Earliest Boxing Memory

[Master]

My first memory of boxing was when I was 9(ish) seeing the comeback of Muhammad Ali against Larry Holmes. It was all over the mainstream news and I was rooting for him. When I found out he got beaten and humiliated I disliked Holmes for a long time.

[donnydarkoIRL]

For me, i vaguely remember the Olympics when Carruth and McCullough represented Ireland.
After that i can recall watching the Colins vs. Eubank/Benn fights on tv....
Also i can remember on my fifth birthday i received boxing gloves from my Godfather, me and my eight year old cousin lkaced up and it was dead even.

[Kel]

I was about 8 at a family party in a pub and the First Tyson V Bruno fight was on and I was asking my dad if he could beat Tyson. I got my first pair of gloves and one of those balls on a bendy stick that you stand on and hit later that year.

I never really got fully into boxing till I saw Naz on The Big Fight Live on ITV. That was the fight with the bodyslam lol (Soto?)

[donnydarkoIRL]

Naz was a guy i remember early aswell..

My first hero was Ali, then Hagler....The 50's middle's grabbed my attention next and before i new it i was obsessed.

[Ghost]

Clay Vs Liston the first fight in Miami before he became Ali.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Ghost...thats a shit cool username!

[Ghost]

Ghost...thats a S*** cool username!

Thanks hitmandonny. I have been using it online for about 20 years now.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Ghost...thats a S*** cool username!

Thanks hitmandonny. I have been using it online for about 20 years now.

Its cool when you kinda establish youself with one username or profile, it becomes more personal and meaningful.

You've obviously been a boxing fan a long time?

[ono]

Ghost...thats a S*** cool username!

Thanks hitmandonny. I have been using it online for about 20 years now.

wow you had internet in 1987?

[donnydarkoIRL]

Ghost...thats a S*** cool username!

Thanks hitmandonny. I have been using it online for about 20 years now.

wow you had internet in 1987?

To put that in another light, he's been using the internet since before i was born

[Ghost]

Ghost...thats a S*** cool username!

Thanks hitmandonny. I have been using it online for about 20 years now.

Its cool when you kinda establish youself with one username or profile, it becomes more personal and meaningful.

You've obviously been a boxing fan a long time?

Well my fater took me to see the Clay - Liston fight when I was a kid.. and have been a fan of the sport of boxing since then.

wow you had internet in 1987?

Well in was not the internet as you know it now... no pictures, nor graphics, just text.... and very very slow.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Ghost...thats a S*** cool username!

Thanks hitmandonny. I have been using it online for about 20 years now.

Its cool when you kinda establish youself with one username or profile, it becomes more personal and meaningful.

You've obviously been a boxing fan a long time?

Well my fater took me to see the Clay - Liston fight when I was a kid.. and have been a fan of the sport of boxing since then.

wow you had internet in 1987?

Well in was the internet as you know it now... no pictures, nor graphics, just text.... and very very slow.

Thats amazing, at the time did u notice the below average sized crowds and the animosity toward Muhammad.
Who were you favouring?

[Kel]

Ghost...thats a S*** cool username!

Thanks hitmandonny. I have been using it online for about 20 years now.

Has the internet been around for 20 years?

Sorry ignore, should have read other replies before submitting. I never knew it was around in the 80's, learn sommet every day.

[Ghost]

Thats amazing, at the time did u notice the below average sized crowds and the animosity toward Muhammad.
Who were you favouring?
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At the time, I was only a kid of six and the crowd seemed big to me and I kinda like the way Ali mouthed off. I think my father was for Liston but can not really remember now, who he was for.

[Ghost]

Has the internet been around for 20 years?

Sorry ignore, should have read other replies before submitting. I never knew it was around in the 80's, learn sommet every day.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet#Creation

It has been around in one form or another since 1958. Above is a link that gives the history of the internet.