How did you get into boxing?

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    007 373 5963 Active Member Full Member

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    I grew up watching Mike Tyson and playing Mike Tyson's Punch Out.
     
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  2. Ted Stickles

    Ted Stickles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Was at a local boys club when I was probably 10 years old and they had a boxing section and I was just drawn to it and started to learn.
     
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  3. Kiwi_in_America

    Kiwi_in_America The Tuaminator Full Member

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    One word -

    TUA
     
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  4. On The Money

    On The Money Dangerous Journeyman Full Member

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    Ali then Hagler, Hearns, Duran, Leonard. Boxed as a youth for a couple of years, until age 13.
     
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  5. lobk

    lobk Original ESB Member

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    My father was a huge boxing fan. Just became a part of my weekend since I was a old enough to remember.
     
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    RingKing Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I watched Charlie Zelenoff grow as a fighter until he became the undisputed chumpion of the world.
     
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    Naz
     
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  8. Hanz Cholo

    Hanz Cholo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I was raised by Mexicans.
     
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    HellSpawn86 "My heart goes out to you!" Full Member

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    VBOX on fire with the stories and one line punchlines in this thread! :firedevil::risas3:
     
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  10. HellSpawn86

    HellSpawn86 "My heart goes out to you!" Full Member

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    But what does that make you? :thinking::sisi1
     
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    ad4m88 Active Member Full Member

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    Mayweather Vs Dela Hoya really got me into but always the crazy British heavyweight scene in early 2000s was wild all the fighters gave everything just for that Lonsdale belt
     
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    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    it was gradual.. The names just stuck out at me and the magazines did help. They were so exciting to read at that time. Today does not have 5 percent of the excitement as those early years and fighters.
     
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  13. SmackDaBum

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    Mike Tyson's punch out.
    1996 Atlanta olympics.
    Rocky Balboa.
    Knockout kings 2000.

    In that order.
     
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    JunlongXiFan Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I wanted to know what strength really was, and become strong. So I started to box.
     
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  15. IsaL

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    It was during the great depression. The year was 1931.

    I couldn't get a job so I decided to fight for a living. I became a journey man, and after I broke my hand they black listed me from boxing.

    My manger worked out a deal to get me a fight, one last fight so I can pay the electricity bill and buy food for my family. I won that fight, a total fluke. I got another fight and won, and then another and another as I kept winning.

    Some people today still call me Cinderella Man.
     
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