BoxRec

7 years old - Friday night - Cardiff - Lewis vs Bruno!

The first fight I ever watched (and remembered!)

What was your first fight!?

First fight I recall watching and the one that got me hooked was Ayala-Adams 1. Lewis-Rahman II was the first "big" fight I watched.

McGuigan-Pedroza..Il always remember his old man singing aswell at his fights I was 7-8yrs old...

The earliest one I can remember watching with total excitement was Tyson v Bruno 1, I think I was 9 Years old,hooked on boxing ever since

colin jones vs milton Mccrory

Ali Vs Foreman

Ali v Spinks 2

Sure I'd watched more before it, but first one that springs to mind is McGuigan Vs Laporte.

Benn v Eubank

The ones that stick in the mind :-

Listening to Herol Graham Vs Sambu Kalambay on the radio with my dad.
Bruno Vs witherspoon on the Sunday after the fight and not believing that Frank lost.
McGuigan Vs Pedroza

mcguigan v pedroza - his dad singing danny boy - loftus road rocking. my mates dad told me about it, i was at school, about 11 at the time - so i caught it. amazing.

Ali-Spinks. I was 7.

I used to be allowed to stay up and watch sportsnight. Big name Boxing seemed to be on it every other week.

A distinct early memory was buying into the hype that Bruno was a killing machine poised to destroy all he faced. Even Lawless said he expected Frank to start knocking opponents over the ropes. I was a bit young to understand the concept of tomato-cans.

hagler v hearns.

i was 6 & remember my dad's ring magazine with hearns in his gold kronk short's & gerry curl's & then marvelous in his navy blue velvet shorts with sky blue trim & shaven bald head with that mean looking goaty

i think hearns had his arm's crossed??

minter v hagler

was 8 years old. followed hagler in all his fights after that. fkin legend.

tyson v berbick november 1986 ! fell in love with boxing that day aged 8 !

Tommy Gunn13 wrote:McGuigan-Pedroza..Il always remember his old man singing aswell at his fights I was 7-8yrs old...

Snap!!!

Johnson-Willard

mcguigan v pedroza also.

Ali vs Spinks 2

Carlos-Wigan wrote:Ali vs Spinks 2

Me too. Watched it on my nans TV. I was 6.

Minter - Hagler

McCannW14 wrote:

Carlos-Wigan wrote:Ali vs Spinks 2

Me too. Watched it on my nans TV. I was 6.

It was on ITV's 'world of sport' around 1pm if I remember rightly. Me and my brothers and sisters were cheering on Ali sat on my mum and dads bed.

Would have to check out the boxrec calender to know which of these came first - but my earliest memories include.

Hagler vs Hearns, Bruno vs Witherspoon, Curry vs Jones, McGuigan vs Cabrera.... Although I do remember telling my school teacher way before the Cabrera fight that McGuigan was the best thing since sliced bread.

ITV World of Sport

Midweek Sport Special

Bruno V Tyson 2 for me, 8 years old