Earliest Boxing memory

Watching boxing with my dad in my kitchen, no idea who was fighting, but some Irish lad against a Brit probably. I'm fairly sure the Irish lad got his **** pushed in because I remember my dad complaining about him doing **** all.

Early to mid 90s.

Didn't start following the sport myself until mid/late 2000s.

 

Going to parties with my parents for De la Hoya fights when I was around 4-6 yrs old.. All the adults would be drinking, watching fights and playing cards or dominos while us kids were outsides playing football or whatever.. The De la Hoya vs Vargas fight really got me into boxing though. The atmosphere was so ridiculous and I knew I had to stay inside to watch it, even my mom watched it rather than hang with the women and gossip or whatever the hell they would do. When Vargas got KO'd everyone was going nuts and beer was flying everywhere.... Then I knew that this was the sport Id love. Good times man, my mom let me try my first beer at one of those parties too haha

 

McCullough and Carruth at the '92 Olympics.

 

Well everyone has heard of Iron Mike Tyson. My family is Chinese so in terms of sports, it's all about ping pong, soccer, and badminton. My brother was really into basketball. I had seen many many basketball games, soccer games, hockey games, football games, and the like. For some reason I just never could get into them. Never really rooted for a team or anything. I guess team sports just isn't my thing. Anyway, I decided to look up boxing. Namely, Mike Tyson. I saw a highlight video (which I re-watched in the future, of course) and it was super awesome but it didn't really stick with me. After that video I decided to check out boxing a bit more and I ended up watching all the Morales-Barrera fights. Those are my first real boxing encounters and are still the most golden boxing memories that I have had the pleasure of watching. There was just something about it that I'm sure all boxing fans can relate to. Something beautiful about the way they fought. Brutal yet intellectual. Just a one on one physical mind game. It was captivating. I was watching and re-watching and staring intently at my screen. To this day, I love re-watching those fights as a very fond memory. After that, I ended up watching some Mosley fights, the specifics of which I can't really remember. But yeah, after that it was determined that boxing is my sport. To root for that one dude against the other dude. It truly is the sweet science. Boxing has (obviously) stuck with me to this day and I am sure it will continue in the future. I'm a young guy so I wasn't really able to see a lot of the classics live but I am looking forward to future match ups. Like Canelo vs. Cotto. That's gonna be a hoot.

 

Greb/Tunney in 1922 that got FOTY is a fresh memory even now. Closely followed by Canelo Alvarez beating Austin Trout in 2013

 

Mike Tyson in handcuffs, wearing the blue shirt, with goatee, being escorted to prison

 

watching my uncles fight in the amateurs.

 

****ing newb.

Probably saw Fraud in the WWE developed feelings for the crackhead and followed his stinky ass to boxing.:rofl

 

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My earlist memories of pro boxing were watching the Collins-Eubank/Benn fights at the local pub with my dad.

 

I was at home with my brother when boxing was on TV for free (remember those days). Sat down with a pot noodle each he said "watch this" I was hooked.

 

The one that stuck with me most has to be Hamed - Barrera. That was the fight which sold me as a fight fan when I was much younger

 

Watching the third Ali-Frazier fight with my dad, i was about 6.