Why i am a boxing fan.

[eagle]

My girlfriend asked me a god question the other day.
Why do u like boxing? She then went on to ask, why are u on that silly boxing website everyday, and why do u spend $50 dollars every second sunday to watch 2 guys punch each other? Why do u get up early or stay up late to see resu;ts of fights from overseas?
She made th4e pint that none of my mates particularly like boxing, there are no local fighters of note, and why cant i be normal and just like football like everyone else.
Im sure other guys on here have had similiar questions asked of them, and i hope they came up with better answers than i initially did. Alli could say is i liked boxing cos its 'awesome'.....

It got me to thinking tho. Why am i a boxing fan?
Here is what i come up with. I like watching fights cos it seems like the purist form of battle, two guys using their fists to sort out who the better one is. I like boxing cos of the diversity of characters u see i mean take this for example.
The heavyweight champ is a well educated well spoken 6 ft 7 giant from the Ukraine. The guy everyone wants to see him fight is a self assured, hard hitting londoner, who wouldnt look out of place ina rap video. U could hardly get 2 different ppl.
I love the way u can never be sure who was gonna win in boxing, when both fighters are world class. In just the last six months i was positive Pavlik would beat Hopkins, DLH would beat Pac, and Margarito would destroy old Mosely. Boy was i wrong and i was happy for it.
The lead up to a big fight excites me more than any other event, i get goosebumps when Buffer or any other bigtime ring announcer introduces the combatants and they dont usually go away til there is a clear winner, i like shouting at the tv when the ref misses something, or chewing my nails when one of my favourite fighters is in a close contest.
These are some of the reasons im a boxing tragic and i'd like to hear why some of u other ppl are fans.

[Howlin Mad Missy]

tell her you're gay and you like watching two semi-naked men go at it.



I'm going to have an agony aunt page.

[eagle]

tell her you're gay and you like watching two semi-naked men go at it.



I'm going to have an agony aunt page.

Sorry for trying to start a thread that doesnt involve fighter A ducking fighter B, etc etc

[bikersk]

My girlfriend asked me a god question the other day.
Why do u like boxing? She then went on to ask, why are u on that silly boxing website everyday, and why do u spend $50 dollars every second sunday to watch 2 guys punch each other? Why do u get up early or stay up late to see resu;ts of fights from overseas?
She made th4e pint that none of my mates particularly like boxing, there are no local fighters of note, and why cant i be normal and just like football like everyone else.
Im sure other guys on here have had similiar questions asked of them, and i hope they came up with better answers than i initially did. Alli could say is i liked boxing cos its 'awesome'.....

It got me to thinking tho. Why am i a boxing fan?
Here is what i come up with. I like watching fights cos it seems like the purist form of battle, two guys using their fists to sort out who the better one is. I like boxing cos of the diversity of characters u see i mean take this for example.
The heavyweight champ is a well educated well spoken 6 ft 7 giant from the Ukraine. The guy everyone wants to see him fight is a self assured, hard hitting londoner, who wouldnt look out of place ina rap video. U could hardly get 2 different ppl.
I love the way u can never be sure who was gonna win in boxing, when both fighters are world class. In just the last six months i was positive Pavlik would beat Hopkins, DLH would beat Pac, and Margarito would destroy old Mosely. Boy was i wrong and i was happy for it.
The lead up to a big fight excites me more than any other event, i get goosebumps when Buffer or any other bigtime ring announcer introduces the combatants and they dont usually go away til there is a clear winner, i like shouting at the tv when the ref misses something, or chewing my nails when one of my favourite fighters is in a close contest.
These are some of the reasons im a boxing tragic and i'd like to hear why some of u other ppl are fans.

Very nicely put. The one on one aspect has always been a draw card for me and that coupled with the fact it's a fight and the stakes are sooo much higher than most other sports in a physical sense. Boxers are some of the fittest toughest guys in sport. I started watching when I was very young and loved Sugar Ray Leonards Golden Gloves on early in the morning here. Everyone else in my family would be asleep and i'd be up watching that. When the fights used to be on free to air TV we used to all sit and watch the Fenech fights and cheer, great memories.

