Who was your childhood boxing heroes??

When I was a kid, Ali was da man. And I enjoyed watching Frazier too.

As a teenager, Duran, Victor Galindez, Carlos Monzon. Okay, sure, Monzon wasn't quite "hero" material personally, but he thrashed a lot of boxers I respected.

Everybody on the 1976 U.S. Olympic boxing team. I was 18, in boot camp, and we all spent as much of our off-time as possible watching those guys. And, yeh, I'll admit it... we watched a lot of women's gymnastics too. C'mon, give us a break - we hadn't been around women much for weeks! :nut

 

Mike Tyson was my generations hero. I mean...we loved Tyson. I mean being that young and wanting to watch a Mike fight...priceless

 

Rocky Balboa

Apollo Creed

 

Teenager I liked Whitaker/JCC superstar/Tito/Toney. Never like Camacho or big head MCgirt and Holyfield.

 

i wasnt much into boxing as a little little kid .. but once i hit 16 about 00-01
i was reaaally really into the oscar delahoya/felix trinidad/shane mosley / winky wright/fernando vargas .. fab 5 series

 

The top-three heavyweights of the golden era; Ali, Frazier, Foreman.

 

DLH and Trinidad. I remember watching DLH/Chavez in Mexico and seeing a riot unfold right before me. Bar stools and bottles were being thrown all over the place. I remember staying up till midnight just to watch DLH/Trinidad make their ring entrances.. And my Mom crying when DLH lost.

I prefer DLH's technique but love the way Tito carries himself. I studied DLH a lot as a amateur because we are both slender and he was excellent in using his body style.

 

When I was a teenager, it was Roberto Duran. He was the guy who was responsible for me getting into boxing and eventually deciding to fight.

 

De La Hoya

 

chavez, fenech, jaime (rocky) balboa, hector camacho, sean o´grady, greg haugen, tracy spann, buddy mcgirt, tommy morrison, carlos monzon, marty jakubowski (cause i met him), leonard, de la hoya, eric holland, bert cooper, jose luis ramirez.........and many others.

 

tyson , ali , rocky balboa

 

I feel the same about Bruno - dunno why but the dude was just amazing.

Bruno and Tyson really got my attention as a kid.

 

Duran
Hagler
Holmes

 

Wilfredo Gomez
Roberto Duran

 

Ray Leonard, great boxer and entertainer. I loved his wind ups