping up and down and screaming too. i guess he didnt like mike either.
michael nunn vs. sumbu kalambay
1st fight i went to and had ever seen (i was 9, i think)
it didnt even last a full round, but i was hooked
Lester Ellis Vs Barry Michael for the IBF world lightweight title. Barry held Lester up for most of the last round, just so it would go the distance.2 aussie warriors! Also as a very young boy i saw a bout on TV where someone from the crowd,in Oz, jumped in the ring and started belting one of the boxers. Before you knew it, the ref beat the living hell out of the ring intruder. The refs name was Charky Ramon, an ex world champion. That was awesome, that idiot who ran in the ring ended up eating steak through a straw for months. :badass:
I was like 8 or 9 when I saw Donald Curry destroy Milton McCrory and become the man at Welterweight. I been watching boxing ever since
not sure what fight it was.... but it was definately roy jones!! think it was probably roy vs vinni paz!!
and also watching tyson fight, and some barrera..
early boxing days i would just watch certain fighters in particular before it really took me over lol
peace
Mike Tyson v Carl the truth Williams
Nigel Benn and Rod Douglas amateur fight in 1985.
Watching Tyson fight his way to the undisputed Heavyweight crown. Watched as much as I could at that time. Then I started losing interest when all of the good fights went to PPV. IMO PPV has ruined the fan base of boxing.
You are absolutely right....that and the lazy promoters out there who keep there fighters away from the interesting fights.Quote:
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Balboa-Creed 1
What a war... :P
i think it was a fight on big fight live. it was such a good fight and it got me hooked
John L. Sullivan v Jake Kilrain.
That was a great war, I was only young but I was there in my ancestor's ball-sack, and really enjoyed the atmosphere and everything.
I was also at the fight between Castor and Pollux, just before the Trojan War, but that was different reincarnation, so I don't know whether it counts.
Not really sure, Maybe Bruno Vs McCall
Some of the first first fights I remember watching where:
Henry Wharton Vs Vincenzo Nardiello
Joe Calzaghe Vs Mark Delaney
Wayne McCullough Vs Jose Luis Bueno
when i was about 6 or 7 first fight i watched was tyson vs holyfield i remember hype surronding fight i remember when holyfield knocked him down i was on edge of my seat jumping around so thats basically what hooked me on boxing
I remember watching alot of Hearns/Hagleer/Duran/Leonard/Holmes fights with my pops as a young boy but I think the one that hooked me was 12 or 13 years old and watching the Taylor vs JCC fight. Everything you love and hate in boxing right there.
I was with my uncles. I was 5 or 6 in the mist of a party filled with beer and green smoke. The fight was Sugar Ray versus Donny Lalonde. I vaguely remember Ray being knocked down early. Later in the fight, he finished off Donny in exciting fashion. I remember Donny lost his voice in the post fight interview.
Buster Douglas Vs Mike Tyson
after that anything can happen on any given night.
Not a fight, one man - Mike Tyson
Ali VS Spinks...It was the first fight I saw in it's entirety....Ali was BOXING back then and my Dad loved him..I used to sneak in and watch the fights before that for a minute or two before I was kicked out but I was allowed to watch that one....ALI lost but I was still hooked on it
MAB v Erik Morales 1. I saw an ad on Sky Sports where there were two guys just swinging away!! It was crazy,but gave me a huge adrenaline rush! So I did a bit of research,brought MAB's career from Ebay and have been hooked ever since!
Rocky Balboa VS Ivan Drago ;D
Carbajal-Gonzales I
Not a fight.. 1 man.. John Ruiz ;D
Well, there's only one man who figures in two of my earliest boxing memories, and that is Chris 'The Cwith' Eubank, who was such a showman, and hardly ever had a dull fight, at least, i ain't seen one or remember being one that dull.
The two fights are Eubank v Benn, but most importantly, being Welsh and caring for the first time who won, it was Calzaghe Eubank. Cracking fight, went the distance, and both men were (mostly) sporting and both really put up a really good fight.
Same with me ;DQuote:
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Mine was Tyson against Botha
the first fight that got me hooked was mike tyson versus bruce seldon......my dad hyped up mike tyson to me, at the time i was like, and i asked my dad has tyson ever been beat and he said by buster douglas, i thought douglas was sum type of boxing god......but yeah mike duffed bruce seldon and i loved it
Mike Tyson v. Trevor Berbick, the first fight my dad let me watch. It was absolutely insane seeing such a dominating performance.
WHOA this is embarassing but i have to admit i was at 2 John Ruiz fights: against holyfield II and RJJ :-[Quote:
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I give you a CC just for being man enough to admit you were at not one but 2 Ruiz fights lol
hahaa CC back! u know whats funny was after the holy vs ruiz II fight i was sad and pissed cuz i lost $ on holyfield. so where did i go to cheer myself up? STRIPCLUB. and all the strippers all told me ewwwwwww jonh ruiz won? hahaha and they was latina strippers too! hahaha even the boriquas dont like him ahahahQuote:
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James Toney-Michael Nunn
Nunn handling him for the first 6 or 7 rounds, Toney starting to come back and then that left hook that was pretty much it.
Marciano v Cockell
You guys that responded to this thread are younger then me, I was in the 3rd grade and it was ALI vs Fraser, I won 50 cents on that fight, A big bet for an 8 yr old kid, but I wasn't able to see the fight live, I think it was the first fight people had pay to see it live, I do remember they had it at Cobo Hall in Detroit via sattelite or something. I was watching fights before that but can't remember who they were.
Pay Per View is what ruined boxing and has taking it away from the general public, now only the hardcore fans know who the fighters are, when I was a kid all the big fights were on ABC Wide World of Sports and everyone knew who the champions were, but back then we didn't have 4 or 5 champions in a division plus some of these divisions didn't exist.
1 fight got me back into liking boxing
Through the Tyson years it was easy to like but Wladimir Klitschko-Charles Shufford got me big into boxing...I had never seen a big guy like that BOX so well and have so much power in both hands
i was 5 years old, the fight was rocky balboa vs appolo creed......god bless sly stallone
I would say it would be the 1st fight I ever attended it was Jorge Paez Sr. vs. Elpidio Infante in Mexicali, B.C. Mexico.
watching Ali -Liston or ali-foreman on espn classic