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As I've mentioned here earlier, the first fight that I ever took the time to watch was Ali's post-Thrilla In Manila title defense vs the undeserving Jean Pierre Coopman. An inauspicious debut no doubt, but it got the ball rolling.
Why I chose that particular card to watch, I wish I could recall. But, I'm drawing a blank.
I suppose it was inevitable that my first fight card would be an Ali card because I almost began my lifelong affair with the sport in the spring of '75 whilst over at a friend's house waiting for his mother to take us to the movies.
On that particular night, my buddy's dad had a friend over to watch Ali's title defense vs Ron Lyle on ABC.
Prior to that, I'd never had any interest in the sport that I can recall, but as I watched Howard Cosell interview the fighters etc., I began to get more & more excited about the prospects of seeing the main event. Unfortunately, by the time the bell was ready to ring for round one, it was time to go see the film, much to my dismay.
I can't remember for the life of me which movie we went to see, but I do recall my thoughts being preoccupied with what was going on with the fight rather than what was taking place on screen.

There was an undercard bout between Victor Galindez & Ray Elson telecast before Ali-Lyle, that I must have seen at least some of, but oddly enough, I have no recollection of seeing any of it. Same thing with whomever fought before Ali & Coopman. I'm sure there was some undercard action, but I don't recall paying any attention to it. Only the main event.

My first memory of being interested in undercard action was during the Ali vs Jimmy Young card when Ken Norton battered Ron Stander into a bloody TKO defeat in five one-sided rounds. For whatever reasons, I became a Norton fan that night.

The first non-Ali fight card that I can recall watching was the Duane Bobick vs Chuck Wepner bout during that summer of '76. Or, it may have been Norton's TKO10 tune up over Larry Middleton.
I really don't recall too much about either affair, but I do believe that the network telecasting Bobick-Wepner showed some highlights of the then-unbeaten Stan Ward's KO3 over Jeff Merritt from the undercard.

For the those first several months of my following boxing & becoming a rabid fan, I exclusively followed the heavies & that's it. That is until Ray Leonard made his pro debut & I got pulled into following his career. So, for a couple/few months, I was just a fan of the big boys & Ray Leonard.
Then, following Leonard's multiple knockdown KO over Frankie Santore, I decided that I was going to begin to watch every fight telecast. With a pair of the earliest that I can recall being two rubber matches. The third Duran - Dejesus bout & the third Rodrigo Valdez-Bennie Briscoe bout.

My first TV fight was also Ali-Coopman. I would've been three months shy of my ninth birthday.

My earliest boxing memory was Ali-Lyle being shown on free ABC-TV. My dad was excited about watching "the fight". Now I suspect that was because the subject of Ali-Lyle was watercooler talk because it was the first heavyweight championship fight shown on live TV in several years. I was irked because it meant we wouldn't be watching Sanford & Son that night because of "stupid boxing".

I remember my grandma showing me magazine pictures of "the fight" after Ali-Frazier III. I looked but I didn't really get it. But I do remember that fight being in the public's consciousness.

I don't recall Ali-Coopman (auto-correct keeps changing it to "Cookman". Grrr...) really hooking me, but I did watch with interest. Ali-Young was on TV the following month and Ali-Dunn a few weeks after that, and we definitely tuned in. I too became a Norton fan seeing him against Stander on the Ali-Young card but don't recall watching lighter-weight undercard fights. I likely thought they weren't significant because they weren't heavyweights, but I honestly don't remember for sure.

That summer I bought my first boxing magazine, World Boxing September 1976, with coverage stating Young was robbed against Ali. Norton - Stander was also written about in that issue.

The first non-title fights I remember watching, and being interested in, were George Foreman's comeback fights against LeDoux and Denis. I don't remember watching Frazier II, though I do remember being aware that he'd shaved his head for that fight.

I remember excitement building over Ali-Norton III but being bummed that it was only shown over closed-circuit. I think I fell asleep during the televised replay, though I do vaguely remember a panel discussing the scoring on the telecast.

I didn't really "get" the 1976 Olympics. I remember actually writing a boxing magazine (must've been in '77) with my opinion of the heavyweight ratings. Howard Davis was ranked right up there with Leon Spinks. Clearly I was too young to understand.

I started getting into boxing much more in 1977. I bought more boxing mags. I ordered back issues covering Ali-Norton I and Ali-Foreman ("those fights were YEARS AGO and I can still buy back issues covering them!") Gradually over that year I understood more about how the sport worked & kept reading more. I remember being shocked watching Young-Foreman, tremendously excited watching Norton-Bobick (which I knew was coming up and eagerly anticipated) and then being bored watching Ali-Evangelista (I had no clue that one was happening until that week's TV Guide came).

