How long have you been following the sport?

lol. Thanks.

 

We have 2 good Hispanic TV Channels in the DFW that have boxing on Friday & Sat. for free. Boxing about 95% as good as the high priced cable/PPV fights. Plus you get the hot chiquitas out running around too.

 

Wow! I am glad you actually got to ask this question! I tried to ask the same last year almost to the day but someone called the professor continental to delete the thread! He would do it without letting me know nevermind what the reason for its deletion! Apparently he arbitrarily felt it was violation because it asked for census data?! What a condescending clown!

 

Since the late 70s when I was about seven.Watt v Ogrady was one of the first what a mess! Then I watched Hagler duffing up my British heroes .I was a bit scared of Marvin when I was a lad ! Mind you so were all the middle weights at the time.

 

Since around 1991

Thats 26 years of experience of the noble art.

 

I was 69 this November, my earliest memory is listening to my Dad and Uncles saying how C*ckell was fouled out of the Marciano fight and that he would have won without the fouls ,[not true but they had only the Uk papers to go on,and the edited news reel at the cinema,] I was a young kid and decided I hated Rocky then.
My next is probably of the Ingo v Floyd trilogy,when I and a school mate would box as infants. me Floyd he Ingo. Can't remember when I wasn't interested in the game,the Saturday fights from the US would be shown here lunchtime at week ends on our flickering B&W TV, guys like
: Henry Hank,Joey Giardello, Randy Sandy,Luis Rodriguez,Jesus Pimental,Dick Tiger,Joe Brown ,Carlos Ortiz , Emille Griffith, Joe Medel,and later,Ruben Olivares ,Chucho Castillo ,etc.
I think their were more skilled operators in the game in those days,guys like Dave Charnley,Jose Stable,AlanRudkin would be champs today.

 

Reminds me of one of my earliest boxing related memories. An elementary school classmate and I would fight "to the body" (only punches to the chest and stomach) over who had the right to call himself Tyson. This was a little after Tyson had knocked off Berbick.

 

Yeah, I can buy your theory that most fans who got into the sport in recent years don't have as much regard for heavyweight boxing in general as guys who lived through the division's glory years. Just about all of the fight cards I've paid triple-digits to see live have been headlined by 140-175lb stars. But old-time fans seem FAR more likely to categorically disparage today's heavyweights as overweight scrubs, usually because they confuse their stylistic & aesthetic preferences and sentimental nostalgia as objective assessments of talent and fighting abilities.

I've been on a 70s-early 90s heavyweight & cruiserweight kick lately but in general I would almost always prefer to watch the best little men instead of the best big men. The speed, technique, and activity is more compelling for me. I guess that's why my favorite heavies all tend to be faster and more skilled than most.

 

I'm 36 and have been following for half of my life, since age 18. Ive only been a fanatic for six years, though. But I like the old timers

 

I'm 55, around '71 I became aware of boxing around the time of the Ali-Frazier 1 and then become hooked for life in '72. At 10 years old, I saw my first Ali fight which was a replay of Ali-Chuvalo 2 on Wide World of Sports. I used to read about boxing in those yearly encyclopedias then Sports Illustrated - then I discovered there were magazines devoted the boxing - first mag was "The Ring" September 1972 which I re-bought a couple years ago on Ebay. I used to buy all that I could afford, The Ring, World Boxing, International Boxing, etc. I really like this classic boxing forum, a lot of my boxing buddies passed away or moved on. For me I enjoy reading about the old time fighters and felt pretty lucky that I grew up during a decent boxing time ('70s). I feel like as of late though, boxing seems to be gaining in popularity. I do miss the 15 round championship fights with the 3 real championship rounds (13-15) and the intensity, heart and fortitude in took fighters to pull out a tough fight.

 

I envy you seeing all those fighters in real time.

 

Don't worry...I understand how you feel......

 

Boomers are people born between 1945 & 1964...

 

OK Red, have to disagree on "The Thing". The 1951 classic scared the bejesus out of me! But...I originally hated the 1982 remake until I
read the 'novelette' "Who goes There" which the remake stuck to the book. Of course they didn't have the special effects that could accurately duplicate the book in the original which had 'Marshal Dillion' as The Thing. With repeated viewings, I love the remake (tho a little to gory). Of course Floyd would have left hooked that 'shape shifter' into oblivion! LOL