What Made You Guys Fans Of Boxing?

Hagler-Hearns. This was the first boxing match I had ever seen; I was very young. From that moment on, Hagler was a hero/idol of mine for much of my youth and boxing became this awesome spectacle.

 

he was around before i was born but my grampas videos of Nino Benvenuti made me love boxing

 

While i watched it before, the Rahman shock KO of Lennox Lewis made me a full time fan that was an exciting time.

 

The big fights I remember when I was a kid were Benn-Mclellan, Tyson-Bruno, then a bit later, being a Brit, it was Lewis-Tyson, Lewis-Rahman, then it was Ricky Hatton's rise via Tszou to Mayweather/Pacquiao, Calzaghe-Lacy too.

I would say Tyson Mania was what brought it to my attention but Benn- Mclellan was tragically the first full fight I saw.

 

Alot of good tales to tell, such as:

LIMO RIDE WITH TYRESE:
Back when Fast & Furious first came, Tyrese Gibson was a rising star in music & movies. he performed the National Anthem at a Black Tie VIP Boxing event in Georgia. Afterwards all participants were limoed to a private dinner. Seating was done via lottery & I got to ride with Tyrese. My fiancee's best friend was a big Tyrese fan & I had mentioned it to him. Being a nice guy, he called her from my phone. About 2 weeks later, I received a box for her from UPS, containing 100 autographed copies of his cd, a cardboard cutout of him, and 50 posters all autographed.

BEING THE OPPONENTS FRIEND/FOE:
I worked with Keith Mcknight, a Heavyweight from Tennessee on and off for numerous years. I received a phone call one day asking if I would like to work in the corner of Obed Sullivan for a USA Tuesday Night Fights show. I agreed, and lo-and-behold the opponent for Sullivan was Keith McKnight.

I took an old photo of Obed & my brother with me & had Obed autograph it.

I worked a couple fights with Robert Allen & one day I got an email asking if I'd work for a journeyman named Moses Martinez in GA. Once again I agreed, and once again i stood opposite of a fighter I previously worked with---Robert Allen.


BIGGEST MOMENT OF MY CAREER:
Working with KINGPIN, i was very fortunate to see the Vitali fight in person. Being in the presence of 2 damn great heavyweights (Vlad & Vitali) and just the whole K2 Experience was a sight to behold. K2 was Top Notch from top to bottom.

BEST TRASH TALK:
Tyson Fury had 1of the funniest smack talk I have ever heard.
When a female report was interviewing KINGPIN, he (KJ) mentioned something about going out to dinner with her. She politely declined & KJ jokingly said something to the effect of "its ok, Ima not into hookers"...and Tyson Fury replied, "Pathetic, You couldnt get laid by a hooker"...???

ALMOST HAD TO FIGHT:
When KINGPIN fought in Georgia against Harold Sconiers, the original opponent Stacey Frazier failed his physical. With only 2 days before fight day, and no opponent named, I jokingly said Id step in and fight. I passed the physical & was listed as possible opponent #1A if Sconiers turned down the contract.

THE DAY IRON MIKE TRIED TO KILL ME:
I worked the corner for Keith McKnight on the Tyson-Etienne undercard. After the weigh in. I was talking to Tyson & mentioned that he couldnt knock me out (Of course I was joking, Id bleed all over him if he hit me). But he jokingly agreed to play slap me. My jaw hurt for over 2 weeks after being slapped by him.

CHOKING NELLY:
On the Showtime card, KINGPIN vs. Damian Wills, rapper Nelly was in attendance. After the fight he came rushing up to our corner & tried to talk to KJ, I had no idea who he was, I tried to tell him he wasnt allowed & he forced by me, so I choked him. After we got separated, the PA announced that Nelly was in the audience. came to find out, Nelly & KJ are real good friends.

 

Hehe, I'm relatively new to boxing. It was actually Haye of all people.. Haye vs Valuev was quite hyped and I like sports in general so I tuned in, then I watched a Klitschko compilation on YouTube (not sure why) and I was amazed (the compilation was not boring unlike their actual fights, well at least Wlad's), afterwards I started reading this forum and slowly got into it more and more. I mostly followed the higher weight divisions at first but slowly went down to lower weights and now I watch any good fight from 118 to 200+.

Now that I think about this, I dislike the heavyweight division, it's not my favourite at all but it got me into boxing, just imagine how much a HEALTHY, exciting heavyweight division would help boxing.

 

Rocky movies as a little kid. Me and my brothers made our parents buy us boxing gloves and we would beat the **** out of each other. Then when i was in 4th and 5th grade i would stay up late and watch the fights on espn and usa.

 

Morales vs. Barrera.

 

The fact that it was a national sport on regular TV.

 

This is no doubt one of the ***giest posts I've ever seen here!

 

Mayweather and pacquaio both got me into boxing.

Mainly mayweather though because of the way he acts. Its different.

 

Mexicans.

 

:think

When i was really tiny i did Judo for 7 years but never fell in love with it.
Then for almost 3 years i did nothing. I started wrestling but that only lasted for a few weeks.

Some years later i really wanted to do something again and MMA caught my interest. I had found Japanese martial art mangas (comics) and i was really intrigued.

Eventually i started reading Hajime No Ippo (boxing manga). I only liked it because the action. At that point i was still into MMA and i was looking for gyms to go to.
Eventually i started exploring news sites about boxing and i got slowly drawn in.

That was in 2009 or 2010 i believe. I remember reading about DIrrell getting a DQ win over Abraham.

So for me there never was that one moment that got me. I just fell in love and to this day the sport is on my mind daily.

Just checked. I made my amateur debut in 2011 and i had my last match in 2012. I lost both fights via stoppage :!:
Lets just say that i made a lot of mistakes and my of my how much fear had to do with it. In 2011 i was stopped in the third round and i was actually leading on points.

After that i took plenty of time off. No training during the summer and then January 2012 was upon us. At that time i got really sick and i had to take two weeks off from training a month or so before the tournament. When i got closer to the fight i felt weaker and weaker with each training session.
I barely made the weight and i failed to put the water back on in 6 or so hours. I think i dehydrated like 5 pounds or a bit more to make the weight.
I was so out of shape that i got tired turing my 5 minute warm up. Needless to say i got battered in the first round. :nut The crazy part is that i was once again ahead on points, not that it matters.

The round started and the ****ers just came after me. Before he got close to me i landed a quick solid jab. I moved to the ropes and let him get close. He tried to get to me but i leaned back onto the ropes, dodged his punch and used the ropes to slingshot me back to him and laned a solid left hook. I guess those were the two points i got.

After that it was over. I had no stamina and he was just too good. He started throwing combos, most of which i blocked by just cowaring in a shell till i was given a standing 8. Basically i wasn’t getting hit with anything solid but i was getting hammered while not throwing back anything.
The second standing 8 came from a straight right to my right eye. **** hurt for a week or so and thats all she wrote.
Thats my boxing career for ya I also did some training in London for a short period of time and plan to get back in the ring this year. I am only 21 :bbb

One thing for sure is that i will never take part in a match knowing that i am not 100 %.
Both times i had a slight belly and had under-trained. Those sound like excuses but to me they are mistakes.
I practice my stance at home every day and cant wait to get back in a real gym. :fire:fire

 

Nasim Hammed and Felix Trinidad.

 

Watching Tyson against Lewis,on tv.