How did you become hardcore boxing fans?

2003 after roy jones won his HW title, after that i got hooked to the sport in general, im not even that much of a RJJ fan either

 

from my parents , especially my mum .

she is a die hard boxing fan , and the fact that there was only 1 tv per household and 3 channels to chose from meaning you watched what your parents watched , so boxing soon got me hooked.

my mum is now 69 and still pays for PPV to watch the big fights in ireland and knows all the current fighters.

 

at home, my father is a boxing fan.

the fight that left a good impression was the leonard vs. lalonde fight. i thought lalonde was a monster. he was knocking out people while being pinned in the ropes turning their heads into a speed bag.

but, i really got into boxing when the internet was invented.

 

Ali.

 

Leonard-Hearns I. September 16, 1981. I was 9 years old. Easy to be a boxing fan in the 80s with the talent and TV coverage.

 

Got hooked from reading book after book about Joe Louis. Love the history of boxing. Spending day after day of my life researching the 1930's-50's heavyweights, as well as just learning, I'll just throw out a number, 200-ish of the best boxers and reading through their resume did it for me. The history of boxing as well as the obvious epic nature of the events are what make it so great.

 

My dad used to read me books about the Fabulous Four.
Then I started boxing at 7 years old.
The first bout I can remember being interested in was Bruno v Tyson II.
I became a hardcore boxing fan by watching Prince Naseem Hamed.

 

Eubank, Benn and Hamed gave me the bug. Benn especially. He appealed to my dark and sadistic nature.

 

My Dad was a fighter and I grew up watching the fights on TV cause we just never missed the fights in my house... I lost interest in High School but later on I just started needing to catch all the fights again. I've been in that mode now since like 2004.

 

B hop on channel two when boxing was respected was my first fight i saw. But watching with my uncle on USA channel got me addicted. I have to say I miss the good all days when there was no internet to read about fighters. And I didnt know any boxers name sep the famous once. I just liked to watch fights don't care who they are. Just wanted to see a good fight. Now its all showcase.

 

Since I was 5 my dad ordered all fights, and now I am just a hardcore fan.

 

Cotto vs Margarito I made me a fan

 

my dad

 

my uncle massive tyson fan he flew to holmes tyson before anybody from england even went to new york he got a gun put to his head whilst he was there and all sorts.

He met robin givens before the fight and spent half hour with her tysons photographer heard his accent and he got invited tothe fight after show party stepped on marvin haglers foot on the dance floor by accident! seen holyfield there john gotti mohammed ali.

But yeah anyway i was born a few months later 27th june 1988 the day tyson beat spinks so i was born a tyson fan and have been since first fight i remember was his fight against mcneeley when he came out of prison.

 

in this order mike tyson, roy jones jr, floyd mayweather jr !!!
everyone else came along when i got hip to floyd in 97.pretty muched loved it ever since, i like all the fighters.just root for the ones i like more then others.only bout 2 fighters i dont like.sergio mora and sometimes ruiz but he had ok fights with holyfield and i always wanted to see him matched with a klitchko.