THE READ DEAL EVANDER HOLYFIELD upsetting Mike TYSON. THAT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Andrey
The end of the Larry Holmes reign.. Mike Spinks and Mike Tyson... The 84 Olympics and Tyrell Biggs fabulous performances sold the idea of massive heavyweights moving so gracefully.. amazing time.
Ali-Frazier 2 was my first experience - I was a bit young, but it helped I got the Superman-Ali comic. I really started following boxing around '79 with Mogens Palles pro fights. The coverage of boxing has always been failing in Denmark, so my knowledge wasn't extensive.
at first it was JC Chavez, I mean he was an hero here in mexico, then I saw his fights against dlh and I used to hate him, but just like floyd right now, dlh got my respect and is one of may fav fighters nowdays
I knew this extraordinary guy with pugilistica dimensia who fought in the teens, twenties, and 30's last century that won more than he lost but could only remember the ones he won. In his damaged mind he was undefeated. He had about a 30 second cognitive memory but he could describe his fights from 50 years earlier with dramatic skill.
(coming from a younger guy here keep in mind) mayweather/dlh got me EXTREMELY addicted. All the hype of that fight just hooked me. I watched a little here and there before that, but that fight hooked me more into boxing ten fold. Pretty sure it did for some of my buddies too - even though I keep telling them that that fight was a stinker compared to some others I have seen.
You Tube....Being able to go and see so many old great fights has got me hooked. Whenever I am bored I just look for a fight. I would really only get into boxing when there were big fights (Tyson, DLH, etc..) but now I cant get enough of it!! This board is sweet too....learn lots of good stuff here.
Bruno-Witherspoon and the rise of Tyson in 1986 was what turned me into a hardcore fan. I remember watching boxing earlier, notably Ali-Holmes, Alan Minter, and the Barry McGuigan world title fights, but it was the Bruno-Witherspoon fight that got me obssessed.