What years were you happiest in boxing and why?

Bricks · Post by **Bricks** » 05 Jul 2016, 17:58

1985-1990 was my early period.great period for boxibg and i got to see all the fights.this was before Sky took it over.

1991-98 was my worst period ,no sky tv no eurosport.wasnt even following boxing 91-93.by 95 it all went to sky.

My second golden period was 99-2002 the eurosport and sky era

Right now i have bnationnnnn and sky and get all the box office. I like eddie hearns big 02 shows but world boxing is down.its nothing as exciting as the 1980s

Tony1244 · Post by **Tony1244** » 05 Jul 2016, 18:50

1975-76.

Bobick was undefeated. Neon Leon won a Gold Medal.

Ali was still on top. Foreman was waiting for his rematch that everyone knew would happen and never did.

gilgamesh · Post by **gilgamesh** » 05 Jul 2016, 20:41

2003 and 2005

Several of the best fights I ever had the privilege of seeing Live, and I still regularly had my buddy over to watch the big fights with me.

Scypion · Post by **Scypion** » 05 Jul 2016, 21:11

The 1950's. Kid Gavilan and Floyd Patterson. Robinson was past his prime for the most part, but some of his fights were still good to watch.

Kalan · Post by **Kalan** » 05 Jul 2016, 21:26

The next few years will be the happiest time ever for everybody... the Heavyweight Division is coming on... 1. Tyson Fury... 2. Anthony Joshua... 3. Luis Ortiz... 4. Deontay Wilder... 5. Wladimir Klitschko... 6. Alexander Povetkin... 7. David Haye... 8. Andy Ruiz... 9. Joseph Parker... 10. Charles Martin... 11. Bryant Jennings... 12. Hughie Fury... 13. Erkan Teper... 14. Kubrat Pulev... 15. Johann Duhaupas... 16. Ruslan Chagaev... 17. Bermane Stiverne... 18. Lucas Browne... 19. Malik Scott... 20. Carlos Takam... 21. Mike Perez... 22. Alexander Ustinov... 23. Dereck Chisora... 24. Christian Hammer... 25. Robert Helenius... 26. Steve Cunningham... 27. Artur Szpilka... 28. Otto Wallin... 29. Czar Glazkov... 30. Dominic Breazeale... 31. Amir Mansour

The Welterweight Division is the deepest it's ever been with tons of exciting fights on the horizon... Thurman-Porter pulled millions of viewers... Great Middleweight Fights are coming soon with Golovkin-Eubank a guaranteed ATG Middleweight Fight... Great Light Heavyweight Fights will happen as Kovalev, Ward, and Beterbiev collide... Roman Gonzalez, Gary Russell, Vasyl Lomachenko, and Nicholas Walters will provide fireworks in the lighter classes for a change... Terence Crawford and Viktor Postol will light things up with their clash at 140... I honestly can't remember a time with more potential -- if the fights the fans want are made

elmersalsa · Post by **elmersalsa** » 05 Jul 2016, 21:27

The 70s was an exciting time for me because three of my favorite fighters were around: Roberto Duran, Muhammad Ali and later Sugar Ray Leonard.

By 1978, I started watching boxing much closely. I remember that promoters wanted the Duran vs Arguello fight made, but, somehow, it didn't get materialized. Duran was in his full prime. By that year, I also started watching the boxing rankings created by The Ring and Guantes Magazine. I used to know every champion and top contender by heart, thanks to those magazines.

The second fight between Ali vs Leon Spinks was the fight that got me into boxing. I also remember the undercard matches: Jorge Lujan vs Alberto Davila, Danny Lopez vs Juan Domingo Malvarez, Mike Rossman vs Victor Galindez (fight #1) and the main event. It was at the Super Dome in New Orleans. It was a magical night when Ali became world heavyweight champion for the third time. It was September 15, 1978. A Thursday night. A day after my 10th birthday.

But, the Sugar Ray Leonard era from 1979-82 was a magical and exciting era. The 80s was an era of boxing super stars, starting in 1980: Jeff Chandler, Salvador Sanchez, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Thomas "The Hitman" Hearns, Aaron Pryor, Larry Holmes, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, Donald Curry, Roberto Duran, Eusebio Pedroza, Azumah Nelson and Michael Spinks. Strictly, a star studded era! I miss those days! Really, miss them!

