Which Fight Got You Into Boxing

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  1. jimcox88

    jimcox88 Active Member Full Member

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    growing up i was always a boxing fan but would only watch the big fights i.e. a naz fight, lewis eubank etc.
    Then i watched the fight that would turn me from a casual boxing fan into a big follower in the sport. I watched a masterclass performance from Roy Jones jr against a very tough Clinton Woods on a sunday afternoon on the BBC.
    Just wondered if it was the same for any of you?
     
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  2. MemoCan

    MemoCan *****49ers Express***** Full Member

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    Not one particular fight, but one fighter-yes. Mike Tyson
     
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  3. zangetsu

    zangetsu Getsuga Tenshou Full Member

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    iron mike.
     
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  4. freddy-wak

    freddy-wak M O D E R A T O R Full Member

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    i thought you said, once a cheater always a cheater......

    mike tyson cheated against holyfield in the worst way....not only that, but he admitted the other night that he was in a "head clash" battle with holyfield also.....that's cheating :deal
     
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  5. El Cepillo

    El Cepillo Baddest Man on the Planet Full Member

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    Benn-Eubank II really captured my imagination and made me aware there was a sport called boxing.
     
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  6. liver shot

    liver shot Member Full Member

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    im abit ashamed to say this looking back on it but the 1st series of the contender got me into boxing,watching the same exact fights now just makes me cringe
     
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  7. pipiripau

    pipiripau Member Full Member

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    It was not a fight but a game (fight night 3)
     
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  8. MemoCan

    MemoCan *****49ers Express***** Full Member

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    Do me a favor read the thread title moron-this has nothing to do with cheating or liking or favoring a boxer. Secondly, you never seen Bernard Hopkins, among cornucopia of fighters, including Holyfield head butt someone-GTFO. Mike Tyson, isn't a cheater if anything else the guy has never been mentally stable. But even for the sake argument, let say he did cheat agianst holyfield. The first time I was exposed, and watched, and started to watch boxing was when I saw Tyson fought Rudduck. That's about 5 years removed from the time he fought Holyfield and "supposedly" cheated.
     
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  9. v2k987

    v2k987 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Watching Beyond the Glory - Mike Tyson... in terms of a fight i think Ali - Foreman made me a huge fan, and the first fight i watched after this was Pacquiao v Morales and i was hooked
     
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  10. Who'sNext

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    i'll surprise you: Bowe - Golota II :cool:
     
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  11. TonyT

    TonyT Member Full Member

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    in 3rd grade, Wilma, KO'd me with one punch then she had her way with me.
     
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  12. UndisputedUK

    UndisputedUK Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Benn versus Eubank 1990.
     
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  13. safc1990

    safc1990 Goodbye Bolo :( Full Member

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    Didn't actually see it until 2007 but watching Pac-Marquez 1 turned me into a hardcore fan.
     
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  14. HomicideHenry

    HomicideHenry Many Talents, No Successes Full Member

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    My earliest memory of an actual boxing match was when Douglas beat Tyson, because it was on the news that we had a HW champ in our state now, and that it was Buster Douglas day in Columbus, Ohio.

    But, I think, what made me a fan when I was a kid was Foreman's comeback. Then I sort of lost interest, became a UFC and wrestling fan for a while, then Tyson was getting a huge build up for a fight with Lennox Lewis...then my interest came back to me.

    For the most part, though, it was never quite the "new" guys who caught my interest, as much as the first HW champion of the world, the stories of John L. Sullivan.
     
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  15. vorapsak2002

    vorapsak2002 Active Member Full Member

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    leonard vs heans 1
     
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