What is it about Boxing that you love so much?

[FinitoElDinamita]

I ask myself everyday and there are too reasons that I just can't put it in words.

Why do you love boxing and what got u into this sport?

[Jerry Rice]

I ask myself everyday and there are too reasons that I just can't put it in words.

Why do you love boxing and what got u into this sport?

My father got me into the sport, love because its a chess match between two people who want to hurt each other.

[cambay411]

I think one of the many reasons I love both boxing and mma is because no other sport shows whats really inside of someone. How much guts you have or how mentally tough you are.

No sport shows what kind of man (or woman) you really are like MMA or Boxing. These are real mens sports lol.

Has a fan I love seeing other men challenge themselves like this and has an athlete I love to challenge myself like this. Whose the toughest?

[Andre]

I ask myself everyday and there are too reasons that I just can't put it in words.

Why do you love boxing and what got u into this sport?

My father got me into the sport, love because its a chess match between two people who want to hurt each other.

Yeah the same here my dad got me into it at a young age in the 60's, live fights in the old days where betting went on ring side over the backs of chairs and fights on white canvas rings, cigar and smoke filled old iron clad halls and if there was a great fight the crowd used to throw their spare change into the ring and the corner men would be on their hands and knees scoping it all up..
I like the evasive qualities of the fight game as much as the attack I like when smart beat tough and tough beats smart and all the in betweens.

[walrus]

Much of it is hard to put into words but I love the one on one competition. I love foot work and defense. when I see the red Sox play I often watch the game inside the game. Shows the intricacy of the game. I now do that with boxing. Someone compared it to chess, I tend to agree with that. Sometimes you can see how these guys know what punch is coming next and where. like a good hitter knowing the changeup is on the way. I like seeing the brawlers and the boxers. I know Manny gets a lot of flack here but I think he was the closest thing to the complete package to come around as of late. When I went to see Macklin v GGG I was amazed at how the fans hung on everything done in the ring. it is a bit sad that so few people I know enjoy the sport. I invite people over to watch fights sometimes but you can see the half interest they have. I guess that is about all I can put into words.

[Spicoli]

The calculated chaos and the raw individuality of it all. The mental and life metaphor aspect of it is inspiring.

[Onetime]

The calculated chaos and the raw individuality of it all. The mental and life metaphor aspect of it is inspiring.

Chaos is a good word

[cambay411]

Much of it is hard to put into words but I love the one on one competition. I love foot work and defense. when I see the red Sox play I often watch the game inside the game. Shows the intricacy of the game. I now do that with boxing. Someone compared it to chess, I tend to agree with that. Sometimes you can see how these guys know what punch is coming next and where. like a good hitter knowing the changeup is on the way. I like seeing the brawlers and the boxers. I know Manny gets a lot of flack here but I think he was the closest thing to the complete package to come around as of late. When I went to see Macklin v GGG I was amazed at how the fans hung on everything done in the ring. it is a bit sad that so few people I know enjoy the sport. I invite people over to watch fights sometimes but you can see the half interest they have. I guess that is about all I can put into words.

I usually think even the most "boring" fights are exciting. I think your average person just doesnt understand the true skill that is going on in the ring. So when fighters arent pounding each other in the face they dont understand whats going on and lose interest.

And as for myself, I watch every fight closely because there is always things you can learn. And your average person definately isnt watching to learn.

[Onetime]

I can honestly say I love everything about it my dad got me into it as I imagine most fans my age got into it. I love football and hate MMA to the point I won't watch PPV replays for free. I love how every card feels like a major event, the brutality of it, what boxers sacrifice, the way that you never really know what will happen, how styles make fights, how complicated it is I have a full mastery of football, I know the formations plays what teams are given breaks but boxing I'm always learning I'll talk to people who done watched it 30 years longer than me it's very impressive, the fantasy match ups, the nationalism and how I grew up with Roy Jones Jr, Prince, Zab and Johnny as my heros. Even when it disappoints me it like a girl who you can't get over.

[imp]

Ali

[Vendettos]

I was in a fight in high school and I knocked a kid out, in front of my gym teacher. Not only did I get a 2 week suspension, I got asked to join the local boxing gym and the rest is history.

Funny, I knocked that kid out, but I got bullied in sparring for like a month before I developed any sort of understanding of reach or movement.

It's much easier when the guy you're fighting ain't got a clue how to block a left hook.