The first fight you watched live on tv and made you a boxing fan?

[CGM]

My first awareness of the sport is an Ali speech after he was stripped of his title. The first Ali - Quarry Fight is my earliest memory of actually watching a fight. I was quite young, and very awestruck by it all. Watching Teofilo Stevenson put people away in the Olympics also sticks in my mind. For the first few years it was strictly Ali, I don't remember watching any other fights until watching Sugar Ray Leonard in the Olympics. Didn't like him, he was too flashy

[awdleyfuturehalloffamer]

I don't remember which fight, but it was probably a muhamad ali fight.

[BlackRazor]

My younger brother liked boxing before I did but aside from Ray Leonard getting publicity, Howard Davis was exciting to me on the '76 Olympic team. Then when Ray turned pro, I enjoyed following his career. That coupled with my mother buying me & my brother the TitleBout boxing game (much to my father's dismay) made me a fan for life.

[kingfrnk]

Tito vs Vargas. i was young and most of my family was going for vargas and i didnt know wat was going on so i picked the enemy which was tito for them. and i was on the couch and in the first round when vargas went down twice i was laughing and everybody was pissed cussing in shit. I became a big fan of tito after that.

[Scrap]

Marciano v Cockell

[ICB]

Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield 1.

[Spicoli]

I remember The first time I sat down and tried to score a fight & watch closley.... I believe it was Louie Espinoza/Jorge Paez 1,And I wanted Espinoza to KO Paez so badly Lol.

1990 was the year I became unconditionally hooked,Chavez/Taylor...A.Davis/Breland....Tyson/Douglas and Network TV fights on weekend afternoons.

[CutMeMick]

Well I was fan before I watched any fights on TV.

But the 1st fight I remember watching more indepth and payed attention to all the details of the sport was JCC vs. Rosario it happened on the day before my b-day and I'll never forget it...

[Memphis]

Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield 1.

What did you think about the fight at the time mate?

[Scrap]

H actually listened to it on Radio, then about four days later watched it on the TV. Stayed up with my Grandfather who was a Big Boxing Fan. The commentary on the Radio we was Robbed, on the TV He got Bashed up

[ICB]

Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield 1.

What did you think about the fight at the time mate?

Ahh mate it was crazy i remember all my family coming round to watch it, it was like Godzilla vs King Kong at the time for me. I remember mostly everyone thinking Mike Tyson would win the hype was crazy.

What a great night it was though i remember people jumping up and down, shouting you name it. I was just in awe at the exchanges, heart, will, skill. I had seen nothing like it before, and that fight made me a fan for life. And after that i would get my grandad to tell me all his stories about his boxing days and etc.

[CutMeMick]

Marciano v Cockell

You sure it wasn't Jack Johnson vs. Jess Willard?

[BIG H]

Marciano v Cockell

You sure it wasn't Jack Johnson vs. Jess Willard?

Hahahaha - He's done you there Scrap.

Anyway the question was which fight did you see on TV, not fight were you ringside in the corner - so it def can't be Marciano v Cockell

[Ghost]

Marciano v Cockell

You sure it wasn't Jack Johnson vs. Jess Willard?

Either one makes him older than me..

Off camera fight, 1964 Ali Vs Liston

On TV.. Don't remember

[Master]

I vaguely remember Ali v Holmes and Holmes v Conney hype but not the fight. Also remember McGuigan v Pedrosa on BBC and Herol Graham but it was the Tyson v Berbick fight that got me hooked.