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Boxing is easily my favorite sport, followed at a distance by American College Football, and I still watch a bit of Pro Football, but not nearly as much as I used to. (my beloved Dallas Cowboys are too depressing)
It seems like a silly question to ask on a boxing forum, but is boxing really your favorite sport?
I don't even watch anything anymore other then boxing except some High School basketball on occasion. If guys are going to make millions I like to see some passion, heart, fight and something to lose..... A pro sports game just doesn't do it for me. They buy the teams.
American Football is my favorite sport followed by boxing, then Basketball and baseball.
Football (soccer for you American sorts) used to be my number one sport, used to spend a stupid amount of money on it going to games but, over the past two years, boxing has become my #1 sport. To the point of I can happily not watch a Manchester United game which I never thought would be possible.
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Originally Posted by MMASUX
Boxing and hockey are 1a and 1b for me. Nothing else even comes close.
I probably like watching boxing more, but my favorite sports team is the Vancouver Canucks and I'm definitely more emotionally invested in them than I am in any fighter(s).
boxing, hockey, basketball
Boxing then quite a bit back cricket, football and then tennis.
There is nothing finer than watching two men hit each other in the head.
yeah I like rounders and I really like playing monopoly.
football and boxing
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Originally Posted by miles
i love boxing
Boxing is not just my favourite sport it's one of my favourite things ever :p
If i'm not working, or spending time with family then i'll be watching it, reading about it, thinking about it lol im a right geek. My knowledge on it has suffered as i have got older and acquired responsibilities such as bills and my daughter etc but still takes up a lot of my spare time i just dont get to stay on top of it like i did before.
A few years ago i would have passed up nights out if there was a big fight on because i wanted to watch it live but didnt want to watch it drunk where as now i'll happily catch the repeat in the morning with a hang over.
Done a little bit of amateur boxing but 27 now, when i leave the army i might have 1 last crack at it and dedicate myself for a couple of years just to be able to say i did and i'm relatively fit so wouldnt take a long time to get back in to it.
Not interested in football (soccer) although i do follow palace (yeah yeah i know!) but thats about it. I cant stand watching it on tv but will go to a match if alcohol will be present.
big fan of motocross too as i used to race schoolboy and have a bike that i take to the track when i have time but not too fussed about watching it on tv anymore as i dont follow it closely enough.
The thing for me is i find it hard to respect any other sports they are all paid too much for what they do i know boxers are paid but they live the life for months to prepare for a fight and that must be mentally tough and get themselves to the point where they probably couldnt be much fitter. I love the fact that its 1 on 1 and its all on the individual when it matters, there are no team mates to blame. I actually respect cyclists and rowers etc more than footballers and the rest.
Boxing is definitely my favourite sport! ;D
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Still in the Army eh? Thanks for serving! :beerchug:
For me, nothing beats a good fight for excitement, boxing beats the hell out of what ever sport comes in 2nd, which in my case is College FB.
And I get a kick out of watching the London marathon
it was my first love
Womens gymnastics and tennis are up there but fisticuffs is an addiction I seek no cure for.
You betcha!
Well I quite like naked twister!
U guys should try it, bloody fun ya know!!
You guys will hate me for this but MMA is my favorite sport followed by boxing then rugby and i guess football.
It's a close second to football (soccer) for me. I'm just so much more emotionally involved with Sunderland. I've experienced great highs (for a club of our stature) following them and horrific lows. I just can't get that attached to any particular fighter. I do love boxing but as a fan it doesn't mean quite as much to me. Football's the only thing that can completely ruin my weekend if we lose (which we've been doing a lot of lately)
I like plenty of other sports like American Football, golf, bit of tennis. But those are nowhere near the other 2.
Boxing is the best followed by soccer.
Actually boxing is the best and my favorite but naked twister is my second fav!
I would have to say volleyball is my favorite sport. I played in high school, college, and I made a career out of it so that's #1 without hesitation. American Football and boxing come next. If you couldn't tell the Jets have been my avatar for as long as I ever had on Saddo. Then comes tennis. I think it's the closest sport, mentally, to boxing. It's just you and your opponent.
YOU are the MAN! I've thought that to be true for a long time as well. It is a thinking man's test of wills, fitness matters, there are many ways to play and win and it isn't over as long as there is a single point to be played.Quote:
Originally Posted by C-Lo
Yes, boxing is my favorite sport.
Boxing is number one for me. I grew up playing basketball and still watch a lot of games but if it comes down to watching my favorite team or a FNF with boxers I know next to nothing about I'll still choose to watch the FNF. I was born in the US and moved back when I was 18, but most of my childhood and teenage years were abroad so American style football has never had much appeal to me. I've skateboarded more than half my life and still do at least 3 days a week but it is not really comparable to being a fan of a sport.
Boxing then katate
to watch boxing
to participate in: none;D never had a sport:eek:
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Katate, did you mean 'Karate' or is this a sport i'm not familiar with? If you meant Karate, the great thing about that is, it gets you in fantastic shape.
Spectator sport: Boxing is now, but it wasn't always. American Football used to be but since I worked overseas assignments for 18 years I got used to not following.
