How long have you been following boxing for?

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  1. Danmann

    Danmann Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Since about 1960. The first pro fight I remember going to was Clay-Jones in Madison Square Garden.
     
  2. shortydee

    shortydee Active Member Full Member

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    :lol::lol::lol:
     
  3. victor879

    victor879 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I've been watching boxing for about 30 years now. I've watching boxing since elementary school.
     
  4. jamessss2018

    jamessss2018 Member Full Member

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    I started following boxing religiously after the Mayweather-Hatton fight. I guess that got me into it.
     
  5. abuffy

    abuffy Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Idk. I followed it kinda from Mayweather/Ortiz till Pacquiao/Marquez 4 (only watched them two though). After Pac's KO, I stopped watching. However, Mayweather brought me back with his fight with Maidana. I only watched him though. Then, before Pacquiaos fight with Algieri, I began watching boxers beyond them two and have been since.

    I'll put less than a year because I didn't start religiously watching a ton of different boxers until October/November.
     
  6. itsa

    itsa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Since about 2000. Called Ward.
     
  7. giggigreto

    giggigreto Member Full Member

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    Since around 2004, but I remember also watching Lewis Klitschko in 2003.
    In the beginnings, Gatti-Mayweather and Cotto-Torres were the two fights that impressed me the most at the international stage.
     
  8. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    It was always on in my house as a child but I really started paying close attention when I was 6 to 8, Tyson KOing Marvis Frazier was a standout memory of mine.
     
  9. Old boxer

    Old boxer New Member Full Member

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    I followed Ingemar Johansson from 1954 or 1955. It´s been 60 years now! I saw him defeat Henry Cooper in Stockholm 1957. I´ve seen many great boxers come and go. Clay, Leonard and young Tyson were great to see. A couple of years ago I happened tot see a new guy, probably the best I’ve ever seen. He´s making tomorrows history today! So now I´m watching boxing again.
     
  10. glovesofcrimson

    glovesofcrimson Boxing Addict Full Member

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    First fighter I remember watching was Naseem Hamed then Ricky Hatton, I grew up in pubs so they always had them on the massive screen, been compelled by the squared circle since then, everyone in the pubs used to go ape**** when the hitman put the gloves on. One ricky hatton still echoes in my ears lol. Over time I started immersing myself into each era, still aeons for me to watch, read and appreciate before I have even a semblance of knowledge that many here have.
     
  11. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    About 15 years. I've see about one full cycle of pro careers. I saw the old stars go, the new ones rise, and now I'm seeing it again. I'm still learning and being surprised.
     
  12. Karl

    Karl Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Started watching in the late eighties, during Tyson's hey day. I even turned in a paper on him in high school; it was about him not bringing one of the belts with him into the ring, I can no longer remember which belt or what the beef was all about. Anyway, I started boxing myself at the same time. But I only sparred, never fought, thanks to my mom. You could say that my mom made me quit.
     
  13. abuffy

    abuffy Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I really wish I was aware of boxing when Pacquiao and Mayweather were in their primes. Youtube is awesome to view their younger days, but it just isn't the same. I wish I could've experienced their hype, their climb, the word's reactions after their best wins...
     
  14. Unforgiven

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    30 years.
    Ali-Holmes was the first fight I saw.
    But I didn't really get into boxing until 1985, '86
     
  15. alexthegreatmc

    alexthegreatmc Sound logic and reason. You're welcome! Full Member

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    I'm surprised all these old timers know how to use a computer! Lol kidding.

    I haven't been following long, I've watched fights here and there when I was younger but never actually followed. I'd say about 7-8 years, but I was a casual for the first couple of years. No one in my house watched boxing when I was a kid so it was "out of sight, out of mind."