Who was the first boxer you were a fan of?

Kostya Tszyu. first fight i watched was his KO of Zab

 

MFing Mike Tyson.....
First fight I ever watch on live TV was Tyson vs Tubbs when i was 6 years old.
I watched it on a tiny, portable black and white TV.
Same TV i saw the Challenger blow up on

 

Marvelous Marvin Hagler

 

Early 90's, Christopher Livingstone Eubank. What ever people say about him he was the ultimate showman.

 

I was loosely following boxing but I think the first fighter that I used to root for was Sugar Ray Leonard
I was one of the ones who didn't have a problem with the draw against Hearns and thought Ray had done enough

 

As a child, Tyson. I knew my dad liked Hagler and Hearns and Leonard so I was vaguely aware of those guys, but too young to really grasp their greatness in their heyday.

As an adult, turning into a hardcore, non-casual boxing fan? 100% credit goes to one man:

https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/the-marco-antonio-barrera-super-thread.514025/

 

If it was the first fighter ever i would say Muhammed Ali. But i only became a hardcore fan in 2010 and i would say that Manny Pacquaio and Sergio Martinez played a big role in hooking me. Also Mayweather and so many, i love this sport because of the drama in each division.

 

I had been watching boxing for a while, but I was a fan of nobody. Until I saw fernando el feroz vargas. I became insta fan. For no reason, I guess, I just started rooting for him like for no other. Fernando el feroz vargas, what a fighter!

It hurt, btw.

I still root for him when I rewatch his fights, even those he lost, especially those he lost, especially the de la hoya fight. **** de la hoya!

 

Which is weird, because most people (including those who don't ordinarily like DLH) consider him the protagonist in that one, although I'm sure a lot of that had to do with Lampley's cheerleading and rhetoric about Oscar "beating up the bully".

 

Like many young British guys, Ricky Hatton. I was also a massive fan of Jack Dempsey when I first got into classic Boxing.

 

Couple of class swarmers, both.

(the Mauler far greater, obviously)

 

Both were great at stuffing their face and self indulgence, though

 

And they had the gift of gab in common, both could sell a fight and win over a crowd before the match had started. (and once it did, they emptied their clips and gave as much of themselves as the fans could ask for)

 

First boxer I really followed was Floyd Patterson. I loved his leaping left hook.

 

Gazelle punch is a beaut. You're no spring chicken, then?