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  • yrrej
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    #41
    Before my mother got "culture", she used to watch the Friday Night Fights on TV. I remember watching Ray "Windmill" White (did I get his name right - a California fighter, very entertaining) holding the guy in a headlock and punching him in the face behind his back. I was an underweight and bullied kid, so boxing appealed to me. Just for everybody's information, yes, I am 54 years old and all you young guys don't know **** about boxing, because you are still wet behind the ears......

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    • guzi815
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      #42
      Originally posted by yrrej
      Before my mother got "culture", she used to watch the Friday Night Fights on TV. I remember watching Ray "Windmill" White (did I get his name right - a California fighter, very entertaining) holding the guy in a headlock and punching him in the face behind his back. I was an underweight and bullied kid, so boxing appealed to me. Just for everybody's information, yes, I am 54 years old and all you young guys don't know **** about boxing, because you are still wet behind the ears......
      LMAO!! Cool!

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      • THE REAL NINJA
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        #43
        Originally posted by amagnin
        I don't remember but my dad took me to the Olympic Boxing in '84 (I'm from los angeles). Since then boxing has often been a staple in my home as my dad grew up loving boxing and developed a weird friendship with Sonny Liston when he lived in Philadelphia and Liston was retired. One of my favorite memories is watching a great prizefight with my dad.
        I still have the handbook that shows where everything is and the rules to each sport.

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        • New Life 79
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          #44
          Well has followed boxing for as long as i can remember, more or less to a degree. In some months i watch more, and others i watch just little, but i allways keep an close eye on whats happening. What Boxing really needs right know is a great heavyweight to come along, to make non Boxing people to take notice at least. And consider how bad todays heavyweights are, im not even sure it has to be a great heavyweight, just a heavyweight that are at least good to generate peoples interese again.

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          • Kayo
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            #45
            The first Gatti-Patteron Fight, i was really young and only really found an interest because i thought the name Arturo Thunder Gatti was pretty sweet. After that i started following all his fights and gradualy got wrapped up in boxing

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            • Trevbutler
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              #46
              I've been watching boxing since I was old enough to remember. My dad and grandpa were big into it. Watched all the ones on TV with my dad and my grandpa would order every pay-per-view, so I would go to his house to watch them.

              And I'm still as addicted as ever.

              I'm 25. So havent been watching it way too long. But I do remember watching Floyd Mayweather Jr. on I guess it was Tuesday night fights? Back when he was really new. I would tell my folks, that guy is quick I bet he gets somewhere someday. And they all thought he was fast but too weak to get anywhere.

              Watched a bunch of Camacho fights, duran, some Chavez Sr. and stuff like that when they were in their prime. Was young but still remember them.
              Last edited by Trevbutler; 07-15-2007, 10:29 PM.

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              • ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY
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                #47
                Watched all the free network TV fights on the weekends with my father..started boxing against other kids in the neighborhood with gloves my father bought me at age 12...he took me to a gym at 14...and I have been there ever since.

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                • eazy_mas
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                  #48
                  Originally posted by ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY
                  Watched all the free network TV fights on the weekends with my father..started boxing against other kids in the neighborhood with gloves my father bought me at age 12...he took me to a gym at 14...and I have been there ever since.
                  Scully when fought Micheal Nunn why did you lose ?

                  I know Micheal Nunn is a league of Roy Jones and other guy but did you figure him out his way of fight or did he use any tricks?

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