What made you guys love boxing?

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  1. Stonehands

    Stonehands Member Full Member

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    A friend of mine in elementary school had blackbox cable back in the day, so all the PPV fights were free. We watched a bunch of WWF, but after watching Tyson fight live, against Bruno, I instantly fell in love. It just made me angry at the fact that I couldn't witness this animal perform in the ring a bit earlier.

    As a little kid in 5th grade, I started following boxing like any casual would, just following the heavyweights and looking for knockouts.

    I am not a big fan of his, but what made me REALLY appreciate and completely fall in love with this beautiful sport.. nah, its not a sport, its an art. What made me fall in love with his art form, was watching Oscar fight on Tuesday night fights on USA network. I saw his 5 punch combination, I still remember it to this day like it was yesterday. jab jab right cross left hook, uppercut. How he mixed the hook and the last uppercut... I was in awe.

    I am not really a sensitive person, the only time I cried ever watching a movie were on two separate occasions, both when I was super young, Titanic, (LOL) and Simon Birch.. It had a chain reaction effect, everyone started crying and I cried as a little kid.

    After serving my second bid in prison, I became an even less sensitive person...

    The first documentary I seen after my second bid, was the HBO legendary nights, Gatti vs Ward. As a 28 year old grown man, that documentary made me cry hysterically. Unbelievable how a money hungry ***** decided to murder the father of her children just for money. I really wanted to try to fight and at least get a pro card in Asia, but I figured my physical prime was too late to have a go at boxing on a serious level. So I got the mental strength aspect of fighters, and decided to change my life around. a 4 time felon now having 2 jobs while attending graduate school.

    The life of a fighter is something that only 0.001% of the population can do, so many fighters live the crazy life of going all in in training camp, away from friends and family, for one particular goal. It is common for a lot of fighters to party crazy like no other after fights, because they know training camp is going to be hell again. I wish there is a second rift of a golden era in boxing again, honestly I follow MMA at a hardcore level but after the Yakuza had problems with networks in Japan after the 10 year contract was up, that POS Dana White have turned MMA into an absolute joke, and the new breed of combat sport fans are just downright annoying. In my mind boxing will always be the most difficult, purest sport out there.

    Share you guys' experiences with boxing that had an effect on your life!
     
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  2. wylan911

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    The 1st fight I ever saw was Leonard vs Duran 2, The "No Mas" fight. I loved the sport ever since.
     
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  3. HarolGee

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    I'm an extremely negative and sad person, so I'd like to say hating on the Klitschko brothers is what made me fall in love with boxing....but in reality it was watching darker skinned, handsome young men grunt and sweat as they worked on eachother, with muscles rippling and sweat dripping.
     
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  4. wylan911

    wylan911 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    ?????????? :nut
     
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  5. Stonehands

    Stonehands Member Full Member

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    SRR had that fight won even before the fight started. Possibly the greatest display of giving up I have seen from an ATG

    :rofl:rofl
     
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  6. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    This awakened my bloodlust:deal:
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  7. Beouche

    Beouche Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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  8. huki

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    Koki Kameda.
     
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  9. latineg

    latineg user of dude wipes Full Member

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    that is some funny stuff right there :good
     
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  10. DoubleEdge

    DoubleEdge The king of Kings banned

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    Vitali Klitschko
     
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  11. prizewriter

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    Seen a picture of Marvin Hagler on the front of a book called "100 greatest boxers" or something like that. I was out of shape at the time and obviously Hagler was a beast of a man. Started reading the book, went to a local boxing club, lost 2 stone, loved it ever since. It's a very accessible sport and it's very easy to understand.
     
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  12. besty1985

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    :lol: Well played sir.
     
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  13. silly_illy

    silly_illy Boxing Addict Full Member

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    John Ruiz vs Fres Oquendo

    .....was 1st fight i ever watched & i was instantly in Love with Boxing!!!
     
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  14. abuffy

    abuffy Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Floyd Mayweather brought me into the sport. After seeing some of his trash talking on all access, my family got interested and began watching him. What made me fall in love with the sport? Oh, idk. It's different from other sports. In basketball (my other favorite sport) you have 82 games in the regular season. Even in the playoffs, you have up to 7 games till you eliminate or be eliminated. There are chances.
    You lose one, well you can make it up the next night. You have time to make up for "off nights" and whatnot. Plus, it's a team sport and each guy can contribute differently. It's not all up to one guy.

    While in boxing, it appeals to me it is a single guy training for months, and unlike an 82-game season, it's all for one night and that one night can determine the rest of his career. It's so much pressure, so risky.

    It's also really reveals what the human body is capable of- mentally and physically.
     
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  15. Max Branning

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    Hahahaha!
    Herol gee - extremely depressed miserable racist ill indian guy
     
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