And by 1986, then came the great Iron Mike Tyson. And boxing was never the same since.

Kalan · Post by **Kalan** » 05 Jul 2016, 21:56

The second fight between Ali vs Leon Spinks ... It was a magical night when Ali became world heavyweight champion for the third time.

It wasn't a magical night for me... Larry Holmes had been waiting for years to get a title shot when Ali cherry-picked 6-0-1 upstart Leon Spinks... Then when Leon Spinks was stripped of the title and Holmes finally became Heavyweight Champ by beating Norton... The media and Ali largely still ignored him.. They basically pretended Holmes didn't exist.. Ali would say "When we go on the air don't be asking me questions about Larry Holmes."

PredatorHayds · Post by **PredatorHayds** » 06 Jul 2016, 08:25

As a British fan I'd have to say now.

More British world titles than ever before and a dedicated boxing channel means I rarely miss any big title fights worldwide.

stevedoc · Post by **stevedoc** » 06 Jul 2016, 13:22

Judah Ben Fur wrote:1985-1990 was my early period.great period for boxibg and i got to see all the fights.this was before Sky took it over.

1991-98 was my worst period ,no sky tv no eurosport.wasnt even following boxing 91-93.by 95 it all went to sky.

My second golden period was 99-2002 the eurosport and sky era

Right now i have allegedly and sky and get all the box office. I like eddie hearns big 02 shows but world boxing is down.its nothing as exciting as the 1980s

Pretty similar to yourself 83-89 was a good time my brother was boxing so I'd go watch him with my dad plus lots of other shows I see the rise of mcguigan and Bruno many live some on TV also there was hagler vs Hearns then Tyson came on the seen with great excitement JJC was starting to look the business and there was that great 1984 USA Olympic team tearing up the pro's holyfield ,meldrick Taylor, Briggs,Virgil hill and so on.the early 90s were good I was doing a bit of amateur and we had Benn and Eubanks and Lennox Lewis was making a name for him shelf in the late 90s I lost a bit of passion for boxing I didn't have sky so I missed a lot of fights the same with the early 2000s so I missed a lot of Roy Jones career at the time the same with early mayweather .the last 8-10 years have been good see.calzaghe become better than I ever thought the same with Manny PAC and mayweather and more recent enjoyed Froch and golovkin

Rexob · Post by **Rexob** » 06 Jul 2016, 13:54

85 -92

Syntax Error · Post by **Syntax Error** » 06 Jul 2016, 14:06

Late 1980s until the early 90s

Sugar Ray Leonard returns, Mike Tyson starts his rampage through the HW divsion, then Nigel Benn & Chris Eubank formulate a great rivalry & you could watch all those fights on free to air TV.

Counter-puncher · Post by **Counter-puncher** » 06 Jul 2016, 15:42

Was Benn-Mclellan and Eubank - Watson 2 the same year? Round then, anyway, that was my best time

Syntax Error · Post by **Syntax Error** » 07 Jul 2016, 03:08

Counter-puncher wrote:Was Benn-Mclellan and Eubank - Watson 2 the same year? Round then, anyway, that was my best time

1989 - 1991.

Great times indeed.

Counter-puncher · Post by **Counter-puncher** » 07 Jul 2016, 04:42

watching fights with my dad, fights I was so worked up over, I'd have sweaty armpits before they even started. ah feck, memories.

cfang · Post by **cfang** » 07 Jul 2016, 05:10

Im with you on this. Remember reading about tyson in ring magazine. Was like the second coming of joe louis - we was fighting like every month and koing people all over. His era was short but so full of incident and really was world news all the time. Then yes, the benn, eubank and watson years - were great for british boxing. My best era too.

