How old are you and how long have you been watching boxing?

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  1. NewBoxingOrder

    NewBoxingOrder Well-Known Member Full Member

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    You know, I think you're right. Maybe I'm remembering a build-up promotion to the show.

    I remember watching something on, I think it was, NBC about the fight. And I remember Al Michaels calling the fight but I guess it was for HBO and not NBC.

    I had it in my head the fight was on NBC.

    I remember watching it at my grandparents' house with my family. But it may have been a replay. I have to do some digging to get the information about the broadcasting of the fight. Maybe I saw a tape delay of the fight.
     
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  2. RacingBeat

    RacingBeat Casual lives matter Full Member

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    45 years old, started in the 80s with the Fab four and Tyson, but it was really USA Tuesday night fights that got me hooked for good
     
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  3. NewBoxingOrder

    NewBoxingOrder Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I'm going to correct myself above. I also remember watching Spinks-Holmes 1 in 1985 at my grandparents' house, but that fight was on HBO. I thought it was on free tv. I believe it was on "free" HBO.

    My grandparents must have had HBO at the time. I just forgot.

    So I take back the "Hagler vs Hearns on free tv" comment.
     
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  4. sean

    sean pale peice of pig`s ear Full Member

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    been watching since late 70s and i am 50 .
     
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  5. RacingBeat

    RacingBeat Casual lives matter Full Member

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    Also Holyfield's rise, late 80s to early 90s that was a great run
     
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  6. NewBoxingOrder

    NewBoxingOrder Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Ok, I found more info on the Hagler/Hearns broadcast stuff.

    It was on PPV, apparently, as well as closed circuit. And it was also apparently shown on a delayed HBO broadcast.

    http://www.si.com/boxing/2010/04/16/hagler-hearns

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    Additionally, the fight was shown on ABC (free tv in the USA) two months later.

    http://www.modifiedlimitedhangout.com/blog/2010/4/14/hagler-vs-hearns-the-war-turns-25.html

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    I thought I saw it live, but that might be wrong. I don't know when the HBO delayed broadcast took place.
     
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  7. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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    Off and on since the early 2000s... Became a hardcore fan in the mid-late 2000s
     
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  8. boxingbull

    boxingbull Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'm 30 been watching the sport since the early 90s (I want to say between 90-92)
     
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  9. bandeedo

    bandeedo Loyal Member Full Member

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    im 50 and ive been a fan for 43 years. first big fight i remember was the thrilla from manila. my pops took me to watch it at freeman coliseum in san antonio, i was 9.
     
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  10. boxfap

    boxfap USA! USA! USA!

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    Im 38, started boxing training at 9 at the local lads club and did that for a couple of years. Watched the big fights on free tv before that and at that time but there wasnt much on apart from British fighters. Did 2 years of ams as a young teenager before beer, drugs, cigs and ho's caught my attention. Did another 5 amature fights when i was 22/23 but realised that while i could punch very well, my movement, defense and speed was dog sheyt and i was never gonna be any good.

    Uncle took me to watch Eubank v Benn 1 in 1990 live at the NEC in Birmingham when i was 11 or 12 and i was hooked on live fights. I have been to at least 1 big fight every year since and normally go to 2-3 big fights each year and plan mini holidays around them. I still go to small hall shows in the north of england and glasgow 3-4 times a year when im back in the UK. The boxing scene in sweden is pretty small and quiet compared to the UK so i rarely watch anything here.

    So in total been watching for 31+ years and been active in the ring or gym for 26 years on and off.
     
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  11. Old boxer

    Old boxer New Member Full Member

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    I´m 74 and I´ve been a boxing fan since Ingemar Johanssons early days as a pro. Heavyweight and Middleweight are my favorite weight classes. Best heavyweights I´ve seen: Rocky Marciano, Cassius Clay, young Tyson, best middleweights: Sugar Ray Robinson, Gennady Golovkin.
     
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  12. plank46

    plank46 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    i'm fifty. been watching boxing since the early seventies.
     
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  13. wylan911

    wylan911 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I'm 44 as of today 09/11. I fell in love with boxing in 1980 after watching Leonard-Duran both 1 and 2. Especially after 2 SRL was the best thing since sliced bread to me after watching him make Duran say No Mas.. Michael Jackson w/ Muscles they called him...
     
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  14. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    36, I've watched it off and on ever since I can remember, became a hardcore fanboy in the early 2000's
     
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  15. lloydturnip

    lloydturnip Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I am 40ish the first fight I can remember watching was watt o Grady when I was seven I think. the blood in that fight made a real impression on me quite shocking.I watched hagler against minter Hagler was a destroyer that night to me as little kid hagler was scary a real mean SOB everyone knew who hagler was he looked as mean as he was .awesome
     
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