How much do you REALLY know about boxing???

[Fenster]

It's beyond sad TM wont be replying to this thread, he would have LOVED it.

Whatever you boring fuckers write it wont be a patch on that awesome lunatic. Fact.

[CFH]

I do use boxrec to fact-check sometimes. I don't see why anyone would have a problem with that. The information is out there, so why not look it up? I've actually learned some interesting things from boxrec.

[killersheep]

I don't know a thing about boxing. I use boxrec for facts, especially for dates and timelines. I try to watch as much boxing as I can in a week ESPN2, Vs. Telemundo, Telefutura, HBO, Showtime, Fox Sports, TyC streams, ARD streams, Sky streams, etc. etc. I have trained a bit and sparred a bit at a few local gyms. I don't know any pros.

[Spicoli]

I think some of it may come down to sites,box rec as somewhat of a crutch for lack of a better term.Like when some,no one around here of courssssse,talk about "remembering" certain fights or fighters.I fooking love Box rec and the record books but stating a fight line result and speaking on it as unshakable truth does not began to tell how it unfolded.The old saying,believe none of what u read and half of what u see... wait...F it.

I mean shite...not only Boxrec but U tube,other major downloads...have changed the sport and made it possible to follow much more intensely.

[Scrap]

Unless Ive got a Kid, Boxing at a certain weight or level nowadays Ive no interest of the who or when. My main concern is Why and How. Only last week I was given Tickets to a show, I went and before the Main Event I thought this is crap and left. I do the same with Soccer, I work with a few Players get free Tickets to watch them. Then 10 minutes into the 2nd half get pissed of and leave, thats something I wouldnt have done years ago, it must be my age.

[Kel]

Loved boxing since watching it regular on 'The Big Fight Live' on ITV when I was about 10 or 11. Watching Eubank, Naz and Benn with my pot noodle and single can of beer my dad would give me.

I boxed for 3 years in my teens without really watching much boxing as it all started to go PPV and what not and my tight arsed parents were content with 5 terrestrial channels.

Once I got a job at 17 I started buying PPV's on cable and once again got massively into it.

Got the internet installed a year or so after we got cable and that was it. I was a reader of this place quite a while before I joined and I reckon about 60% of all I know about boxing came from Saddo's.

A MASSIVE thrill for me was watching all the ODLH,Vargas,Mosley,Trinidad,Mayorga fights I'd missed over the years which I got thanks to this site. Catching up on boxing and having a place to access it all gave me the buzz back in a big way.

Anyway what was the question? Jotting down my fucking life story here.........Yeah I think I know quite a lot but it's mainly due to this place. There is no better way to learn stuff other than talking to other fans.

[Nameless]

I went to professional matches 5-6 times, mainly to see Joachim Alcine, Eric Lucas, Leonard Dorin and Bute fighting, every fights were in Montreal and one in Leipzig Germany when Lucas lost against Beyer. As for my general knowledge of boxing, I would rate myself in the middle of those following it very often, know a decent bit, have a load to learn, this place is perfect to discuss, put out my arguments, correct them when peoples give me facts I didn't consider or didn't know about and improve my culture on something I do really enjoy.

[Kirkland Laing]

The first fight I saw on TV was a John Conteh fight. I just went to boxrec to try and work out which one but can't, it was around 1975 and I always watched any boxing on the three UK TV channels after that. The first fight I saw live was a Billy Hardy fight in Sunderland when I was 17 or 18. I got right into boxing when I was eight or so and trained for a while but had to stop due to family problems. Saw almost all the big UK fights 1991-95 live and a lot of the big American ones 95-2000, but 1991-2006ish I paid no real attention to the sport other than going to fights or watching them on telly so there's a lot I missed. I've got to say that even over the past few years when I have been paying attention I'll forget fights. Fights or fighters get mentioned on here and I'll think who the hell is that, is he any good and I'll check boxrec and think oh yeah, I've seen his last two fights.

