What Year Did You Get Into Boxing?

[sweetpea87]

2007 DLH-Mayweather. A friend I worked with was the first person I knew to have HBO. Growing up I didn't even have cable TV and no friends had HBO or Showtime to give me any boxing exposure. The most I saw before that was old fights of Ali and Tyson on EPSN classic.

[Poet682006]

I watched the big fights from aged 9/10 after the Tyson-Bruno rematch. Some of my family had gone to Vegas to support Bruno and came back dissapointed, with a fight poster and a t-shirt about eight times too big for me as gifts - I can still wear it today, although it fits like Under Armour! I was really interested to see the fight having heard my relatives discuss Tyson like he was some of monster and they finally got me a copy on VHS (or VCR to Americans). I was completely stunned by Tyson and badgered my Step-Dad to get me more videos, all of which stunned me even more to see an even more vicious, powerful fighter. Obviously as a kid I didn't really have a way of keeping up with boxing like I do today, so I relied on my parents letting me know about big fights and getting me the VHS copy. I drifted away from the sport a little in my early teens.

I got into boxing properly back in 2004 aged 16/17 because of Muhammad Ali. I just became fascinated in him as a man as much as a fighter thanks to the fantastic biography 'Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times' by Thomas Hauser. Since then I just became more and more interested in the sport. I'm a bit of a nerd about the things I like, so I can't just follow a sport casually, I have to know nearly everything and it quickly became like that for me with boxing, even to the point where I tried amateur boxing myself for a year.

I'm guessing you're a Brit? If so, have you read up on Bob Fitzsimmons and Jimmy Wilde?

Poet

[Jupiter Jab]

2004

[Deevel916]

It had to be around 86-87 during the Tyson craze. I was about 7yrs old. I can remember my entire family getting together and talking about how fast Tyson was going KO his opponent. I've been hooked ever since.

[GTL]

I dont have a year per se, but I do remember watching Kevin Kelly and Arturo Gatti (RIP) with my pops after my soccer tournaments and games when i was younger.. as young as 10..

[P4P Opinion]

I'm guessing you're a Brit? If so, have you read up on Bob Fitzsimmons and Jimmy Wilde?

Poet

Indeed, but only on the net. If you have any book recommendations I'd be glad to hear them.

[johnx]

i think it was in 2010 im not sure

[Poet682006]

Indeed, but only on the net. If you have any book recommendations I'd be glad to hear them.

I haven't seen an actual biography for either though I believe some of the guys in the History section have at least one on Wilde.

Monte Cox has a terrific on-line article on Fitzsimmons, don't know if you've seen it yet

Poet

[sugersean15]

i don't know i have always liked boxing as far as i can remember even when i was five if i seen something to with boxing i had to get it but started boxing for real when i was 10 or 11 and still going

[P4P Opinion]

I haven't seen an actual biography for either though I believe some of the guys in the History section have at least one on Wilde.

Monte Cox has a terrific on-line article on Fitzsimmons, don't know if you've seen it yet

Poet

Got link? Can't seem to find it. Appreciation in advance.