What fight made you a Hardcore Boxing Fan ?

[Verga]

I've always watched boxing casually as a kid growing up in a Mexican household....my Uncle watched boxing every other Chavez Jr fight when he was coming up back in 2006-2008 but the fights that made me fall in love with boxing was the Margarito vs Cotto 1 fight....so much drama in that fight ever since then I've been hooked whaching boxing every Saturday Night......


FYI My uncle was a big Chavez Sr fan so explain why he would always watch Chavez Jr..

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I got in fights in grade school so whenever any boxing, kickboxing, MMA was on I would watch it. I went to cage fights back when they were actually called that.

But I think Vitali-Lewis was the night I fell in love with boxing and started paying more attention to it than the others.

[Raonic]

My family friends would watch it and I'd go. I think at the time I didn't care too much for it but when 50 Cent rapped Floyd out to the ring against DLH (first PPV fight I saw), I got hooked LOL. I was into WWE as a kid and the theatrics of that fight reminded me of WWE.

[Dean_Razorback]

hamed/barrera i think

[FrankieClutch]

I'm still young (23 years old) and I've watched boxing my whole life. But the fight that made me a huge super fan of the sport was Oscar vs Floyd. I'd seen hundreds of fights prior, but damn... that whole event just captivated everything I love about boxing: Great build-up, great live crowd, and good boxing.

[Showtime..]

Bute-Pascal.

[Doctor_Tenma]

Hopkins-Trinidad for me, that's when I understood there was a science to this. I was a casual before that and would only watch Oscar and Trinidad, I was a big fan of Oscar at the time but he never made me a hardcore fan. Right now, I don't even enjoy Oscar's fights anymore and I don't know why

[Tony Trick-Pony]

Watching the Rocky movies actually got me into boxing. Although fictitious, I loved the drama and the action of a big fight.

As far as real fights are concerned, I would say the Felix Trinidad-Yori Boy Campas fight got me really into it. In those days, the big fights were on PPV which we generally did not order, watching USA's Tuesday Night Fights as well as ESPN's fights, but we did order that particular one which thrilled me to no end. The previews for the upcoming clash really got me into it as well. It would show action and then ask questions. "Jesse James Leija. Can he beat Ruelas? Felix Trinidad. Will be able to handle Campas? What about Coggi? Is he ready for Randall?" It was great promotion.

My fighters in those days was Chavez, Sr., Roberto Duran(even though he was way past it), Felix Trinidad, Azumah Nelson and James Toney. Of course, the Jones-Toney fight was disappointing, but Jorge Castro-John David Castro thrilled me a month later. I learned you have to be patient and the great fights will happen whether planned or not. Of course these days, you have it easy. Just go on Youtube and watch to your heart's content.

[AddiX]

I was always a boxing fan, but more casual.

Hoya vs Chavez changed that. When Oscar traded shots with Chavez, and Chavez refused to come back out, people didnt know what to do.

Chavez tried to act tough at the end of the rnd but once you saw his eyes when he sat down, you knew he was done. Oscar took his heart.

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I don't think the younger fans realize how awesome Oscar was, you knew this guy was a super star as soon as you saw him fight.

[Bram]

When I was a little kid, about 30 years ago, my father brought home a Ring magazine, I stole it and loved it. He got me a subscription not too long after and I've been hooked ever since.