[Hulk]

It's beyond sad TM wont be replying to this thread, he would have LOVED it.

Whatever you boring fuckers write it wont be a patch on that awesome lunatic. Fact.

What ever happened to Trainer Monkey ?

I thought he was a nice guy myself.

I know he trained club level fighters and his wife who was a female boxer.

Did he get banned ?

[CFH]

It's beyond sad TM wont be replying to this thread, he would have LOVED it.

Whatever you boring fuckers write it wont be a patch on that awesome lunatic. Fact.

What ever happened to Trainer Monkey ?

I thought he was a nice guy myself.

I know he trained club level fighters and his wife who was a female boxer.

Did he get banned ?

He left voluntarily. It looked something like this:

[CutMeMick]

I really don't know a whole lot about the sport.
I just started following the sport closely around 2005. (As you can clearly see in my info to the right ------> so that means I'm telling the truth)
Never boxed, never been to a gym, never even put on gloves.
The only fights I see are from YouTube.
I hope to one day catch a break and go see a fight live in person I hear it's great.
I also hope to one day be as knowledgeable and know as much as some of you. I wont list any names to not offend people but you know who you are. I know you know who you are. Especially you, yes you.

[CFH]

I really don't know a whole lot about the sport.
I just started following the sport closely around 2005. (As you can clearly see in my info to the right ------> so that means I'm telling the truth)
Never boxed, never been to a gym, never even put on gloves.
The only fights I see are from YouTube.
I hope to one day catch a break and go see a fight live in person I hear it's great.
I also hope to one day be as knowledgeable and know as much as some of you. I wont list any names to not offend people but you know who you are. I know you know who you are. Especially you, yes you.

If everyone was as humble as yourself this would be a great forum but judging by what I have read just today, this place is plagued with pretentious little twerps who don't know the difference between a jab from a left hook.

I can tell you're going to be around for a long time.

[OumaFan]

I haven't looked at boxingtalk in ages. There was actually a period of about a year (that coincided with my joining here) where I was obsessed with the sport and learning as much as possible about it as I could so I think I do know a fair bit but the last few years I've just been coasting on that previous knowledge.

CFH, are you insinuating that you know as much as TM?

How many of you people know as much as I do about Niccolino Loche? Who was James Toney's first trainer? Which fighter did TM want an apology from in blood?

Not at all man, I'm not "in the buis"

Why would you write it as "buis" anyways? Business is spelled with the "i" following the "s", not before.

"I'm in the busi" sounds kind of silly though. TM 1-CFH 0. LOL its not really that close of course.

[CFH]

I haven't looked at boxingtalk in ages. There was actually a period of about a year (that coincided with my joining here) where I was obsessed with the sport and learning as much as possible about it as I could so I think I do know a fair bit but the last few years I've just been coasting on that previous knowledge.

CFH, are you insinuating that you know as much as TM?

How many of you people know as much as I do about Niccolino Loche? Who was James Toney's first trainer? Which fighter did TM want an apology from in blood?

Not at all man, I'm not "in the buis"

Why would you write it as "buis" anyways? Business is spelled with the "i" following the "s", not before.

"I'm in the busi" sounds kind of silly though. TM 1-CFH 0. LOL its not really that close of course.

Did you just quote me?

I never thought I'd see the day and now that it is here I feel strangely empty.

[Boxerharvey]

Only been a boxing fan for about 6-7 years. I try and watch as many fights as possible on tv & youtube catching up on the old fights. Usually end up buying carreer sets when ive got some spare cash.

Get most of my info from this site (ive learnt so much since ive joined) reading boxing magazines and autobiographies. Just finished Nigel Benns and Oscar De La Hoyas both good reads.

Been Kickboxing for 15 years and been teaching for about 5 years since I got my 1st dan so I like to think I know a bit about fighting but for me boxing gives me more pleasure to watch than any other sport.

It amazes me the amount of boxing knowledge some posters have on this site, posters like Cutmemick and Ice Cold really know there stuff.