When did the sport of boxing begin

February 2006. I was 19.

Thomas Hearns-Shannon Landberg at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

 

I became aware of boxing when my muslim friend introduced me to Naseem Hamed.

I became a fan of the sport when Barrera beat Hamed's ass.

I became a die-hard fan a few months later when Hopkins beat Tito

 

Always liked the sport - since the 80's.

Became a true fan around 98 - after coming home from work and turning on the TV - only to see this fast ass guys - beating he **** out of another guy. The fast ass guy was named - Sugar Shane Mosley. I've been hooked every since. This is actually the only sport that I follow - so I treat it like a job.

 

Probably watching Oscar De La Hoya vs Miguel Angel Gonzalez, they were both undefeated at the time.

 

I became a Tito Trinidad fan back in '91 because one of his cousins lived next door to me. I became an actual fan of the sport (not just the fighter) when Tito fought Vargas back in '00

 

I remember hearing about Tyson but never saw him fight but that was my first knowledge of the sport. Was too young to watch boxing, but when I was about 11 I saw Roy Jones Jr. V.S Montell Griffin 1. That really made me want to watch the rematch.

 

When I saw Cindarella Man. Yeah, sorry but its' true. Thats when I got interested.

When I was bored and paid the equivalent of 60$ (not much by Danish standards) to see Kessler-Andrade. They wanted to fill the stadium and sold tickets cheap, so I thought, why not. Thats when I became hooked.

 

hmm says... it began for me during the reign of the big 4 and Tyson.

 

When Cassius Clay won a gold medal in the 1964 olympics.

 

I've always liked boxing, bought a few of those magazines and videos starting with the Tyson one.

I got properly into it when Hatton fought Tszyu in '05, I was in Iraq and my regimental sergeant major was from Manchester so me and a few others stayed up to watch it, I think it was about 5 or 6am. Never looked back since.

 

ear gate

 

Roy Jones jr. vs. Vinny Pazienza, I was 9, and I had seen both of their previous fights on TV. In my head I honestly thought it was going to be a close fight. I also remember in grade 6 telling the class that I was picking Holyfeild by KO over Tyson and they all got pissed.

 

Corrales vs Castillo

 

Watching my fathers old Tyson video. It showed the fights against Burbick,Spinks and Frank Bruno.