^ Name the first boxing fight you've seen! ^

i honestly dont remember i'm fan of boxing from early age so its hard to figure this on out.

 

DLH vs Macho comancho

 

I genuinely don't remember what my first fight was, but I was lucky enough that one of the first fights I watched was Gatti - Ward 3. Talk about something getting you hooked.

 

My first fight live was Lewis - Holyfield I i remember my uncles waking me up to watch at 5am.

Before that my Dad got an Ali video with Liston I,II and the rumble in the jungle. So that was my first boxing I saw!

 

Rocky Balboa v Apollo Creed

 

I think it was some Klitschko fight not sure which, it was just like 3 years back so I am quite a newb, although try to do my research and so on.

 

How did you score it?

 

The first time I saw Sugar Ray Robinson in the ring, my dad took me to the old Garden in ‘46 to see him against Tommy Bell for the vacant welter title.

Bell was no slouch, in his own right . . . not the least cowed by Robinson's reputation.

Robinson glistened in his corner waiting for the bell. He was sleek and lean, with a dancer's legs and long supple arms that looked even longer because of his sloping shoulders. While the introductions were being given, he windmilled his right arm, like David getting ready to smite Goliath with a sling.

Robinson and Bell were mirror images of each other in style - both stand-up boxer-punchers - though Robinson enjoyed a few inches in height.

Bell fought with hands high and with a tighter stance. Robinson's guard was lower and he was turned slightly to the side, in concession to defense, but his stance was wider and gave him more leverage.

They dueled on pretty even terms for 15 rounds, but to me, Robinson's punches had more authority and his combinations were like the repeated crack of a bullwhip.

Some thought Robinson lost that night - it was that closely contested - and Bell dropped Robinson in the second round with left hooks. Bell hit the canvas in the 11th, and was almost stopped in the 12th.

I think like most people there, though, it was almost impossible not to watch Robinson exclusively: He glided over the canvas. And, even in the bitterest exchanges, he had the baring of royalty. His combinations were flashes of fire to the head and body; you could hear the THWACKS! echo through the arena.

 

Hearns / Leonard II, then Tyson / Douglas. Not an easy way to become a boxing fan...

 

Read this on the classic forum JG ..Thank you for sharing this with us !:good

Looking forward to reading more..

 

Tyson/Holmes. I was 5.

 

I was born in '76 and boxing was on Saturday afternoons during my childhood. There were three channels, and boxing was on one.

I don't remember the first fight, but do remember watching my dad and uncle excitedly watching a Roberto Duran upset in a house we lived in until I was in first grade.

 

Chisora-Haye the "he glassed me" fight.

 

My memory of the fight is vague, because I was so young, but Ali/Spinks rematch is my earliest memory. I was rooting for Ali based on nothing more than his cartoon I watched and he was the champ. Everyone else in my family was rooting for Spinks. The most vivid match I can remember was Holmes/Norton when I was around 8 years old.

 

same here, only i watched fight with my stepfather.