How did you guys start to follow boxing?

[LoadedWraps]

Boxing is a not really a mainstream sport right now as in most friends circle people talk about the nba kobe vs lebron and Kd , football about micheal vick and stuff and If you as them about floyd they say tmt or talk about money.I found boxing through a friend who introduced me into knowing some great fighters.How did you guys start to follow boxing?

I was interested all my life about boxing but once I heard it's relation to chess, it really turned me on. Then one day I walked into a gym and the rest is history. Been an amateur athlete and a fan ever since. I watch many sports but everywhere I go I tell people boxing is #1.

[kdee]

Tyson vs Berbick was the first fight that hooked me as a young kid

[revs1227]

watched the big fights as a kid but turned hardcore after watching corales castillo 1 .....who wouldnt lol

[KermitTheKiller]

My family loves boxing, they always tried to get me into it. I was never interested though, I even had an amateur fight when I was 9 but I didn't like it.

Then when I was around 12 years old I got Fight Night with Roy Jones Jr as a gift. I swear to god that **** changed my life forever. From there came backyard boxing, my grandpa started training me and I had a few amateur fights.

I stopped amateur boxing when I was 18 because of a bad wrist (thinking about getting back in it now though) but I still love watching boxing. My favorite sport of all time, the boxing world is my passion haha

[KermitTheKiller]

best game of all time

the new games fight night games are garbage.

[Boxing Goat]

I started watching boxing after I first played Mike Tyson's punch out back in the 80's. So really Tyson's rise is the reason I fell in love with the sport and SRL, Tommy Morrison and RJJR took it to another level. Then came Hatton and the Klitschko's.

UPDATE: I can't believe I forgot the Rocky movies and JCC Sr.
those were huge influences as well. I've pretty much always loved boxing and always knew how to throw proper punches growing up with 3 older brothers.

[Boxing Goat]

best game of all time

the new games fight night games are garbage.

Jones was a beast in that game at LHW and HW.

[KermitTheKiller]

Jones was a beast in that game at LHW and HW.

hell yeah bro! When I was a kid he was a god to me. "Cant be touched"! haha.

I couldn't believe the Tarver and Johnson fights, I just couldn't.

[Glass-Joe]

I was a young Marine stationed at 29 Palms back in 1989. I was bored out of my mind and one day I was at the PX and for some reason I picked up a Boxing illustrated and read it cover to cover. Started watching fights at the E-Club. Then I went to college and watched a ton of it with my roommates…Tuesday nights on USA and Thursday nights on ESPN. I've been hooked ever since. Also in college I started working out at a boxing gym, and have ever since (various places around the US). I feel privileged to now call Wild Card my home gym and I'm there 3x per week, which really makes boxing a personal thing since I now know so many professional trainers and fighters.

[Boxing Goat]

hell yeah bro! When I was a kid he was a god to me. "Cant be touched"! haha.

Jones will always be my fav fighter and will always be a boxing god to me.

At his peak, nobody was better. He did things no other boxer ever could.

He was truly unique and there will never be another RJ.

And still!!!!!!!!!!!!