Pacquiao Fans (hardcore)

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Dan Jamson, Mar 23, 2011.


  1. Dan Jamson

    Dan Jamson Guest

    How many of you 'actually' followed boxing before Pacman came along?

    who amongst you remembers getting excited about watching Whitacker vs Chavez in a bar in Manilla?
     
  2. sadlittleboy

    sadlittleboy Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No I don't remember the fight...I was 5 at the time. Though I do remember the rise of Hamed, the Ottke v Reid Fiasco and following Calzaghe after he beat Eubank.
     
  3. rayrobinson

    rayrobinson Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I just started watching boxing when Manny beat Diaz , I only watch fighters who win.

    Who are Whitaker and Chavez? are they from the programme 'different strokes'??
     
  4. VecArrow

    VecArrow Custom User Title Full Member

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    Internet cafes didnt exist back then in Manilla, nor did boxing.
     
  5. Squire

    Squire Let's Go Champ Full Member

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    I folowed boxing before I became a fan of Manny, but I didn't watch Whitacker-Chavez in a bar in Manilla. In all honesty I've never even been there!
     
  6. el mosquito

    el mosquito Boxing Addict banned

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    before Pacquiao won his first title at Flyweight in 1998, i was 10 years old and the only sport i follow was WWF lol. My father though was a boxing fan and i remember trying to take the remote control from him while he was watching because i thought boxing was boring.

    By the time Pacquiao was about to face barrera, my father had succeded in turning me into a boxing fan and i could give a list of who were in the top p4p rankings in those days
     
  7. turk182

    turk182 not newbie Full Member

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    m a fan of pac. but i don't consider myself being a so-called "hardcore" fan.

    i watched when the four horsemen (hagler, herns leonard, duran) fought each other. i also recall watching ali fight holmes and tyson's rampage up the HW ranks and his downfall from grace. certainly all of these fights were before pac's time.
     
  8. mRD

    mRD vagabond Full Member

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    I'm a decent boxing fan even before the rise of pac. The HW Div and Tyson era in the late 80s and 90's was really something before pac was introduce to the word.
     
  9. evilsherwin

    evilsherwin Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Internet cafes didnt exist anywhere in the world back in 1993 you troll :good
     
  10. elToro_Kabayo

    elToro_Kabayo New Member Full Member

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    You're right.. the Thrilla in Manila also never existed.
     
  11. Boom_Boom

    Boom_Boom R.I.P Boxing 6/9/12 Full Member

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    I wasnt born into boxing I chose boxing 11 years ago. I was a casual fan and watched every non-ppv fight on HBO. When I first saw Pacquiao live on HBO against MAB I was thinking to myself this Filipino was going to get F***** up. He shocked me and I didnt think he was for real until after the first round of the JMM fight.
     
  12. USboxer1981

    USboxer1981 The Real Def. MVP Full Member

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    there are very few posters on here who are actually from the phillipines, or even filipino ...

    ******ed Pac haters just like to label anyone who disagrees with them a *******.
     
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  14. davebenoit

    davebenoit Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ever heard of Vito Antuofermo vs Marvin Hagler? Watch those kind of fights in Manila via free TV.
     
  15. davebenoit

    davebenoit Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Oh, before Pac I watched Tyson won the heavyweight crown at age 19, and got beaten by Buster Douglas several years after. All these in free TV in Manila.