In what year did you start following Boxing?

[The Gambler1981]

I was vacationing in Baguio City (that's where Pacquiao is training) with my wife and daughter, and they both got mad at me when I decided to stay in our room rather than go with them to see the scenery. I can still remember the Motor City Cobra's smile on his face when they announced it was a draw. He had that look on his face like it was saying, "I knew I won, everybody here including Sugar knew I won, no biggie". I got no horse on that race but I was pissed when they announced the decision.

I caught the boxing bug in the late 60s, first live fight that I saw? Some fight they called "Thrilla In Manila"...

That is certainly a memorable one.

[CineScape]

I started boxing in 1990. I remember the first fight i ever saw was Evander Holyfield vs. Seamus McDonough. I was about 9 years old. Great Thread BTW. Green K on the way.

[Hi-Dro]

what da **** is boxing? I only watch Pacquiao


waaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrr Pacman

[Rab-]

Erik Morales vs. Junior Jones. I was like 6 years old but my uncles were hardcore Morales fans and took me to see the fight. I can still remember the crowd and the feeling of excitement from everyone. Ever since then I followed all of Eriks fights. Then when he retired that's when I started following boxing instead of just him.

[jrosales13]

In 1993, I was 9, my first fight in attendance was in San Diego. My uncles forced me to go. I didn't want to go. But, they forced me. They had Camacho and Norris on the card. Who my uncles were big fans of. But, there was this one fighter who caught my eye. My uncles didn't know who he was. So when I got the program. I found out it was Felix Trinidad, it was the night he won the IBF title from Maurice Blocker. When he KO'd him in 2 rounds. I followed not only Tito but boxing. I started reading and asking my uncles question about older fighters.

[edgarg]

jro , nchristo are the oldest boxing fans out here since they talk about harry greb like they know him in person.......they are 27 years old , havent seen a single video of a damn harry greb fight yet they act like they know all about the guy... true boxing fans right there.....lol..

I'm pretty sure that I'm the oldest boxing poster on BoxingScene by a long margin. I'm not proud of it and wish it was reversed. I HEARD my first fight, at least the first one I can recall, on the RADIO. It was a TOMMY FARR fight. I'm not going to say who his opponent was, although I certainly remember it very well.

An amazing thing here. I was just looking up Farr's record on Boxrec. The story I always heard and read about him, was that he began fighting in the local fair boxing booths, taking on all comers, and had literally hundreds of fights. But the amazing thing, I repeat, is that his Boxrec record shows about 120 documented regular fights that he turned pro at THIRTEEN years of age.

With 6 rounders too. I've never heard anything like that before, and only found out about it just now. He must have been a big kid, as he ended up at 6'1" and over 200 lbs. But still...

One of the most astonishing fighters I've ever seen, other than the greats like Robinson, was Laszlo Papp, who turned pro aged 32, and retired undefeated. He was actually a very light middleweight, really a natural welter, but fought at middleweight. Only 5'5", built like a tree trunk, as fast as lightning, hands and feet, and one of the very few I've ever seen, who could REALLY turn it UP to an astonishing degree when he wanted to, which was all the time, and as brave as a tiger.

He was one of the few that I could never imagine ANYONE beating him.

He just wouldn't let them. He was that kind of fighter.

[Spray_resistant]

In 97 I started watching but stopped in 04 until 06, it was traumatic when RJJ was ko'd I found out about it the same day my 1st serious GF broke up with me......didn't watch boxing for sometime after that.

[-Antonio-]

I remember some fights I watched as a kid. For some reason I remember Foreman/Briggs vividly and De La Hoya/Camacho. I would catch HBO fights in 2000-2001. I remember watching the Vargas/De La Hoya replay on HBO. Lewis/Rahman, Morales/Barrera II, fights like that. Then in 2003 I started making it a point to watch every HBO show. I credit Jirov/Toney for turning me into a harcdcore fan though. that's when I started watching espn classic fights, espn2 fights, showtime etc. Legendary Nights was big on me too.

[Guest]

i started watching in the mid 80's.

because of my pops. he use to have a lot of vhs tapes of old fighters career videos , fights , highlights , etc. then he would also have my uncle record new fights for him.


only time i didn't really follow boxing was probably around mid 90's to early 2000's.

late teens to early 20's i was more of just a casual fan. only watching the big fights.

I'm pretty sure that I'm the oldest boxing poster on BoxingScene by a long margin. I'm not proud of it and wish it was reversed. I HEARD my first fight, at least the first one I can recall, on the RADIO. It was a TOMMY FARR fight. I'm not going to say who his opponent was, although I certainly remember it very well.

An amazing thing here. I was just looking up Farr's record on Boxrec. The story I always heard and read about him, was that he began fighting in the local fair boxing booths, taking on all comers, and had literally hundreds of fights. But the amazing thing, I repeat, is that his Boxrec record shows about 120 documented regular fights that he turned pro at THIRTEEN years of age.

With 6 rounders too. I've never heard anything like that before, and only found out about it just now. He must have been a big kid, as he ended up at 6'1" and over 200 lbs. But still...

One of the most astonishing fighters I've ever seen, other than the greats like Robinson, was Laszlo Papp, who turned pro aged 32, and retired undefeated. He was actually a very light middleweight, really a natural welter, but fought at middleweight. Only 5'5", built like a tree trunk, as fast as lightning, hands and feet, and one of the very few I've ever seen, who could REALLY turn it UP to an astonishing degree when he wanted to, which was all the time, and as brave as a tiger.

He was one of the few that I could never imagine ANYONE beating him.

He just wouldn't let them. He was that kind of fighter.

Nonsense.
I like hearing these stories of the old days.

ROCK ON EDGAR G!

[gopi11]

Awesome, man. I can't think of many better fights to see live than that.

I just turned 15 a week before the fight, and my mom gave me a ticket as my birthday gift, I couldn't thank her enough!

Mid 60s, I used to see my dad and his friends watching Elorde fights while drinking, playing cards when supporting bouts are sucking and I didn't really pay attention. A couple of years later, we got a new neighbor, a boxer named Erbito Salavarria. He became a world champ acouple of years later and that's were I got hooked on boxing...