1st great fight you've watched?

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  1. Big Ukrainian

    Big Ukrainian Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    For me it was Holyfield - Bowe 1, I was a small kid at that time and was very excited, I love this sport since that fight.

    I'd like to hear old-timers here. Maybe even guys who are in their 80s now
     
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  2. Ken Ashcroft

    Ken Ashcroft Boxing Addict Full Member

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    There are guys in their 80s here!? :xmas2:
     
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  3. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Lol I'm naming no names Ken but sure some posters are a little senior senile!
     
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  4. Big Ukrainian

    Big Ukrainian Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Burt Bienstock if he's still here is closer to 90 or 90 already as far as I know. Hope he's ok.
     
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  5. Perry

    Perry Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ali Frazier 1
     
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  6. Vanboxingfan

    Vanboxingfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I think the first fight l really watched and heard a lot about was the Rumble in the Jungle. I was around 11 then. I still remember the whole world stopping what they were doing to watch/hear this fight. Same thing happened during the Thrilla in Manila. Boxing, or at least an Ali fight, was HUGE back then.
     
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  7. Mr Butt

    Mr Butt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The term is subjective

    I could say Frazier vs clay III

    I'm going for john H Stracey vs
    Hedgmon lewis , Stracey was an early favourite of mine as a kid .
     
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  8. nikrj

    nikrj Active Member Full Member

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    Duran vs Barkley . I never forgot that fight, non stop action from the beginning until the end. An electrifying and thrilling fight even today when I re-watch it. It was The Swan Song of Hands of Stone, his last great performance.
     
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  9. Arminius

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    Wilfredo Gomez vs Lupe Pintor. It was a tremendous fight.
     
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  10. GoldenHulk

    GoldenHulk Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Dwight Braxton in December of 1981, I was 10 years old. Not exactly a great fight, but I think it was the first title fight I remember watching.
     
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  11. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    John L Sullivan vs Jim Corbett :drive:
     
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  12. Hookandjab

    Hookandjab Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Patterson vs Chuvalo. First fight I remember watching. Good intro, action all the way.
     
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  13. Nighttrain

    Nighttrain 'BOUT IT 'BOUT IT Full Member

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    Beware. I had threads "disappeared" by a moderator for asking a question related to boxing fan's ages to gain some perspective. He apparently felt it was socially unjust to stray from mind numbing speculation on if certain Fighters have glass jaws.
     
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  14. mcvey

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    "Keep em up Gomez ," Arthur Mercante.lol
     
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  15. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    You got off lightly, two or three posters have disappeared,permanently.
     
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