What fight made you a Hardcore Boxing Fan ?

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Mike Tyson's punch out

[buddyguns]

Grew up watching boxing with my dad, and when Tyson vs. Holmes went down in 1988, it changed my life forever. At this point, I'll watch any fight out there because every fight offers something different.

[El Gitano]

The first fight I went to a relatives house to watch was Chavez /Camacho as a kid. Then we would go see every Chavez fight with them. Then, they stopped inviting us lol, idk what happened, so boxing fell off the radar for me.

Then as I grew up and could afford getting satellite TV for the whole house, one night I saw HBO was showing a boxing match. I had heard the name of the fighters before but no idea who they were really. I was wowed by that fight, those fighters were Erik Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera, the first fight. I've been hooked hardcore ever since.

[Johnny Rubber]

Always a casual fan due to bare knuckle fighters in my family. Bare knuckle didn't interest me as I liked my face, but I boxed as an amateur for a few years and trained with Dave Earl (who's father was Henry Coopers sparring partner).

I grew up watching televised boxing (including older fights) but Tyson v Berbick made me a hardcore fan.

[rocky_balboa23]

was a casual fan before. i love heavyweight fights but gatti-ward 1 made me a huge boxing fan. absolutely hooked me into boxing. i started searching for boxing sites after that

[juggernaut666]

Tyson vs Tubbs and watching him not knowing or ever see him actually fightrun thru him after a long hyped media build up of him in tokyo,though punch out is why i found it fun to watch , i remember the Spinks /Holmexs fights and sugar ray leanard /Hagler vaguely but was still somewhat young ...without Tyson it probably wouldn't have interested me as much.

[Psylence83]

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.

The only magazines i stole from my father weren't boxing related....

[Kel1981]

Benn Eubank 1 and watching Naz fight on ITV Sport on a Saturday night. The only fighter who's career I watched as it happened on live TV fight after fight.

[STAX ON DECK]

i used to box the lil homies on the streets

[Rudiamonds]

I rember i had people over and i had the khan and garica fight everybody was stay wow that guys fast and whipping then that left hook came and had everyone speechless great fight