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dalcumly wrote: ↑03 Dec 2017, 08:17 Well said, Veriton, you should be proud of yourself. A lot of other people would have imploded after what you've been through.

Stuarty30 wrote: ↑01 Dec 2017, 22:56

SaadOffTheDeck wrote: ↑01 Dec 2017, 21:47 76 Olympics and Rocky. I was 7.

Who was in they Olympics? Anyone memorable?

bigjack wrote: ↑02 Dec 2017, 06:57 The first fight i watched was Colin Jones v Milton McCrory,that's where it started for me,then later came McGuigan,Graham etc and i was hooked.

Jackson328 wrote: ↑03 Dec 2017, 12:45

Stuarty30 wrote: ↑01 Dec 2017, 22:56

SaadOffTheDeck wrote: ↑01 Dec 2017, 21:47 76 Olympics and Rocky. I was 7.

Who was in they Olympics? Anyone memorable?

Sugar Ray Leonard won gold at Montreal in 76, he had a photo of his kid taped to his boot and dazzled his way to the final which he won in style. Got me hooked, I was 11 and Leonard was just so fast and skillful but could really fight too. I followed his career closely after that and the boxing scene in general, even had a go myself during military service in the 80s but I simply wasn't good enough or dedicated enough. Sparred regularly for a couple of years but I only had 3 proper bouts in army novice tournaments, won the first 2 then got schooled by a young kid from London in my 3rd and that was it for me! Will never ever forget the pure adrenalin rush I got simply walking to the ring though and have nothing but the utmost respect for anyone who walks that walk on a regular basis at whatever level, it really is the noble art.

Jackson328 wrote: ↑03 Dec 2017, 14:44

bigjack wrote: ↑02 Dec 2017, 06:57 The first fight i watched was Colin Jones v Milton McCrory,that's where it started for me,then later came McGuigan,Graham etc and i was hooked.

Remember watching that fight too, was gutted when they gave it a draw and was convinced Colin had won it, never watched it again since though, maybe I should. The rematch I thought he won it even clearer but MM got the win so I was glad when Don Curry mullered him in quick time but that meant even more heartache for Jones when he got stopped with that horrible cut vs Curry. So the story of the lineal welterweight championship had me enthralled throughout the late 70s and 80s and in 1986 I remember going to the bookies to put a bet on the horses for my mum and saw that Lloyd Honeyghan was 6-1 to beat the Lone Star Cobra so I put the princely sum of one pound on him not expecting any luck, was a stunning upset that still makes me smile today, a real feelgood moment courtesy of the Raggamuffin Man. We all have a moan about the game and it has its faults but hell its given us some pure magic over the years and there is no other sport to touch it for me

Stuarty30 wrote: ↑01 Dec 2017, 22:56

SaadOffTheDeck wrote: ↑01 Dec 2017, 21:47 76 Olympics and Rocky. I was 7.

Who was in they Olympics? Anyone memorable?

veriton wrote: ↑03 Dec 2017, 05:25 father was a violent man, saw him knock out my mum once, throw cups of tea in her face, slaps, punches at various times. me and my brother got regular hidings. i was terrified of him, he was a big bloke. my mum left him when i was 10 and she remarried a bloke with a rep (he'd been inside for gbh, assaults on police). he was a sound guy, tough but a gentleman and well respected. one day my dad followed us all home in the car. when we got there my stepdad got out and leathered my dad in front of us all. it was like the giant had been slayed. i got into lots of fights at school, i guess i had issues but i had no idea at that time, was just acting out. started going to the football and got involved in that. looking back i can draw a line connecting all this but back then i was lost.

an older lad i looked up to had been a decent amateur boxer so decided to go to the local club. really enjoyed it, it sorted me out (although i can remember feeling sick in my stomach climbing the stairs to get in, because there were some big pros training there and you could hear them hitting the bag). when we used to go round the older lads house he had tapes from america of fights and we all used to watch them. that's when i started really following boxing. i started reading boxing monthly - i heard of boxing news but i couldnt believe someone would want to read about boxing every week! that soon changed, i read everything i could find, started collecting tapes of my own.

although my primary interest was stoked by the violence of the whole thing - that wish to see who was the hardest person at the school/pub/match - it became much more than that. now i watch fights with my own sons, though they'll never need to deal with the same feelings as i did as promised myself as a young boy that i would raise kids in a loving environment without violence in the home. boxing helped fix my problems, it helped get those feelings out so they didnt end in self-destruction.

Jackson328 wrote: ↑03 Dec 2017, 14:44

bigjack wrote: ↑02 Dec 2017, 06:57 The first fight i watched was Colin Jones v Milton McCrory,that's where it started for me,then later came McGuigan,Graham etc and i was hooked.

Remember watching that fight too, was gutted when they gave it a draw and was convinced Colin had won it, never watched it again since though, maybe I should. The rematch I thought he won it even clearer but MM got the win so I was glad when Don Curry mullered him in quick time but that meant even more heartache for Jones when he got stopped with that horrible cut vs Curry. So the story of the lineal welterweight championship had me enthralled throughout the late 70s and 80s and in 1986 I remember going to the bookies to put a bet on the horses for my mum and saw that Lloyd Honeyghan was 6-1 to beat the Lone Star Cobra so I put the princely sum of one pound on him not expecting any luck, was a stunning upset that still makes me smile today, a real feelgood moment courtesy of the Raggamuffin Man. We all have a moan about the game and it has its faults but hell its given us some pure magic over the years and there is no other sport to touch it for me

veriton wrote: ↑03 Dec 2017, 05:25 they'll never need to deal with the same feelings as i did as promised myself as a young boy that i would raise kids in a loving environment without violence in the home.

boxingknockout wrote: ↑20 Dec 2017, 20:21 Bruce Lee, curiously....

littlepug wrote: ↑20 Dec 2017, 20:25

boxingknockout wrote: ↑20 Dec 2017, 20:21 Bruce Lee, curiously....

Same, he was the start of my entire journey

sammy95 wrote: ↑04 Dec 2017, 09:19 As with most, I had an interest in the big fights that were the talk of the playground - Hatton vs Mayweather, Haye vs Klitschko etc.

But the fight that got me hooked was Froch vs Bute when I was 16, and after that I was borderline obsessed. I spent hours reading and watching boxing, shows like Ringside and IFL interviews were a God send to me as it developed my interest from a personality perspective across the sport as well as the shows I could watch.

My interest is in the promotion side as well as the fight side, with both providing entertainment to me, and I suspect is part of the reason I became so obsessed with the sport.

I joined Boxrec in 2013 and I would spend hours looking through fighters records and learning about the different eras of boxing, as well as reading many books that I bought for a few quid of Amazon. Then I eventually found my way onto the forums, where discussions about boxing could be had (and read at first) which turned me in the 'hardcore' fan I am today.

(superb thread)

REEVE wrote: ↑21 Dec 2017, 16:46 Naz