what got u into boxing

Back in 1970 when I was 5 years old my old man would put me on restriction if I didn't wake him up to watch a fight. I would watch all the fights with him growing up. His favorite fighters were Ali and Duran. Back in those days every fighter fought anybody.....no ducking back in the day. I can still remember the fight when Holmes fought Tex Cobb and Howard Cocell was calling that fight........that was the last fight Howard called because Holmes put a beat down on Cobb. I still think they should go back to 15 round championship fights! I saw Tex Cobb a few years ago at Joe Fraizer's gym(its closed down now), my cousin use to box there and my other cousin and i went to pick him up. we were waiting outside and my cuz said..MR TEX COBB!!! HEY... He was real cool, i shook his hand he had huge hands. i didnt have a camera though.

just wanted to no what got u all into boxing, and if this can have an affect on the sort of fighters you like. i got into boxing cause my brother always talked about it (he's 12 years older) since i can remerber and he always said boxing was about hitting and not getting hit which is one of the reasons i think mayweather is my fav boxer. wat about u not sure most likely was nothing on TV flicking around and landed on a Roy Jones Jr fight and have watched boxing ever since over 10 years now.

Watching replays of the goat, Ali

Raised into liking it. From the local gym, to watching every fight there was available

Watching Tito and Roy Jones when I was in grade school. But then I didn't watch for a while cause I didn't have HBO. Then I was flipping through the channels and saw Edison Miranda's violent KO of David Banks and thought maybe I should start watching again.

mike tyson

my older brothers and a 1995 Roy Jones ass-whoopin of Vinny Paz

I got mugged one night and then got a heavy bag to practice fighting so that I'd have the courage to defend myself if that situation ever happened again. I started watching fights to study their moves and got hooked.

My dad was the starting push..he was a good fighter early on in his prime..4x golden glove champ...beat out Wayman Tisdale for the presidents athlete honor award..fought Julian Jackson for WBC title in the 80s..so I grew up around it..but I became a die hard fan watching Pea..then Roy..also it didnt hurt that I met a ton of famous fighters at a fight night event when I was 11

Like many of you closet geeks, Rocky 1-4. Then J.C. Chavez & Mike Tyson.

Felix Tito Trinidad :fing02:

Its my dads fault. It all started with Roy and Oscar. Weird how I dont even like Oscar now. No one else picked Roy and Oscar...interesting.

Felix Tito Trinidad

What goy you into boxing?. My reason. I got into boxing at 52 as I always was thrilled by the thought of punching other people in the face, I always enjoyed watched someone get pounded in the ring. When my doctor suggested an exercise routine to help me stay in shape and then suggested boxing as an idea I decided that I should go for it. I took some lessons and now participate in Tough Man contests that are in my area. Mediocre at my skills but have a decent win/loss ratio. Love pounding somebody merciously!

Mike Tyson and JCC.

My dad used to box which caused me to get interested into it.. It was a different way of enjoying sports, than what I was normally used to and I took great liking to boxing.. It's exciting and there's no real saying of what's going to happen.. It's a diverse sport with loads of interesting and exciting fights and fighters to see and learn more about.

Mike Tyson.....and the fight that got me was Randall vs. Chavez

Them Rocky films, lol.

just wanted to no what got u all into boxing, and if this can have an affect on the sort of fighters you like. i got into boxing cause my brother always talked about it (he's 12 years older) since i can remerber and he always said boxing was about hitting and not getting hit which is one of the reasons i think mayweather is my fav boxer. wat about u The Man In My Avatar Got Me Into Boxing In The First Place...

Gatti Ward 1. I watched it with my uncle and my step father among many other. My step father has been a die hard Ward fan his whole life, my uncle was a die hard Gatti fan. Just hearing them go back n forth got me into boxing. And the fight was pretty good too, haha