How long have you been a boxing fan?

[KING •]

Since I was Prince Naseem ass **** someone on HBO...

[The Surgeon]

Better show him the second fight. The first one could be a little traumatic for him.

LOLYeah bud probably right! Thats what i ment tho

[The Surgeon]

start him off with exciting and stimulating fights like Tyson or Tua fights. That will get him in love with boxing which is the most important thing. when he gets older, introduce him to the more technical side of boxing with mayweather or calderon fights or any other historical fights.

True, dont think id have been impressed wit a Floyd or Ivan back when i didnt know ****!

[grayfist]

start him off with exciting and stimulating fights like Tyson or Tua fights. That will get him in love with boxing which is the most important thing. when he gets older, introduce him to the more technical side of boxing with mayweather or calderon fights or any other historical fights.

How about adding to the initiation list:

Sonny Liston-Zora Folley (short but pretty good) along with a number of Floyd Patterson fights, e.g., vs. Rademacher, vs. Johannson (all three), vs. Roy Harris, etc.

But the Patterson-Jimmy Slade fights should be kept out of sight (in the very remote chance that copies still exist). They will bring to naught whatever one may have achieved with the other fights. In the first meeting, Slades purse was held back by the NY Commission (the fight was at the MSG) based on his performance-- he kept on running away (although Patterson KD'd him twice in the first round, and once in the 2nd, 3rd and the 8th-- and final--- round. "You can run but you cannot hide."). The second fight showed the commission's action didn't teach him the lesson that was intended. He learned another. He did a better job of running from Patterson. The latter never caught up with him the whole night.

That gets one thinking: why did they have to fight again?

Anyway...Hagler-Hearns should be there too as should Marciano-Moore, wouldn't you say?

On the technical list, why not add Leonard-Benitez?

Just my few suggestions.

[Mike Tyson77]

Better show him the second fight. The first one could be a little traumatic for him.

lol! true dat!