How did you became a boxing fan??

[BROOKLYN CESAR]

When was bout 7 or 8 my mums uncle was into boxing and use to watch all of SRLs fights!!! I liked tommy the Hitman Hearns and Julio cesar chavez even though i didnt really know who they were at the time!!! My love for the sweet science grew more when i was 14 and started going to the gym with my mates to train!!! Boxing is the best sport ive ever known!!! I love this sport so much I named my nephew Vargas (4yrs) and my son Brooklyn Cesar (19mths)!!! Brooklyn cause my girl didnt like zab and cesar after JCC!!!

[Panamaniac]

Quite frankly, I don't know how I became a boxing fan. It would probably take psychoanalysis to unlock that. However, I do know I've been a boxing fan for as far back as I can remember. The first significant fight I recall attending was for the lightweight title between champion Carlos Ortiz of Puerto Rico and Ismael Laguna of Panama, in Panama City. Laguna upset the champion with a unnanimous decision. And the rest, as they say, is history...

[robjr]

got into it as a child.. I remember getting mike tysons punch out as a birthday gift when I was 7... I also started boxing at a young age and it kinda continued from there.. my favorite sport by far.

[TheGR8TESTOAT]

mike tyson's punch out! 80's baby!

also the old school ROCKY flicks!

[brently1979]

Boxing was in my family, I went to the gym as a young troubled teen and feel in love with it.

[porlie]

I can remember watching Brunos fights as a kid in the early 80s with my dad hes heavily into boxing. My dad brought me up watching all the all time greats. I started going to the gym when I was 10 in 88 and wanted to fight like Tyson did lol I've been into it ever since and always will be.
I've always been into boxing history aswell, I can remember my great grandad telling me about how great Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis etc were.

[Tysonisgod]

i seen a mike tyson fight

[OptimusWolf]

Naseem Hamed, the little prick. Followed his career on Sky, then started watching Calzaghe, then across the pond for DLH, RJJ etc...

[Welter_Skelter]

This question is for the diehard boxing fans only.

Discuss

GooGoo

I just always thought the IDEA of 2 guys having a Fight in the name of SPORT very appealing.. As a Kid I was always allowed to stay up late to watch sports.. SO I took advantage..

[gigogreco]

ive always liked the thought of boxing or fighting.. remember when i was 7-9, sometimes watching tyson on tv, and later watched the danish fighters, but yet on a rather not so hardcore way..

personally always been a little agressive, and while drinking and partying, alcohol and a hot head just dont combine well, so i got in trouble with the law..

as i got older and in my 20īs i tried boxing, and while fighting in the streets was easy i found boxing to be goddamn difficult.. my respect for those entering the ring, just kept rising, and from being one of those shouting for a ko, im a changed man..

ive got mad respect for any fighter, willing to step in the ring.. as said before, from shouting for a ko, i now find myself trying to analyse fights, and thereby getting a much much more comprehensive understanding of the art..