Syntax Error wrote:Late 1980s until the early 90s

Sugar Ray Leonard returns, Mike Tyson starts his rampage through the HW divsion, then Nigel Benn & Chris Eubank formulate a great rivalry & you could watch all those fights on free to air TV.

elmersalsa · Post by **elmersalsa** » 07 Jul 2016, 06:22

Nothing like the Tyson Era. When Felix "Tito" Trinidad fought Oscar De La Hoya, that was THE END OF BOXING for me. That was in 1999. And like the great ABC boxing announcer Howard Cosell did in 1982 when he denounced boxing, I did the same. I think boxing was over for me after "The Bite of the Century".

keithmoonhangover · Post by **keithmoonhangover** » 07 Jul 2016, 11:18

Kalan wrote:The next few years will be the happiest time ever for everybody

Please don't speak for me.

Bricks · Post by **Bricks** » 07 Jul 2016, 12:34

Kalan wrote:The next few years will be the happiest time ever for everybody... the Heavyweight Division is coming on... 1. Tyson Fury... 2. Anthony Joshua... 3. Luis Ortiz... 4. Deontay Wilder... 5. Wladimir Klitschko... 6. Alexander Povetkin... 7. David Haye... 8. Andy Ruiz... 9. Joseph Parker... 10. Charles Martin... 11. Bryant Jennings... 12. Hughie Fury... 13. Erkan Teper... 14. Kubrat Pulev... 15. Johann Duhaupas... 16. Ruslan Chagaev... 17. Bermane Stiverne... 18. Lucas Browne... 19. Malik Scott... 20. Carlos Takam... 21. Mike Perez... 22. Alexander Ustinov... 23. Dereck Chisora... 24. Christian Hammer... 25. Robert Helenius... 26. Steve Cunningham... 27. Artur Szpilka... 28. Otto Wallin... 29. Czar Glazkov... 30. Dominic Breazeale... 31. Amir Mansour

The Welterweight Division is the deepest it's ever been with tons of exciting fights on the horizon... Thurman-Porter pulled millions of viewers... Great Middleweight Fights are coming soon with Golovkin-Eubank a guaranteed ATG Middleweight Fight... Great Light Heavyweight Fights will happen as Kovalev, Ward, and Beterbiev collide... Roman Gonzalez, Gary Russell, Vasyl Lomachenko, and Nicholas Walters will provide fireworks in the lighter classes for a change... Terence Crawford and Viktor Postol will light things up with their clash at 140... I honestly can't remember a time with more potential -- if the fights the fans want are made

Says it all about your experience with the sport

That fact alone makes you peculiar the fact you have been creaming your pants at a HW top 30 with Martin at 10, lard arse ruiz at 8 and Fury at 1 makes it even worse

Ambling Alp II · Post by **Ambling Alp II** » 08 Jul 2016, 11:11

Late 1970s/early 1980s. Fights were routinely broadcast on the three major networks for free. Many were competitive matches in which each fighter had a realistic chance going in. The sport has basically been on a gradual decline ever since.

man · Post by **man** » 08 Jul 2016, 14:44

Judah Ben Fur wrote:1985-1990 was my early period.great period for boxibg and i got to see all the fights.this was before Sky took it over.

1991-98 was my worst period ,no sky tv no eurosport.wasnt even following boxing 91-93.by 95 it all went to sky.

My second golden period was 99-2002 the eurosport and sky era

Right now i have bnationnnnn and sky and get all the box office. I like eddie hearns big 02 shows but world boxing is down.its nothing as exciting as the 1980s

so your happiness with boxing is a
function of your television provider.

man · Post by **man** » 08 Jul 2016, 14:47

i think the years of manny and floyd
will be remembered as a great period
and i could imagine we are heading
into good times with the heavies as we
speak.

i refuse to be nostalgic. the view gets
blurry over time.

Ambling Alp II · Post by **Ambling Alp II** » 08 Jul 2016, 15:59

man wrote:
Judah Ben Fur wrote:1985-1990 was my early period.great period for boxibg and i got to see all the fights.this was before Sky took it over.

1991-98 was my worst period ,no sky tv no eurosport.wasnt even following boxing 91-93.by 95 it all went to sky.

My second golden period was 99-2002 the eurosport and sky era

Right now i have bnationnnnn and sky and get all the box office. I like eddie hearns big 02 shows but world boxing is down.its nothing as exciting as the 1980s
so your happiness with boxing is a
function of your television provider.

That is a big part of it. If the TV coverage is lacking, so is your interest.

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