how did u get intrested in boxing

[Tong Po]

Earliest memories I have... a young Naseem Hamed winning his first world title, Chris Eubanks first loss to Steve Collins. I have real vague memories of Nigel Benn vs. Gerald McClellan, and Lennox Lewis getting TKO'ed by Oliver McCall.

In my family my parents have always been boxing mad, and my dad was even actively involved himself back in the day. Me and all of my brothers were all brought up with boxing on the tv, boxing magazines and books strewn all across the house, autographed pictures of Roberto Duran hanging on the bathroom was etc (wtf, haha).

I guess the first fight I actually watched was probably late 80's, but I only really started paying attention in the mid 90's. And my parents wonder why I was a violent problem child.

[Gareth Ivanovic]

I got into boxing because my dad watched it a lot and I remember him getting the Ring magazine. I remember we used to watch a lot of the fights on HBO or whatever channel they were on and then when there was a PPV fight we would go over to my uncle's house who was also a huge boxing fan. The fighters I remember watching the most when I was young was Sugar Ray Leonard and Mike Tyson.

[Southpaw Stinger]

Watching Tyson, Benn - Eubank and Naseem when I was a kid.

[Tysonisgod]

seen mike tyson fight

[GEOFFHAYES]

Tyson and Benn

[Palma]

I was into martial arts as a kid and used to do a lot of tournaments and was successful at point fighting. But one day when I was 16 years old. My neighbor had a birthday party and we were all sitting in his backyard and someone thought of the idea of having a backyard brawl. So we picked teams and I was favored to win my fight easy, but the Mexican kid who I fought was a boxer and he owned me during the fight. After the fight Roberto (Mexican boxer) and I exchanged numbers and he introduced me to his uncle who was his boxing coach. I am 36 years old now and I am still good friends with Roberto. He was the guy that introduced me to the Sweet Science and I forever thankful.

[..........]

FNF...I used to watch them and get into it. In November of 2004, my dad built a scale that the heavyweights weighed in on at Madison Square Garden, my dad met Don King, and got his autograph and pictures with him. He got four free $1200 tickets and took his friend, me and my brother, and ever since then I was hooked, best night of my life.

[Smokin']

I was playing for the Calgary Selects in U-13 and we were at a tournament in Edmonton. Both my coaches were Colombian. We walked into their room for a team meeting and Sugar Shane Mosley was beating the **** out of some guy, and he looked beautiful doing it, throwing sick combinations and beating the **** out of him. After watching that, I was hooked.

[No1]

I've always liked boxing since i was young but it was only when i saw lewis vs tyson thati started really getting into it. Also when the first contender series started i really made me wana box with all the training scenes in it and the edited fights it was well good.