How much do you REALLY know about boxing???

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I am just wondering how some people get their information on boxing....

I mean how long have you been watching the sport, how many fights have you really seen be it in person or video, have you ever really been in a gym other then a few times hitting the bag...Do you actually know any fighters and that does not mean third hand because you know a guy who knows a guy.....Can you actually get into a debate on a fighters career without having to look at boxrec to see if they won or lost a fight?....

Seriously though I am wondering because it seems so many people these days actually know little about boxing itself other then what they get off the internet yet they will try to debate things as if they know it first hand...

EG- When someone says Fighter A wants X amount of dollars to face Fighter B and a ring size of 16X16...But Fighter B states they wont fight in a ring less then 20X20..

Where do you get your info from?...Website, ESPN, chatroom, Reliable news source like a newspaper or do you get it from Forums and gossip columns

It what you are saying based on REAL boxing knowledge or all second hand info

I've been watching boxing for atleast a decade, i haven't been to any fights yet although im planning too. I got my info from my Grandfather mostly, because he was a boxer and his brother was also a talented boxer, his brother beat an Olympic gold medalist Terry Spinks. And also the internet helps obviously.

I've had a few Amateur fights and i enjoyed it, but i quit because i have a family now. I'd like to think i know quite a bit about boxing, i know mostly about the well known fighters.

But for the last year and a half, i've really been brushing up on some of the underrated fighters. Like Orlando Canizales, and i've also now seen alot of closet classic fights like Kelvin Seabrooks vs Orlando Canizales, Caveman Lee vs John LoCiero, ETC.

Lately i've been busy which is why i haven't been coming on here as much, so im behind on current boxing. But i still find time to watch some closet classic fights i haven't seen, mostly thanks to great contributers on youtube.