[Howlin Mad Missy]

tell her you're gay and you like watching two semi-naked men go at it.



I'm going to have an agony aunt page.

Sorry for trying to start a thread that doesnt involve fighter A ducking fighter B, etc etc

You're welcome.

[Trainer Monkey]

Simple,its chess with fists.
Both fighters have to try and outhink the other while under extreme duress.
I like baseball for the same reason,I appreciate the strategy of the pitcher vs the hitter.
In boxing its rarely about just being able to whomp the other guy,youve got to outhink him as well.

[HattonTheHammer]

i was brought up as a kid in a football dominated society but remember getting hooked on the sport at a very early age.

It causes excitement any game or sport cant quite live up to because no game of footie/NFL etc will ever match the intensity of 2 world class fighters beating the living hell out of eachother.

Those few moments before the fighters enter the ring...the passion....the intensity....the raw emotion you feel just cannot be simulated anywhere.

You dont have to ask yourself why you love the sport because millions also do and even those that dont still get excited about big fights because boxing represents something that just cannot be matched in everyday life!

[boozeboxer]

I like that tattoos.

[CGM]

There's lots of reasons, but I don't think we can deny that it appeals to our violent side. Lot's of people, not all but lots, watch boxing for the same reason they will stop to watch a street fight. It's exciting, it get the adrenaline pumping.

[Manuel "Chubby" Medina]

Simple,its chess with fists.
Both fighters have to try and outhink the other while under extreme duress.
I like baseball for the same reason,I appreciate the strategy of the pitcher vs the hitter.
In boxing its rarely about just being able to whomp the other guy,youve got to outhink him as well.

A Chess game..thats a godoway to put it
I also think that its not juzz fightin its all technical studyin the other guy puttin a plan together and then executing it.
It really proves who is the better man on that night.
Its a good feeling.

[holmcall]

The fact that Margo "slaughtered" Cotto who in turn beat Mosley who in turn slaughtered Margo is what makes boxing my great love. Reminds me of when Barkley beat Hearns twice and then got beat by Duran who was demolished by Hearns. You gotta love it as it defies logic. That's part of the mystery as to why I love this thing.

[holmcall]

As well, when I watch a white kid from a small town in Minnasota and a black kid from NYC beat the hell out of each other for 4 rounds and then hug one another at the end of the fight, a bit of a chill goes down my spine. I love that part of boxing.

[BoomBoom]

Boxing kept me off the streets as a kid. The first day I stepped into the boxing gym I really hadnt followed the sport closely, it was more curiosity and the willingness to try to do something better for myself, while getting rid of some aggresion in a productive way. From that day on, ive been hooked. Boxing is like a drug. Its combat, its art, it creativity, its opportunity, and its the ultimate test of mental and physical toughness. There arent many things that can bring out persons inner fire like boxing. Plus, your encouraged to knock people out and put a beating on them. You get praise and money instead of jail time. You really cant beat that.

[WelshDevilRob]

Great Topic, Eagle and your post is spot on from my viewpoint.

I like boxing for the reasons as said by Eagle and also things like the not knowing the outcome. The feelings you have(nerves) when your favourite fighter who you've always supported is in a dangerous fight (see Lennox Lewis in my case)

Alot of the time the build-up and anticipation is better than the fight but that is boxing IMO, the fight is almost secondary it's the drama and not knowing in the run-up - the different opinions and in some cases; the years of waiting.

Boxing is a 2 man sport - no need for team mates and you don't play every week - you lose its a long wait til the next fight. Everything hinges on the fight - loses are almost final, win and your fighter marches on.

[CFH]

There's lots of reasons, but I don't think we can deny that it appeals to our violent side. Lot's of people, not all but lots, watch boxing for the same reason they will stop to watch a street fight. It's exciting, it get the adrenaline pumping.

There is definitely a primal aspect to it. Oddly enough, I'll watching any boxing match I stumble across, but I hate everything about street fighting. I can't watch that sort of thing at all, it makes me sick.