what got u into boxing

[American Dream]

My dad was the starting push..he was a good fighter early on in his prime..4x golden glove champ...beat out Wayman Tisdale for the presidents athlete honor award..fought Julian Jackson for WBC title in the 80s..so I grew up around it..but I became a die hard fan watching Pea..then Roy..also it didnt hurt that I met a ton of famous fighters at a fight night event when I was 11

[dj Ramos]

my dad i remember watchin ppv's cuz we use to get everything free, i remember trinidad-de la hoya, chavez- de la hoya, vargas de la hoya, also remember watchin trinidad... amazing days those were

[SN!PER]

I got mugged one night and then got a heavy bag to practice fighting so that I'd have the courage to defend myself if that situation ever happened again. I started watching fights to study their moves and got hooked.

[.::EnRiQuE::.]

my older brothers and a 1995 Roy Jones ass-whoopin of Vinny Paz

[DAN916]

mike tyson

[Rushcutters Bay]

Watching Tito and Roy Jones when I was in grade school. But then I didn't watch for a while cause I didn't have HBO. Then I was flipping through the channels and saw Edison Miranda's violent KO of David Banks and thought maybe I should start watching again.

[120]

Raised into liking it. From the local gym, to watching every fight there was available

[azn_violater]

Watching replays of the goat, Ali

[Mr. Invincible]

Good question.

The answer for me is the early 90's heavyweight fights and fighters. Most notably, Tyson, Morrison, Holyfield, Bowe and George Foreman.

Before that, I heard a lot about SRL, Haggler and Hearns but was a little too young to care.

[Mr. Invincible]

No one else picked Roy and Oscar...interesting.

Roy is what kept me into boxing........I was already a big fan by the time Roy started his rise to the P4P title.

Same for Oscar. I always liked him but I wasn't happy that he ended another one of my favorite fighters reigns. (JCC)