Playing on team sport: Football, Baseball & Basketball in that order but the order changed to Baseball & Basketball, no more football because just about everyone got seriously hurt usually by order of the oldest guy on the field. We quite our annual turkey bowl when the last guy ruptured his spleen.
Its not just my favourite sport, I'd say its an obsession. Every morning I get up an hour earlier than I need to so I can check what's going on today on here and fightnews etc. Then as soon as I finish work I do the same again. I have well over a hundred different Boxing history books (some are over 50 years old, passed down from my grandad), I get boxing News delivered every thursday morning and I used to also buy The Ring every month until I got fed up of reading previews to fights that had already been on. The family holiday has had to be cancelled and re arranged this year because we were flying on the 2nd July, not now, there is a small matter of David Haye vs Wladimir Klitschko which HAS to be watched live. It's bad enough that I can't go and see the fight in person because of this Holiday, I'm not watching it the day after too. We are now flying on the sunday night.
I hope and pray that the HW division comes back to life so that the general public start taking an interest again and boxing once again becomes a back page sport rather than a sport that gets one page a week at best. I've become a fan of David Haye, someone who if he was around in the days of Lennox, Evander and Tyson, I wouldn't have given much thought because I see him as a possible saviour of the worst HW era of all time. I respect the game of Wlad Klitschko but hate it at the same time because his safety first jab and grab style has made the general publics attitude towards boxing change to "if thats the best boxings glamour division has to offer I'm not bothered for it". And that is something I have heard a lot of people say. There is so much interest in the July 2nd fight because people want to see if Haye can get to his chin and detonate or at least be awkward enough to make Wlad change his style and fight. Not all the blame can be placed on Wlad though, the rest of the division are a disgrace (with the exception of Haye and Vitali), It's as though they have looked at the K Bros and thought "bigger is better" and just added fat to a body that should weigh 210-230lbs to make it upto 250-260lbs. But the Klitschkos are naturally huge men who are at their natural weight, which is why they are so hard to beat. The likes of Solis and Arreola (Arreola may have seen the light, only time will truly tell) could be much more serious fighters in the division if they just trained hard and ate properly. I'm not sure either would beat a Klitschko but they could certainly put up a better fight than they did if they were in real shape. I could get into lots of things that are damaging the sport I love right now, including PBF-Pac and the way every top fight is PPV, but I don't have time right now so I'll leave it with that. Rant over lol.
Yes you could say boxing is my favourite sport, I love football (soccer) too and my beloved Burnley FC do deserve a mention, but it is a country mile behind boxing. As a great man once said, What's so crazy about standing toe-to-toe with someone saying "I am"?
Geezus Christmas I hope so!Quote:
Originally Posted by fan johnny
Does playing marbles count??
It's up there but will always be behind football for me.
Don't think I am into it as much as I used to be - current situations like the Pac v PBF not happening don't help.
I became a big fan in late 80s when I was around 16. The Tyson era and the Eubank-Benn-Watson era over here in the UK. Couldn't beat the excitement of a live fight when two big names were going toe to toe and you just had no idea who might win (ok with Tyson you did pre 90 but you just loved watching him destroy people).
A huge Benn fan I then became a massive Lewis fan into the 90s so that carried my interest on and made me take a wider interest, in histioric bouts too, and at one point in mid 90s I knew the records of all the major players across all the weight classes. Then of course the internet came along and I met people like you lot on the Naz forum (loved watching him fight but never really warmed to him ) which then led to here.
Now unless its shown on Sky I don't get to see many of the main men fight at moment (have seen Martinez fight just twice) so guess thats a lot to do with my interest dwindling. And also I have not been a huge fan of anyone really since Lewis retired - the sort of fan where you were on edge of your seat and worried sick they might lose. I thought Haye might be that man a couple of years ago but have gone off him since as he isn't busy enough - that might change if he does Wlad.
I don't want to be any older (!) but I can only imagine how awesome it jmust have been to have experienced the Hagler-Leonard-Duran-Hearns era first hand as an avid fight fan. I saw the later bouts between some of those guys but never appreciated what they stood for till a few years later. I'm presuming their fights from the early 80s were shown live in UK at the time ??
And then of course I missed the Ali era - but then again most of us here did ;)
Girl watching is my favourite sport.
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Originally Posted by Dropanuke
Alright Dropanuke, we got the "joke" the first time. :rolleyes:
It's a legit question, I wanted to find out if boxing was the favorite sport, of most of the fans who post here, for what it's worth, I don't believe marbles or naked twister count as sports.
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Originally Posted by rjj tszyu
Good read rjj tszyu, wow you really are obsessed with boxing, and I thought I was bad. Hey it's all good man. :cool:
cheers
Oh well I class them as sports. LolQuote:
Originally Posted by Mars_axQuote:
Originally Posted by Dropanuke
Alright Dropanuke, we got the "joke" the first time. :rolleyes:
It's a legit question, I wanted to find out if boxing was the favorite sport, of most of the fans who post here, for what it's worth, I don't believe marbles or naked twister count as sports.
There is no other sport in the world which would get me up at 2am , if not watching boxing i am reading boxing mags or my huge collection of boxing books i cant get enough , there is always something new to find out about our great sport .