Fighters You Saw Debut Live

[chrisnew86]

Michael Conlan in the theatre at MSG .

It was my first trip abroad to watch a big fight ( GGG vs Jacobs the following night ).

Funny story, I turned up to the venue for Conlans big paddys day debut without a ticket knowing I would most probably get one at the Box Office but on my way some dude was touting tickets outside, personally I would have swerved it but my mate was like, we will get a good deal here mate because the shows already started..... So this fella looking like a tramp pulls out a wedge of tickets and my mate starts bidding him, so a 150 dollar ticket the guy wanted $30 " as the show has already started " . I knew this was daft and didn't want anything to do with it like I said, I knew they were bent tickets but against my better judgement and my mate egging the whole thing on I picked up a ticket for $30 off this fella and walked to the entrance... Hands them to the guy who scans them, they don't work and sends us to the Box Office for inspection, the fella in the Box Office looks at them, stamps them " COUNTERFEIT " hands them back and says " have a nice day guys " . My mate is inspecting the tickets and shaking his head, I'm rolling my eyes. We end up buying a $25 ticket from the Box Office and walking pretty much to ring side and sitting in the $150 seats for $25. Looking back it was pretty funny how fornicating stupid we were for entertaining this guy on the street.

I still have the ticket stamped counterfeit as a souvenir

[bennie]

Jim McDonnell and Chris Pyatt in 1983. Both had long and illustrious careers.

[orbtastic]

Stefy Bull
Donovan Smillie (beaut of a KO)
Hatton's US Debut
Darren Rhodes
Paul Butler
Jamie Ball (whatever happened to him?)
Phill Fury
Tyson Fury
Larry O


Probably a few more obscure one, can't remember without boxrec and going through cards I've been to.

[jamamb]

sounds like you get/got out to the fights a lot

[bennie]

Paul Hodkinson on the Bruno v Witherspoon Wembley stadium show in 86

Hoko destroyed most of his opposition on the way up, not in the way Nigel Benn destroyed opponents but with bunches of punches, body and head. He was brilliantly moved through the ranks by Barney Eastwood. Incidentally, Paul only turned pro that summer when he was dropped from the Commonwealth Games team in Edinburgh after the selectors discovered he was in Las Vegas with Team Eastwood when McGuigan was beaten by Steve Cruz. Peter English replaced him in the Games.

[Greg Houston]

The very first fight I saw live was Lee McAllister's debut.

Since then I've been at plenty, with some of the more notable including Ian Butcher, Jason Easton and Scott Allan. There are probably some other well known ones, but I'm struggling to remember just now.

[THEBUTCH]

Lennox Lewis at the Royal Albert Hall

[cocobongo]

Luke Campbell

Rocky Fielding

Antony Crolla

David Price

[chinarich]

I haven’t seen too many cards live, the most notable debut I can muster is Matt Legg, whose claim to fame is losing to James Toney in Prizefighter...

[Arnie.]

Saw Derry Matthews debut at Guild Hall Preston. I was wearing a training hat and whilst outside the hall I heard some scousers speculating that I was his opponent

He looked about two weight classes bigger than his opponent and stopped him in the first round with a right to the body I think.

Same night Yuri Romanov floored Bobby Vanzie five times enroute to a stoppage win.

Think I topped this bill, think it was Alex Arthur's debut too.

[Noxy]

I wasn’t there as I was a bit too young, but Calzaghe debuted on the undercard of the Lewis-Bruno fight at Cardiff Arms Park, I imagine quite a few posters on here would have been there.

Aye, I remember that. Beat Paul Hanlon in a round then did a fancy shuffle. There was quite a lot of interest in him even then.

[Arnie.]

Also seen Gomez, Hatton, Reid, jennings, Bellew, Gavin, Butler, Barnes, Pinder, Hall and many more debuts

[PredatorHayds]

The allegedly Manchester show had both Dubois and Adams debuts last year. Could both get quite far in the pro game.

[freddydoesdallas]

The ones I can think of are probably the ones that most will have seen;

Fury
Gavin
Degale
BJS

probably a few others but I can't think

[craig_minter]

A lot of nearlies in their first couple of fights but only Jamie Cox on his debut

[ILikeBeer]

I saw David Haye debut live.... on BBC 1.

[black panther]

Saw Derry Matthews debut at Guild Hall Preston. I was wearing a training hat and whilst outside the hall I heard some scousers speculating that I was his opponent

He looked about two weight classes bigger than his opponent and stopped him in the first round with a right to the body I think.

Same night Yuri Romanov floored Bobby Vanzie five times enroute to a stoppage win.

Think I topped this bill, think it was Alex Arthur's debut too.

Yeah you did mate: you won a great scrap against Talakin. Arthur wasn’t on the bill mate but Andy Morris made his debut too that night. Would have loved to see Arthur live he was one of my favourite fighters on the way up.

Kicked off a lot in the crowd that night too - in the middle of the Vanzie fight the MC was on the mic shouting “BEHAVE!!”

That was the first professional boxing bill I ever went too. Great memories.

[jlh]

Tobias Webb

[Noxy]

Paul Douglas at the Ulster Hall. I‘m sure I‘ve seen others but I can’t remember right now.

[Bodyshot3]

Audley Harrison..........thankfully, Rob Reid was the undercard and gave us a few rounds and he signed my programme having done the business and told his friends/relatives to sit down so we could see Audley. Not that there was much to see.

[jonp]

Degale,Billie joe saunders,Frankie Gavin,Sam eggington,calum smith,Josh warrington,masher dodd,scott quigg,tony bellew,luke campbell,lewis ritson,robbie davis jnr,rocky fielding,jack catterall,tommy langford,james metcalf,connor benn,

[ILikeBeer]

I haven’t seen too many cards live, the most notable debut I can muster is Matt Legg, whose claim to fame is losing to James Toney in Prizefighter...

Didn't he fight Joshua early on?

[chrisnew86]

I haven’t seen too many cards live, the most notable debut I can muster is Matt Legg, whose claim to fame is losing to James Toney in Prizefighter...

Didn't he fight Joshua early on?

Yes, got caught with a sweet uppercut if I remember correctly

[TheGoods]

Ian Cooper
Kev Bennett
Mickey Hunter
Billy Bessey
Bradley Saunders
Mark Denton (RIP)
Gary Fox
Robert Dixon
Gypsy Boy Mario
Don Broadhurst
Denton Vassell
Matty Hall
Scott Fitzgerald

[Arnie.]

Saw Derry Matthews debut at Guild Hall Preston. I was wearing a training hat and whilst outside the hall I heard some scousers speculating that I was his opponent

He looked about two weight classes bigger than his opponent and stopped him in the first round with a right to the body I think.

Same night Yuri Romanov floored Bobby Vanzie five times enroute to a stoppage win.

Think I topped this bill, think it was Alex Arthur's debut too.

Yeah you did mate: you won a great scrap against Talakin. Arthur wasn’t on the bill mate but Andy Morris made his debut too that night. Would have loved to see Arthur live he was one of my favourite fighters on the way up.

Kicked off a lot in the crowd that night too - in the middle of the Vanzie fight the MC was on the mic shouting “BEHAVE!!”

That was the first professional boxing bill I ever went too. Great memories.