By autumn of 1977 I was locked in, watching all I could on free-tv, and buying any mags I could afford (didn't like Ring though; it seemed really shoddy to my 10-year old sensibilities).

Sweetsci, if you didn't have two hundred & some odd posts to your credit my friend, I'd be convinced that you were having a bit of a laugh at my expense, our stories are so damned similar! LOL.
Rather than nine years old at the time of Ali vs Coopman however, I was 14. So, I'm going to call you my "little brother from a different mother", how's that?
Seriously, our back stories are so alike, it's almost uncanny. Even the monickers that we use here are nearly identical.
Though my first boxing magazines were actually the September '76 issue of THE RING & the Oct. '76 issue of BOXING ILLUSTRATED, both of which I purchased the same afternoon because they shared cover stories about the then-upcoming Ali-Norton rubber match.
I suppose that that's also considered to be the first time that I purchased or collected any sort of boxing memorabilia. Something that I still very much enjoy collecting to this day.
In fact, years later, in 1995 I believe, I took that very same issue of THE RING to Canastota with me where I had Ken Norton sign it for me while having an amazing sit down & several cocktails with Norton & his family at Graziano's restaurant during that year's HOF weekend.

Peace.
- Jim

I was a Kung Fu movie fan before I became interested in boxing back in the earlier 1970's
1973-74 on.
My favorite magazine was called FIGHTING STARS
which usually was about actors who took up the Martial Arts
or Martial artist turn actors
after a while the format changed and they started including stories about boxers like Ken Norton
who had started to appear in movies around then and others.
Bruce Lee had died about a week before the premier of ENTER THE DRAGON
so it had left a huge void.
but I would say it was George Foreman after he knocked out Ken Norton so convincinly
(I still remember the cool double page photo of Foreman knocking down Norton in Sports Illustrated magazine )
that I then became interested in boxing and Boxers of the past.
(my local library back then had a number of books autobiographies of various boxers
like ,Jack Dempsey,Joe Louis,Rocky Marciano,Muhammad Ali to check out and read
( even if it was almost impossible for the average person to see any fight footage of the first three fighters anywhere.
they also actually had RING magazine there every month to read too and a number of back issues,
which libraries of today dont have on their shelves anymore I think )

Caractacus wrote:I was a Kung Fu movie fan before I became interested in boxing back in the earlier 1970's
1973-74 on.
My favorite magazine was called FIGHTING STARS
which usually was about actors who took up the Martial Arts
or Martial artist turn actors
after a while the format changed and they started including stories about boxers like Ken Norton
who had started to appear in movies around then and others.
Bruce Lee had died about a week before the premier of ENTER THE DRAGON
so it had left a huge void.
but I would say it was George Foreman after he knocked out Ken Norton so convincinly
(I still remember the cool double page photo of Foreman knocking down Norton in Sports Illustrated magazine )
that I then became interested in boxing and Boxers of the past.
(my local library back then had a number of books autobiographies of various boxers
like ,Jack Dempsey,Joe Louis,Rocky Marciano,Muhammad Ali to check out and read
( even if it was almost impossible for the average person to see any fight footage of the first three fighters anywhere.
they also actually had RING magazine there every month to read too and a number of back issues,
which libraries of today dont have on their shelves anymore I think )

Caractacus - Hey bro, you're pretty much yet another long lost relative of mine! Just like sweetsci.
Like you, I was a huge Bruce Lee & martial arts enthusiast for several years before becoming a boxing fanatic. With my enthusiasm stirred by BILLY JACK in early '73 or so & then piqued in earnest a few months later when my parents took me to see a triple feature at the drive-in of FIVE FINGERS OF DEATH, THE CHINESE CONNECTION & ENTER THE DRAGON.
I became a huge Lee fan, began buying a lot of "Kung Fu" magazines ( with FIGHTING STARS being my absolute fav ) & begged my parents to allow me to begin studying/training as well. Beginning with Isshin-Ryu for about a year, then Judo, Tae Kwon Do & Wado Ryu. All of which were interesting, but other than my collection of various colored belts, I found those experiences somewhat lacking.
It wasn't until I turned 17 & began training at a boxing gym & subsequently began fighting amateur, that I really "found what I was looking for".
I did find my way back to the martial arts though when I began training at a hybrid boxing/kickboxing gym when I was 25, which eventually led to a black belt in kickboxing & a couple of years later, a Black belt in American Kajukenbo Kempo.

