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July 18, 1987....being Jamaican, living in Jamaica and witnessing the Euphoria surrounding Mike McCallum's KO of Don curry. I was a kid and vividly remember my dad, uncle, mom, grandfather and grandmother all screaming and shouting with joy at the tv after that 5th round KO. After that, i would never miss a another Thursday night at the fight, sitting along side my dad, watching the pugilistic artists in action.
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I first fell in love with boxing on the 9th of February, 1996 when my favourite Pinoy fighter won by KO.
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When I saw the old epic beard man beating the shlt out of the slick black man.Comment
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Holyfield/Tyson 1... my neighbor put the TV in the front yard and started handing out free beer, haven't missed a big fight ever since.Comment
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1973, kinderdarten. My father would take me to those double-day movies to watch BRUCE LEE. And in 1975, Thrilla in Manila...my father took me to the workout day before the fight seeing ALI and then an hour or so later, Frazier.Comment
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Watching Hagler was not only the earliest of my boxing memories, but my earliest memories of watching TV.
I remember watching Hagler fights before I even started grade school. But I was more of a fan of Hagler than the sport of boxing as a whole because he was like my superhero at the time.
But I really fell in love with the sport of boxing when I was 10, watching Bowe-Holyfield I.
I was rooting for Holyfield and it seemed like everyone was bashing him for beating two old former champions and getting knocked down by Bert Cooper.
Despite seeing him lose, he won over the critics by showing so much heart and fighting spirit, fighting toe-to-toe with the bigger guy and that made me realize what boxing was all about: giving everything you have, while putting on a show for the audience.Comment
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