Which Fighter Got You Into Boxing?

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  1. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Mike Tyson and Oscar de la Hoya.
     
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  2. sdot_thadon

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    Iron Mike Tyson vs. a guy named Lil Mac.
     
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  3. Curtis Lowe

    Curtis Lowe Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The first fight I ever remember seeing was Dick Tiger vs Emile Griffith in 1966. So I knew / was aware of boxing at age 7.
    The fight of the century and Frazier vs Foreman 1 I followed. But it was the weigh in of Frazier vs Quarry II was got me training and becoming a die-hard boxing fan. Foreman's destruction of Norton added fuel to by boxing intrigue.
     
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  4. Jacko

    Jacko Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Paul McCloskey?
     
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  5. AdamT

    AdamT Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Yes, Dudey
    I don't really know him personally, but have met him few times. He runs a shop in his local town. My other brother also.knows his father in law
     
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  6. gollumsluvslave

    gollumsluvslave Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Marvelous Marvin Hagler!

    My first real memory was watching Hagler brutalize Alan Minter with my dad and grandpaw, and after that I always paid attention.

    That said I probably didn't really get 'into' boxing seriously until the late 80s early 90s, with Tyson v Bruno, and the halcyon days of Benn/Watson/Eubank.

    After that I was hooked.
     
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  7. Babality

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    Manny Pacquiao made me a non-casual.
     
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  8. Max Thunder

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    Amin Asikainen. That was also the moment he started losing to everyone.
     
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  9. Sugar 88

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    Oscar De La Hoya in the 90s. Guy was even in the Simpsons when that meant something.
     
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  10. Rumsfeld

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    Marvelous

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  11. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Rudy Koopmans
     
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  12. Tyson379

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    the Klitschko brothers
     
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  13. mono

    mono Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I always had an underlying love for the sport. But Miguel Cotto was one of the first boxers that I actually became a fan of.
     
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  14. ElFrutero_46

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    Muhammad Ali
     
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  15. drenlou

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    Iron Mike Tyson. Dude was Ferocious in the ring.
     
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