Two moments for me.

1. Me and my dad watching a late night promo for the Tyson - Berbick fight. My dad who used to be the kind of guy who would listen to fights on the radio and would watch local boxing matches had completely given up on boxing by this stage. After nearly passing out at how good Tyson looked in the promo we both decided to get up early in the morning to watch the fight. We werent the only ones either, when I went back to school it seemed like everyone in the playground was talking about the fight and we were only about 9 or 10 at the time.

2. Chris Eubank v Nigel Benn build up to the first fight. Again, watching it with my dad. Benn was a big name at the time and Eubank was barely known, but we saw this young upstart talking like an effeminite member of the royal family. Saying how barbaric boxing was and that Benn was just a brawler and he could never lose to a brawler.
Me and my dad decided we had to see if he could back up his patter, and its a good job we did, as we witnessed one of the UKs best ever fights and without a doubt the Uks most popular and intriguing boxing rivalry. It was like The Beatles v The Rolling Stones of boxing.

It may suprise people from outside the UK but shortly every Eubank fight was a massive event. Even people who didnt like boxing wanted to see him. Granted, many wanted to see him lose but when Eubank came into the ring it was a real adrenaline rush and Eubank really got people going in a way that I doubt will happen again.