What fight made you the boxing fan you are now?

Watching Ali when i was 12, and he was just starting his pro career. His foot work was so fast all you saw is a blur of white. Been a fan ever since, with some distractions from new fads, interests...etc...always came back to boxing though...yeah, i'm older than you think...lol. Those older days of boxing were awesome. Todays boxing can't compare, but it's still good, even great when the right fights are made. When being the key word.

Barrera morales Benn McClellan

Mosley-Delahoya 1

I remember watching Roy Jones Jr and De la Hoya growing up. My dad is the only casual boxing fan in my family and I always knew about the sport but it wasn't until recently where I found it to be my thing. What really got me hooked was Pacquiao/Morales, I was getting into boxing (transitioning from casual/nothing to die hard) on a Pacquiao binge and came across this fight, remembering who Morales was. I forgot how he fought though and just the way Morales didn't let Pacquiao bully him was so impressive, I still get goosebumps over it today. Life's been a ride ever since.

I grew up watching boxing thanks to my parents, my dad was a big fan of Chavez, and my mom was a big fan of De La Hoya, so you can imagine when they fought eachother it was a huge event in our household. But I still never cared for boxing. Then a guy named Ricardo Mayorga came along and his attitude, his machismo and his wild antics, started to hook me in little by little and I started to fallow his career. But I was still a casual fan and I was real disappointed after he got destroyed by Trinidad. but the fight that turned me into a hardcore fan was Morales/Pacquiao I, I really want to say Marquez/Pacquiao I though, but the Morales/Pacquiao trilogy made me crazy about boxing.

Growing up, my dad and brother loved boxing and used to watch old fights, so I got hooked as a kid.

de la hoya really got me excited about Boxing back when he fought fernando vargas and shane mosley I was like 11 @ the time and so pumped for those fights. my dad and family have always been Boxing fans and it was just in my blood

Used to watch a lot of boxing in the Eubank, Benn, and Tyson days. Didn't really bother with it for a few years, then the Hatton - Tszyu fight got me hooked again, big time.

I was a casual during the 90's and this same fight was the one that made me a hardcore fan. In two or three years I was discussing boxing with fans that had been following the sport for decades. That's how hooked that fight got me. It was boxing day in and day out. I was punching walls n going in rage tellin my dad take me to a boxing gym nowwwwwwww after watching that fight.....

I grew up watching boxing with my dad watched dam near every jcc fight but never really liked it....being that I was a young kid and was hooked on we'd and wwe........(nwo wolf pack baby) but I want to say it wasn't until the Oscar n Tito fight that I got hooked on to boxing...the meldrick Taylor n jcc was amazing but like I said I was young n didn't know what da hell I was watching......but I would have to say this fight did it for me......then I believe Vargas n Tito is when I got in the gym n started boxing n fell in love with the sport. I was a casual during the 90's and this same fight was the one that made me a hardcore fan. In two or three years I was discussing boxing with fans that had been following the sport for decades. That's how hooked that fight got me. It was boxing day in and day out.

Ray Leonard vs Duran I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnzofi_QltI That video Wow....that's a hell of a video.....gave me goosebumps the whole time.:boxing:

Arguello vs Pryor. Saw it as a little kid and I've loved boxing ever since.

Benn vs Eubank

Trinidad-Joppy was pretty damn good, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnzofi_QltI That video

Hopkins vs Trinindad

Hello all This looked like a good thread for my first post here. Well I've been a boxing fan for a lot of years, but the fight that most stands out in my mind as my personal favorite ever, is the Trinidad-Vargas fight. It was competitive, fierce... it involved one of the greatest rivalries in boxing... and it was just damn exciting.

a response like this shows why more fights need to be free to air instead of pay per view. Agreed. I come from a family who box but the fight that turned me into a big fan was the Calzaghe Lacy beating on ITV. After that i followed his career, started coming on boxingscene to follow news, then the forum drew me in, now i cant stop watching it :rofl: But yeah free to air boxing is essential i think, its just such a risky venture for stations due to fan favourites losing, show cancellations etc

Dela Trini turned me off. Hatton Tzsyu turned me back on...