How did everyone become obsessed with boxing, share your stories.

[Swifty]

My dad first told me about it when he said he used to box at little clubs and watch muhammad ali fights on tv all the time. So i started watching some ali figths and i loved him. That was untill i saw ali-frazier I. Since then, I've been a HUGE frazier fan, even though my dad doesnt like his style.

[jabin]

During my grade school days, I used to watch boxing matches on black and white television together with my father and uncles that's when I got hooked with boxing. I really loved watching Ali, Frazier, Ken Norton, Sugar Ray Leonard, Duran, etc. I also didn't pass the Rocky movies of Sly Stallone.

[BoxingPrincess]

i got hooked on boxing in june of 03...not too long ago my uncle took me to the boxing hall of fame with him in canastota, ny...there on friday june 6th, 2003 at roughly 11pm i met Chris Byrd...from that point on my interest and love for boxing has only grown

[Truth]

I am going to honest I got completly hooked on Boxing from a video game . After playing Knockout Kings 2002 I became very interested in the sport. I started following it and thought to my self why didn't I find this sooner? Then I watched De La Hoya vs. Vargas and loved it. After De La Hoya vs. Vargas I turned into a boxing fanatic. I started ordering PPV's, videos, books, magazines, following it on the internet and watching it HBO. I just wish I could have found out about the sport sooner so I could have seen great fights from the past live. In the two and half years I have watched and followed the sport I have learned alot and hope to continue to learn about the sweet science in the future.

Favorite Fighters
1.)Roy Jones Jr.
2.)Mike Tyson
3.)Floyd Mayweather Jr.
4.)Bernard Hopkins
5.)Muhammad Ali
6.)Sugar Shane Mosley
7.)Sugar Ray Leonard
8.)Zab Judah
9.)Jermain Taylor(my prospect)
10.)Felix Trinidad
11.)James Toney

[tys0n]

I would definately have to say Tyson was a huge factor for me. I was awesome watching him box in this prime and like Mayweatherfan a video game also got he hooked except it was Fight Night 2004. Man that is a great game.

[THRILLAinmanila]

Seeing these fights made me a boxing fan:

Ali-Frazier (Thrilla in Manila)
Leonard-Duran 1

[Phantasm]

Hey, do you have any idea what Boone Kirkman is up to these days? Is he still in the Seattle area? I am trying to contact him for something that I am writing. Anyone who might have any info would be GREATLY appreciated! You can reach me at roldan24@hotmail.com

[DANGER13]

How Did I Get Into Boxing Welll My Dad Would Always Wach The Fights And I Would Get Into It. The First Boxer I Member Waching Was De La Hoya.

[Lol999]

My dad was lightweight champion in the Paratroopers in WW2 so he was and still is a big boxing fan and this rubbed off on me. Plus my grandad smoked himself to death collecting the cigarette cards to send off for the Park Drive (cigarett brand) Book Of Boxing 1973, which I still have. I knew about jack Johnson when I was 8 years old!

Lol

[Easy-E]

my dad is a huge boxing fan, and i started to watch classic ali fights on tapes, ali-liston, ali-chuvalo, ali-mildenberger, ali-foreman, ali-fraizer. Got into boxing after that, love it when it comes on espn, look for it on the internet, but dont have enough money to keep ordering ppv's.

one of my biggest boxing regrets is that ive never seen hagler hearns, "three rounds of boxing fury" i cant find that damn fight anywhere.
Fight night helped as well

favorite fighters:
Muhammad ALi
Floyd Mayweather
Marvelous Marvin Hagler