What fighters did your father/grandfather like?

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  1. Wearside

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    Marciano is one of the most over rated HW champs in history.
     
  2. liver shot

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    my dad doesnt like boxing.
    my grandad on my mums side died when i was young,before i got into it,but he liked rocky marciano.i used to go though all his collection of old boxing mags.
     
  3. Slider75

    Slider75 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    My father only watched soccer:-(
     
  4. M.I.G.

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    My dad, and all the other men in my family, were all about Julio Cesar Chavez, Roberto Duran, El Finito Lopez, and La Chiquita Gonzales... Mexicans
     
  5. FourtyOunce

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    My grandfater like Rocky Marciano and hated/hates Mike Tyson. I was watching the Douglas/Tyson fight with him in 1990 and he was overjoyed in the fact that Tyson got beat.
     
  6. Kolya

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    And I don't think the old man particularly cares, he likes the guy. :lol:
     
  7. AbbasKhan6428

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    my dad reali luved marvin hagler and his relentless style
     
  8. IsaL

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    My Grandmother use to make me watch boxing with her and my quadrapalegic uncle. They use to bet money.
     
  9. jabo

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    my father loved ali , freazier roberto duran wilfredo gomez ray leonard ray robinson
     
  10. IsaL

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  11. Wearside

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    Fair one:D
     
  12. Boxing Fanatic

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    Pop, Ali, Tyson. Grandpa, just one word.......Tyson
     
  13. FibreOptic

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    I remember my dad always talking about Ali, Holmes, and Sugar Ray Leonard.
     
  14. Beenie

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    My father grew up in the Detroit area and was a big Hearns fan.
     
  15. Mankind

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    damn you punks are making feel my age:-(