I'm not going to lie, it was when he fought lajuan simon. I got out of work early and somebody here or bscene posted a link and I clicked it. Followed him every since.
Proksa, I think. In before IB claims to have watched him beat Korobov, Lee and Bute live in the 2002 Asian Olympics at 3 o'clock in the morning...
First time I watched live was Rubio Before that I watched the marquee fights of boxing The May PAC Cotto Canelo Mosley Margarito Martinez era
Olympic final in 2004. But I didn't know anything about him back then and I didn't start following his career or become a fan until about 2008-2009. Around that sort of time.
Gabe Rosado. So that would be 4 years ago almost now. I had heard of him and watched some online videos of him before that, but I didn't really find out about him until around the time of that fight. Doesn't really feel like 4 years ago, but it was. Thought he'd be in more interesting fights by then. Not totally his fault though.
Against Proksa, and I was terribly impressed. Proksa was a really good fighter at the time and Gennady beat the living hell out of him. Props to Proksa in that match, he did give it all he had effort-wise but he was totally outclassed.