Who was the first boxer you were a fan of?

Ban.

 

Hagler was the first boxer I was a fan of after I watched him beat Minter when I was 4 years old.

 

Ali

 

In 1985 when I was 10, domestically I became a Bruno fan when he beat Anders Eklund for the European heavyweight title and on the world scene it was the Marvelous one when he beat Hearns in the WAR

 

I always liked boxing, but it wasn't til around 2004 when I really started watching, and Miguel Cotto was my dude in those days. Back when he was rocking that jew 'fro.

 

Mike Tyson

 

This.
There hasn't been another fighter like him since.

 

Rudy Koopmans

 

SRL

 

Cassius Clay.

(Later, Muhammad Ali).

 

Loved watching Chris Finnegan/Minter/Tony Sibson/SRL/Ali
When younger these were some of my fav boxers.

 

I could only see limited boxing when I became interested in it, so I only knew a limited amount of boxers - but what I had seen Muhammad Ali stood out, probably partly from the hype. Even knowing so little about boxing at the time, and being quite young (10, max?) I loved his banter and how clever he was in the ring... it made boxing quite exciting to watch.

I wanted to like Mike Tyson, there was so much hype around him and was very excited to see him but the first fight of his I watched was him fighting Buster Douglas which was mega awkward.

 

Ditto!