Which boxer/ which fight made you take an interest in boxing?

I remember as a young kid staying up till about 4 in the night to see Mike Tyson fight Lewis. That sparked an interest.

The interest faded until i saw Rocky which made the interest even bigger and thanks to Floyd vs. Oscar the interest became an obsession.

 

Felix "Tito" Trinidad.. When he beat up Oba Carr... From then on.. it was over... Boxing fan for life... My first sport is basketball!

 

Mike Tyson and Sugar Ray Leonard

 

Cornelius Boza Edwards

 

i started watching boxing as an 11 year old back in 85 when Mc Guigan beat Pedroza - also remember Hearns/Hagler from the same year

 

Calzaghe beating Eubank, Hamed beating Kelley at MSG, Lewis becoming Heavyweight champion. Since about 4-5 years old iv been a big fan of British boxers and followed them closely. I was a Hamed fanatic, when he lost to Barrera in 2001 i kinda took a couple of years out and didnt follow it much, but about 2003/2004 i started watching Ricky Hatton and Joe Calzaghe coming through and start paying attention to world boxing. Barrera vs. Morales III made me really interested in boxing, what a fight that was.

 

john h stracy v jose napoles
just had our first colour tv a week or so earlier and i remember watching this fight

 

total all action warrior.:good

 

I remember all the Eubank/benn/collins etc era, early 90s, I also remember as a young kid seeing Bruno a lot, so I guess I owe it to those folks for my love of boxing, but if I had to pin it on one bloke it would be Barrera, he cemented the sport as my obsession!

 

McGuigan first piqued my interest. Also Frank Bruno, Sugar Ray Leonard.
Herol Graham was the first boxer who really impressed me.
I became a die hard fan however, with the advent of the British middles like Benn, Eubank and Watson.

 

my was the contender 1
i dont really like the show that much anymore, still watch it but

 

Sweet Pea Whitaker

 

Hearns, Hagler, Tyson

 

First time I saw a boxing match up on TV was at the age of 8 as Tyson mauled Ruddock in 6...

But it really got my attention at the age of 11 as Henry Maske beat "Prince" Charles Williams for th IBF light heavyweight crown...but it took a long time after Maske retired to get new interest in boxing - this time it were the Klitscho bros in a time in which I got to see lots of boxing from overseas. In the early 2000 this changed and international boxing was neary completely abandoned from German TV. At the end of 2003 I saw he pro debut of an Armenian-born middlweight who goes by the name of Arthur Abraham - till date I followed his whole pro career and his fights and success pushed me in late 2005 to join this board...and still, here I am to provide you with infos on German boxing...