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Quote Originally Posted by Kel
Quote Originally Posted by Violent Demise
I saw this shit live at the Great Western Forum. Best fight I ever seen in person. It was actually the first fight ever for HBO Boxing After Dark
Must have been a massive buzz being there VD. Lucky bugger
The buzz was incredible. It was almost drug like. There was a lot of animosity too. Barrera and Mckinney had both talked a lot of shit before the fight. I felt bad for Mckinney. He took a beating. The body shots Barrera hit him with were sick. I've never heard body shots that loud. Over and over. I wouldn't doubt if Mckinney pissed blood for month after the shots he took. I give him credit. He had heart. His big right hand kept him in the fight through out the night. But it wasn't enough.
Sounds like you had decent seating too if you could hear the body shots like that. If I ever get to see a fight like this i'd be one happy chappy I tell ya.
They were $100 dollar seats. They weren't ringside but they were good seats. But I don't think the seating matter. Those body shots were that fuckin loud. I think everybody heard them

Quote Originally Posted by ghoster
Quote Originally Posted by Violent Demise
I saw this S*** live at the Great Western Forum. Best fight I ever seen in person. It was actually the first fight ever for HBO Boxing After Dark
Awesome, being there I mean. I was going to say it was the premire of boxing after dark but you covered that.
Did you go to other shows at the Forum. I recorded all the forum shows on what was then Prime network(Now fox ). I really miss the shows now.
I went to a couple of shows at the Great Western Forum. I saw two Barrera fights there. The Mckinney fight and when he destroyed Maui Diaz in about a round. The Marquez bothers coming up fought there. I saw some of there fights. I saw the 2nd fight between Daniel Zaragoza and Paul Banke. Which was an outstanding fight. Barrera, Zaragoza and the Marquez brothers had a lot of followers. So the place would get full. But nobody packed the Forum up like Jorge Paez. When he fought. The place would get packed. I saw 3 of his fights there. Yeah I miss them forum fights. My uncle would always be up in there. He's the one I use to roll with there.