Whats the first match you really remember watching?

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  1. dan4579

    dan4579 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Mine was Mike Tyson Vs. Carl "The Truth" Williams. I was 10. I remember being totally mystified by how Tyson could take out such a big, in shape guy with his left hand. I was wildly impressed by that as a kid. Of course, I had no idea what a left hook was all about then. Later, I learned that Carl really liked to get smashed by left hooks. He didn't take them well, but he sure seemed to get hit by them a lot! Also, I didn't know at the time that Tyson is left handed, but that's really neither here nor there when it comes to a left hook, really.
    How about you guys...?
     
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  2. PityTheFool

    PityTheFool Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I've dithered on this as I have vague memories of my dad watching some really big fights,but I think the first one I really tuned into was Jim Watt losing to Arguello.Jim fought at the Kelvin Hall sometimes and I lived near there,but this one was in London I'm sure.
    I was only around 8 at the time,so not sure how tuned in I was,but for some reason I have a memory of seeing Leonard-Duran 1,but most of these fights I remember were probably just on TV.I know the first time I really felt I was tuned into what was happening was Holmes-Spinks 1,but again,I have earlier memories.
     
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  3. underachiever

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    frank bruno vs joe bugner
     
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  4. underachiever

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    im 32
     
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  5. lufcrazy

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    Tyson v Bruno
     
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  6. irishny

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    Remember watching McCullogh win silver in the 92 Olympics, with Carruth winning gold the same year.

    First pro fight?.....Collins-Eubanks 1, I think
     
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  7. G Man

    G Man Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Tyson V Bruno I.
     
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  8. Cojones

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    Lennox/Rahman 1, i was 7 and was only allowed to watch it because it was on earlier than other big fights
     
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  9. Chappy112

    Chappy112 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Tough one, I'm sure I could work my way back and keep remembering fights that were earlier than the one I thought was the first.

    The one that stands out is Lewis vs Tyson. I wasn't really a Boxing fan then though, I'd say I became a Boxing fan when Hatton fought Tsyzu and I've been hooked ever since.
     
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  10. Dorfmeister

    Dorfmeister Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Muhammad Ali against Kenny Norton in the Yankee Std for the Hwt Championship.
    I was six and the image was black and white, I remember Ali shouting "Norton must fall", I mean I remember him shouting but later I came to know what it was.
    Anyway, it was much later that I started rec tapes of fights such as Bramble-Mancini and Hearns Leonard 1.
     
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  11. macp1

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    i remember watching Willie DeWitt and Shaw O'Sullivan in the Olympics, and the Lennox in the next games, but the first real fight I remember watching was Tyson vs Larry Holmes.
     
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  12. Badlok

    Badlok Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Leonard - Duran with my dad
     
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  13. kwilson71

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    De la hoya-Mosley 1
     
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  14. dan4579

    dan4579 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    That sounds like a fond memory. Great fight as well.
     
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  15. Andy McNab

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    Tyson VS Bruno. The guy who ran our local pub taped it for my dad (even though he was there to watch it) so he could watch again. I was hooked on Tyson and boxing in general after that.
     
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