First Fight you ever watched live?

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  1. liljp361

    liljp361 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    De La Hoya vs Trinidad
     
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  2. Knack

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    Bloody hell, you lot are making me feel old.
     
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  3. riggers

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    First live fight I went to was Kirklaind Laing, can't remember the opponent, he won in 4 or 5. First world title fight was Jim McDonnell against Brian Mitchell at the Elephant, loads of anti apartheid protestors outside
     
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  4. Jim Bowen

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    This, always stayed up for Lewis fights, but this is the first I remember watching.
     
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  5. Rob

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    One of Tyson's early fights. Wasn't until seein Tua live where i truly became a die hard fan though, that left hook is amazing to see.
     
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    Benn/Eubank 2
     
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  7. Chinny

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    First fight I went to was Lewis v McCall :patsch
     
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  8. byron87

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    I thought lacy was gonna win too.
     
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    McGuigan v Pedrosa
     
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  10. TBooze

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    You were not alone, Calzaghe (I thought rightly at the time), was a pretty big underdog.
     
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  11. byron87

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    Abit of topic but who are you're top 5 fighter's from 1980 - 2012-?
     
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  12. AlFrancis

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    I remember watching the second Quarry Ali fight, think it was live.
     
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  13. widdy

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    This is the 1st i remember watching live, only cos my mate was in the other room fingering a bird and came in shoved it under me and another mate noses singing' fishie finger pie fishie finger pie' or something like that. I watched hagler/hearns/SRL/conteh/ ect before this one but it just stands out to me does the fight for some reason :)
     
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  14. TBooze

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    Those who turned pro in 1980 or later:

    5 Ricardo Lopez
    4 Roy Jones
    3 Oscar de la Hoya
    2 Pernell Whitaker
    1 Julio Cesar Chavez

    Hopkins and Holyfield just miss out. If I included 'active' fighters, Lil Floyd and Pacquiao would be there.

    As for Brits:

    5 Nigel Benn
    4 Chris Eubank
    3 Naseem Hamed
    2 Joe Calzaghe
    1 Lennox Lewis

    Honeyghan and McKenzie miss out. Out of the active fighters, maybe in due course Froch might replace one of his 168lbs peers.
     
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    Grew up watching videos of Ali,Frazier,Tyson but first live fight was when i was around 7 a Frank Bruno fight from around 1992,it was on itv and he fought some bum,i think he stopped him in a round or two,i think the guy was Madonna's bodyguard...
     
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