What is your own history with boxing: what shaped your views

[mickey malone]

Weltschmerz is Freedom's alt.

He' a crybaby prick.... I know that

[mickey malone]

Come on Malone! I'm playing the straight man here: Work with me dammit! :chuckle9:

Sorry old bud, but it threw me, Lockeridge as a cruiser has to be one of the strangest things I've read in a long time

Thought you were playing the fool... Please tell me it's all in the name of humour lol

[Rockin']

My views have been shaped mainly by one fighter, a stolid one at that and man can he talk some ****. Ofcourse I am speaking of the great Charles Zelenoff.

As far as actual fights, I've never even seen a live boxing show let alone competing or officiating in one. I would like to see a ring in person though, I think rings look cool.............. Rockin'

[Rockin']

Wasn't Rocky Lockeridge a crusier weight in the amatuers?

No, he was a Light Cruiserweight in the ams............. Rockin'

[Anthony342]

Come on Malone! I'm playing the straight man here: Work with me dammit! :chuckle9:

Don't worry Poet, I got it right away haha.

[Weltschmerz]

I am not saying that your making up a storied amateur career but anyone who supposedly won tournaments at 200lbs you would know the weight class is called Heavyweight.

I know this of course. But they called it cruiser weight anyway, as the limit was 200 pounds. They didn't have the super heavy term in use for the tournaments.

[LacedUp]

My dad was a lightweight amateur in Liverpool when he grew up, with a record of 13-1 and bowed out when he lost his first fight by stoppage. He taught me everything there was about boxing and made sure I knew all about Jem Mace, Ike Bradley, Nel Tarleton, Gus Foran, **** Tiger and of course John Conteh - and all the greats fighting out of Merseyside.

He was also a longtime Muhammad Ali fan and would tell me nobody could ever be as great as he was - an opinion I share to this day for various reasons. My interests of the old timers took me to contemporary boxing where Prince Naz, Nigel Benn, Mike Tyson, Roy Jones jr and the greats of the 90s were my fighters.

I pretty much had one favourite in each weightclass that I would root for against anyone, but Prince Naz and Roy Jones were my ultimate favourites.

I started boxing boxing from the age of 13 and finished when I was around 22 with a record of 22-10. I started out as a middleweight when I turned senior, but moved to light heavy in my 3rd year. I was never really that good, and lost everytime I met someone slightly decent.

But I was never stopped! And I take pride in that. Haha. Not really.

[mickey malone]

Don't worry Poet, I got it right away haha.

Hahaha... Yes, it looks like SBleeder was ripping the piss out of him aswell

[mickey malone]

I know this of course. But they called it cruiser weight anyway, as the limit was 200 pounds. They didn't have the super heavy term in use for the tournaments.

No doubt, they then renamed it, Loserweight, especially for you

[RawDawgHasSpokn]

My father grew up with Kenny Leonard so I was introduced at a very young age. Best fight parties I'd ever been to, but that was the 80's.