How long have you been a fan of boxing?

diehard for 10 but followed for about 15

 

I miss Tyson, the baddest man on the planet. No man can make such a claim right now.

 

Since 1996 the night of the first Tyson-Holyfield fight the atmoshphere addicted me. So id say close to 15 years then 10 but sometimes with the BS that takes place in boxing I wonder why I keep watching.

 

I do remember hearing alot about him too as a kid and my parents would get the fights but i never really sat down to watch him until after he was way past it.

So i never realy got into the Tyson bandwagon.

 

ok

 

lol the first fight I really remember was leonard finch on wide world of sports I think 1982?

 

20 years, Since I was a bambino.

 

That one was a little before me , the first one i remember was leonard - Hagler - listened to it on the radio , he got me into boxing , i used to try and skip like him in the gym!!!

 

"The thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat!":yep

 

Since 1977-78 around the end of ALis career when he lost to Leon Spinks also remember his fight with Earnie Shavers. Im 39 so since i was was 7 or 8 ive been a die hard fan since back then. I remember cleaning up on bets when i was like 11 on the Holmes Cooney fight LOL. Already pretty knowledgable by that age.

The guy on my Avi (Bobby Chacon) was my favorite as a kid so was Duran,ALi,Little Red,M Spinks,Arguello,Palomino and many more.

 

I watched it casually when I was a kid. The first fight I remember distinctly seeing on TV was one of the Spinks-Holmes fights. From then (85/86) until around 1990 or so, I watched it casually. I remember watching big fights like Tyson's title defenses and Hearns-Leonard 2. Then around 1990/91, I started following it like a junkie. Fights like Douglas-Tyson, Chavez-Taylor 1, Holyfield-Douglas, the two Tyson-Ruddock fights, Foreman-Holyfield, etc...all got me hooked.

I turned a little bit more into the casual side in the mid to late 90s, but started getting addicted again in around 2000. That Trinidad-Vargas classic really got me hooked.

 

Got interested in boxing when I wa 17. I am 37 now.