What made you a fan of this sport?

walshb

What moment, incident, person, place etc got you first involved and interested in the sport of boxing?

I would just like to know how some here became interested and became fans, casual or hard, it doesn't matter.

Me: I suppose my father always went to the Stadium to watch the Seniors and the Internationals and that is where I got involved, plus he always liked the game, pro and amateur.

CorkMan

Mike Tyson KO'ing everyone who dared stepped in front on him.

fullback4glin

Andy Lee

tony1kenobi

Hagler,Hearns,Leonard,Duran.......all hammering 40 shades out of one another.

joepenguin

Watching the big fight live on utv. Muhammad ali boxing game on the mega drive and my cousins "boxers videos" including ali, tyson, foreman, frazier and more.

f1dan

Knockout Kings 2000 on the original playstation. Kicked off from there.

Bodhisopha

Eubank v Benn part 2.

evad_lhorg

Tyson years ago then I lost interest/didnt have sky. then what really got me back into it was fight night 3 and then Mayweather Hatton got me loving it.

Vintagekits

f1dan wrote: »

Knockout Kings 2000 on the original playstation. Kicked off from there.

Thats a very interesting and telling post f1dan. I always assumed that boxing fans would buy games like this but its interesting to think that ordinary guys can become boxing fans after getting a video game.

As for me - I never had a chance of escaping pugilism - my older brothers were boxers as was my father.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Bernard Dunne had me slightly interested for a while, then we got Sky and I watched PBF v Hatton, and that is where I became a big fan of the sport.:)

makl

was always into it but olympics 92 sealed it. can remember the whole lot of us leapin around the room to carruth's win and both semis.

walshb

Vintagekits wrote: »

Thats a very interesting and telling post f1dan. I always assumed that boxing fans would buy games like this but its interesting to think that ordinary guys can become boxing fans after getting a video game.

As for me - I never had a chance of escaping pugilism - my older brothers were boxers as was my father.

Great tales those. I wasn't factoring in games consoles as reasons at all.

rovert

Im very much a casual fan these days.

A combination of a lot of stuff the Legend of Ali (chat shows, documentaries, books, culture etc), the second half of Tyson's career, Carruth, those who Sky gave exposure to like Prince Naseem, Bruno, Lewis and that fortnightly Boxing Magazine which came with a video profiling boxers.

nacho libre

CorkMan wrote: »

Mike Tyson KO'ing everyone who dared stepped in front on him.

Snap.

actually him and seeing the fight between Eubank and Watson in 1990.

ROCKMAN

Come from boxing family , First stepped into a ring aged 7 , boxed under rules at 11 retired 23 , Never had a chance, born with the sport in my blood , Would find the Amateur Game my first love ,
But then when you see the likes of Jones , Hearns , Mayweather ,Pacman etc showing the Pro game at its best , one cannot but sit back and enjoy.

simongurnick

Earliest memories would be watching pro box on tv with my Dad.Think their used to be a show every Thursday or Friday night on ITV, usually from Bethnal Green, London 92 Olympics was huge for me, Francie Barret as well. During the nineties I was engrossed with Nunn, Watson, Benn, Eubank and of course Collins.

cowzerp

Watching Mcguigan and Tyson when i was a wee lad, loved both and they where so exciting..

Carruth winning the olympics in 92 was my 1st time following amateur boxing proper and i've loved it ever since..

Noelisgod

In the 80's it was Tyson, in the 90's it was Naz and the 00's it was Hatton.

x PyRo

Following Ricky Hatton and Martin Rogan.

T-K-O

Barca 92 / Tyson / ITV boxing.

Vintagekits

T-K-O wrote: »

Barca 92 / Tyson / ITV boxing.

just think how many kids will come along in years to come and say

Beijing 08 / Bernard Dunne / RTE Boxing

walshb

Vintagekits wrote: »

just think how many kids will come along in years to come and say

Beijing 08 / Bernard Dunne / RTE Boxing

I can see the link with 1 and 3, but 2?:)

T-K-O

I really hope so.

In saying that I dont think anyone could compete with ITV back in the day. And its funny that Dunne's name is mentioned. All boxing fans in Ireland need to recognise that, love him or hate him Bernard put boxing back on the map in these parts.

walshb

T-K-O wrote: »

I really hope so.

In saying that I dont think anyone could compete with ITV back in the day. And its funny that Dunne's name is mentioned. All boxing fans in Ireland need to recognise that, love him or hate him Bernard put boxing back on the map in these parts.

Glad you mentioned those words.

T-K-O

walshb wrote: »

Glad you mentioned those words.

Typical response. :rolleyes:

walshb

T-K-O wrote: »

Typical response. :rolleyes:

Dec 31st new years eve, lighten up cranky!

T-K-O

Nope, maybe tomorrow TKO will turn over a near leaf. I've been considering KO for awhile now.

clubwelly

Barca '92 got me hooked and then itv/sky. Kinda fell out of love with the sport until I was on the train back to home and sat beside a guy from waterford. Got talking and found out he was big into boxing and spent the next three hours goin on bout fights and different styles

maxxie

watching morales the training, going the stadium

irishjim111

became a fan from boxing meself in the ametures great sport. every friday night id sit in watching fights rather than get bladdered in the pub.

rednik

Grew up in the golden era of boxing watching Leonard, Hearns, Duran, Hagler in their heyday. Still watch the dvds of some of their fights. Then when McGuigan was on the box it was a great era for boxing as he was a great and exciting fighter to watch for a couple of years.

c1979

Curruth and McCullough as amateurs and Naz as a pro

section4

leonard forreman lyle shavers and some one who i think has not been given enough credit. Pipino Cuevas, won title at 17 and was a great puncher.