Where were YOU??

[SUBZER0ED]

I was at my friend’s apartment in Las Vegas the night he fought Mayweather… as soon as the fight was over we went down to the strip to see what was happening

Shit, oh, that BS! I was at my buddy's house in Green Valley, CA. We BBQ for the big fights most of the time. There were several people there. I remember hollering and cussing at Mayweather and Pacquiao for breaking a record in charging $100 for that POS fight. I think I may have shocked some of the guests with my outburst, but they agreed with me.

I was at the Firehouse sports bar in San Jose, CA for Pacquiao vs Marquez III, with some friends. We thought Manny had the fight in the bag, having dropped Juan in the fifth round and bloodying his face. He continued the tear into the sixth round, when he got a little too happy near the end of it, rushing in to finish Marquez. Then, BAM!! Holy shit! WTF?? Manny GKTFO!! COLD!!

[ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY]

I watched Sugar Ray KO Andy Price in room 8-A at the Carvilles Motor Lodge in Windsor, CT

[TheIronMike]

First fight I ever saw on TV was Peterson-Khan, during my junior year in HS. My dad walked into the living room and started watching too. He only really watched the big tyson fights in the 90s.....we've been hooked since....I live across the country now but we always call each other to debrief after each fight on a card. We were planning on going to Fundora-Thurman, but couldn't align schedules

[TintaBoricua]

You’re not alone, John. I know some family members and friends must look at me like I’m rain man when I remember WHERE I WAS, WHO I WAS WITH, AND EVEN THE DATE.

Floyd/Hatton-watching it alone in the living room while my dad watched it in the bedroom. He came out to the living room. My brother wasn’t too much into boxing, but he came walking to the living room when he heard me shouting. He was bummed because he wanted Hatton to win.

Cotto/Margarito 1- I watched this fight with my brother, my best friend, and his friend in the living room. Again, my parents watched from the bedroom. Right before the fight, I vividly remember my dad taking a candle (like a rosemary candle-the one Catholics use for praying) and just placed it in front of us in the living room to get a rise out of me and basically saying that Cotto was going to get effed up. We just shouted at him and he just smirked and went back into the bedroom before the fight.

When they threw in the towel, I remember my mom standing in the hallway facing the living room just to see my reaction, and I remember walking up to her and yelling, “Que jodienda!” and I went into my bedroom and just sat there at my computer chair with my head in my hands. I had only begun to watch boxing a year and a half ago and Cotto was the reason why I really got into the sport. Cotto/Quintana with Margarito/Paul Williams on the undercard of a December 2006 Showtime Championship doubleheader was when I started getting into it. So naturally, as I assume most are when they start watching, they latch on to a fighter and see him as invincible…that fight hurt. But I wasn’t bummed about it to the point where I spiraled or anything. I literally rewatched the fight the next day because (controversy aside that followed six months later), Cotto/Margarito 1 WAS a good fight. Cotto even got a reception when he came to Puerto Rico. Fought his heart out even though there were LOADS of people on here calling him a quitter. The dude was done. He had NOTHING left to give. If he hadn’t taken a knee a second time (and I’ve posted dozens of times here), that fight would’ve ended like Pavlik/Taylor 1 in the corner. I’m sure of it.

Pacquiao/Hatton- living room with my mom, mom’s friend, my girlfriend, my brother, his girlfriend, my best friend. When Pacquiao iced Hatton, you knew INSTANTLY with the way he just fell that it was over. The camera shot with his face confirmed it. I remember EVERYONE in the living room horrified by what they were seeing but my dad came running out of the bedroom and ran into my arms, we hugged, hopped together around like idiots, and then he just left running to the bedroom. I love how we just did that spontaneously. But looking back on it now, that is definitely one of the scarier KO’s in boxing. I just hadn’t seen enough in the sport to take a moment and wait to see if a fighter is okay before acting a fool especially after as destructive as THAT.

Pacquiao/Marquez 4-didn’t watch it. I was living in the states at the time with no internet and my brother was updating me about the fight via text messages. I wish I had those screenshots saved. He texted me “Pacquiao got Hatton’d!” We were both frantically texting back and forth and he told me that he ran into Marquez’s shot and went blank. Still mad til this day that I missed that but there was no way for me to watch it in my living conditions back then.

James Kirkland/Alfredo Angulo-living room alone. Parents in the bedroom. Dad wasn’t even aware there was a fight on. I thought Ángulo was going to dog walk Kirkland (since he got stopped recently in the first round by AN UNKNOWN fighter…dropped THREE TIMES. Needless to say, the comeback by Kirkland isn’t that first round followed by his assault round after round had me shouting so much that my dad came out pissed and told me to shut the hell up.


Mayweather/Pacquiao-I watched it live on a Sunday afternoon (I was stationed in overseas). The military bar was PACKED. I remember being giddy as hell that Mayweather won. I also wasn’t used to hearing the non-stop ignorant/casual viewer chatter that comes when seeing a fight card around people in a bar. But I was so pumped in the lead-up to the fight that I actually ran my first ever full marathon over there. Took me like 6 hours to clear it, but I did!

I could go on for days, but I’m getting sleepy and writing this reminded me of how much I miss my pops. Watching fights with him was always special to me.

The last fight we watched together was Crawford/Spence. He passed away on Christmas 2023. I’ll post more in the morning.

Glad to see you still posting in these forums, John.

[ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY]

You’re not alone, John. I know some family members and friends must look at me like I’m rain man when I remember WHERE I WAS, WHO I WAS WITH, AND EVEN THE DATE.

Floyd/Hatton-watching it alone in the living room while my dad watched it in the bedroom. He came out to the living room. My brother wasn’t too much into boxing, but he came walking to the living room when he heard me shouting. He was bummed because he wanted Hatton to win.

Cotto/Margarito 1- I watched this fight with my brother, my best friend, and his friend in the living room. Again, my parents watched from the bedroom. Right before the fight, I vividly remember my dad taking a candle (like a rosemary candle-the one Catholics use for praying) and just placed it in front of us in the living room to get a rise out of me and basically saying that Cotto was going to get effed up. We just shouted at him and he just smirked and went back into the bedroom before the fight.

When they threw in the towel, I remember my mom standing in the hallway facing the living room just to see my reaction, and I remember walking up to her and yelling, “Que jodienda!” and I went into my bedroom and just sat there at my computer chair with my head in my hands. I had only begun to watch boxing a year and a half ago and Cotto was the reason why I really got into the sport. Cotto/Quintana with Margarito/Paul Williams on the undercard of a December 2006 Showtime Championship doubleheader was when I started getting into it. So naturally, as I assume most are when they start watching, they latch on to a fighter and see him as invincible…that fight hurt. But I wasn’t bummed about it to the point where I spiraled or anything. I literally rewatched the fight the next day because (controversy aside that followed six months later), Cotto/Margarito 1 WAS a good fight. Cotto even got a reception when he came to Puerto Rico. Fought his heart out even though there were LOADS of people on here calling him a quitter. The dude was done. He had NOTHING left to give. If he hadn’t taken a knee a second time (and I’ve posted dozens of times here), that fight would’ve ended like Pavlik/Taylor 1 in the corner. I’m sure of it.

Pacquiao/Hatton- living room with my mom, mom’s friend, my girlfriend, my brother, his girlfriend, my best friend. When Pacquiao iced Hatton, you knew INSTANTLY with the way he just fell that it was over. The camera shot with his face confirmed it. I remember EVERYONE in the living room horrified by what they were seeing but my dad came running out of the bedroom and ran into my arms, we hugged, hopped together around like idiots, and then he just left running to the bedroom. I love how we just did that spontaneously. But looking back on it now, that is definitely one of the scarier KO’s in boxing. I just hadn’t seen enough in the sport to take a moment and wait to see if a fighter is okay before acting a fool especially after as destructive as THAT.

Pacquiao/Marquez 4-didn’t watch it. I was living in the states at the time with no internet and my brother was updating me about the fight via text messages. I wish I had those screenshots saved. He texted me “Pacquiao got Hatton’d!” We were both frantically texting back and forth and he told me that he ran into Marquez’s shot and went blank. Still mad til this day that I missed that but there was no way for me to watch it in my living conditions back then.

James Kirkland/Alfredo Angulo-living room alone. Parents in the bedroom. Dad wasn’t even aware there was a fight on. I thought Ángulo was going to dog walk Kirkland (since he got stopped recently in the first round by AN UNKNOWN fighter…dropped THREE TIMES. Needless to say, the comeback by Kirkland isn’t that first round followed by his assault round after round had me shouting so much that my dad came out pissed and told me to shut the hell up.


Mayweather/Pacquiao-I watched it live on a Sunday afternoon (I was stationed in overseas). The military bar was PACKED. I remember being giddy as hell that Mayweather won. I also wasn’t used to hearing the non-stop ignorant/casual viewer chatter that comes when seeing a fight card around people in a bar. But I was so pumped in the lead-up to the fight that I actually ran my first ever full marathon over there. Took me like 6 hours to clear it, but I did!

I could go on for days, but I’m getting sleepy and writing this reminded me of how much I miss my pops. Watching fights with him was always special to me.

The last fight we watched together was Crawford/Spence. He passed away on Christmas 2023. I’ll post more in the morning.

Glad to see you still posting in these forums, John.

great stuff, my man!!! I really enjoyed that. I actually have about 125 fights that I’ve listed on my computer that I’ve done the same thing for and I’d like to put it together in some type of format so people can read it. I’m not sure how I’m going to do it, but I’m definitely going to do it

[Gary Coleman]

Tyson vs Douglas
- I was on a skiing trip with my mom's boyfriend's family in New Hampshire. I was 6. I remember it all, but didn't have much of an opinion at the time. I just knew that everyone was pulling for Mike.

Castillo vs Corrales
- I'll never forgive myself for this one. The broadcast just about to start, but I was leaving to go to a house party. The next morning at the barbershop, it was all everyone was talking about. Can't believe I missed that.

Jones vs Tarver II
- Again, at a house party. I had my best friend, who was on deployment, texting me round by round updates. I get a, "He knocked him out," text. The following texts and range of emotions weren't pleasant.

I could get far more detailed and go on for a while about various fights, but a lot of memories tied to fight night.

Pacquiao vs Marquez IV would take me 2 pages to type. Legendary night.

[TintaBoricua]

great stuff, my man!!! I really enjoyed that. I actually have about 125 fights that I’ve listed on my computer that I’ve done the same thing for and I’d like to put it together in some type of format so people can read it. I’m not sure how I’m going to do it, but I’m definitely going to do it

Well, you should! Been waiting forever your book, brother! Lol