Speaking of FIGHTING STARS magazine, that's one that I no longer have my collection of.
Like an idiot, I sold my Bruce Lee memorabilia collection back when I was about 18 or 19 & hard up for cash. A part of which was said run of FIGHTING STARS magazine.
Something that I'd definitely like to replace now via e-bay & other online sources.

sweetviolenturge wrote:Sweetsci, if you didn't have two hundred & some odd posts to your credit my friend, I'd be convinced that you were having a bit of a laugh at my expense, our stories are so damned similar! LOL.
Rather than nine years old at the time of Ali vs Coopman however, I was 14. So, I'm going to call you my "little brother from a different mother", how's that?
Seriously, our back stories are so alike, it's almost uncanny. Even the monickers that we use here are nearly identical.
Though my first boxing magazines were actually the September '76 issue of THE RING & the Oct. '76 issue of BOXING ILLUSTRATED, both of which I purchased the same afternoon because they shared cover stories about the then-upcoming Ali-Norton rubber match.
I suppose that that's also considered to be the first time that I purchased or collected any sort of boxing memorabilia. Something that I still very much enjoy collecting to this day.
In fact, years later, in 1995 I believe, I took that very same issue of THE RING to Canastota with me where I had Ken Norton sign it for me while having an amazing sit down & several cocktails with Norton & his family at Graziano's restaurant during that year's HOF weekend.

Peace.
- Jim

Hi Jim -

Your very similar story is what really made me moved to respond. That in combination with your phrase "vague memories". I have vague memories also of Duran-DeJesus III (don't think I watched it) and Valdez-Brisco (which I recall thinking was very boring).

Was that copy of Ring your original copy? I used to buy and sell through the pages of Ring and later (I think) Boxing Illustrated classifieds and I remember selling somebody a magazine because he was going to get it autographed by Ken Norton. Of course I don't remember who I sold to or which issue. But it would indeed be something if I sold it to you.

My relationship with boxing these days is strained. I don't pay much attention to modern boxing (though I watched Anthony Joshua last weekend) and no longer have my magazine collection. I do care enough to be here reading forum posts, and occasionally responding (thus only 200 or so posts in 14 years), on a nearly daily basis. I'm grateful that there is so much intelligent conversation on boxing forums. I can only imagine the fun I'd would have had if they were, and YouTube, were available in my youth.

- Rob

My old man was always a huge boxing fan and so I became curious, but he was the kind of person that didn't like talking when he watched fight. When the Thrilla in Manila came on TV, I was interested, so I was allowed to watch if I kept quiet. I loved it and became more and more of a fan. I was soon buying Ring Magazine and Larry Holmes became my hero.

sweetsci wrote:

sweetviolenturge wrote:Sweetsci, if you didn't have two hundred & some odd posts to your credit my friend, I'd be convinced that you were having a bit of a laugh at my expense, our stories are so damned similar! LOL.
Rather than nine years old at the time of Ali vs Coopman however, I was 14. So, I'm going to call you my "little brother from a different mother", how's that?
Seriously, our back stories are so alike, it's almost uncanny. Even the monickers that we use here are nearly identical.
Though my first boxing magazines were actually the September '76 issue of THE RING & the Oct. '76 issue of BOXING ILLUSTRATED, both of which I purchased the same afternoon because they shared cover stories about the then-upcoming Ali-Norton rubber match.
I suppose that that's also considered to be the first time that I purchased or collected any sort of boxing memorabilia. Something that I still very much enjoy collecting to this day.
In fact, years later, in 1995 I believe, I took that very same issue of THE RING to Canastota with me where I had Ken Norton sign it for me while having an amazing sit down & several cocktails with Norton & his family at Graziano's restaurant during that year's HOF weekend.

Peace.
- Jim

Hi Jim -

Your very similar story is what really made me moved to respond. That in combination with your phrase "vague memories". I have vague memories also of Duran-DeJesus III (don't think I watched it) and Valdez-Brisco (which I recall thinking was very boring).

Was that copy of Ring your original copy? I used to buy and sell through the pages of Ring and later (I think) Boxing Illustrated classifieds and I remember selling somebody a magazine because he was going to get it autographed by Ken Norton. Of course I don't remember who I sold to or which issue. But it would indeed be something if I sold it to you.

My relationship with boxing these days is strained. I don't pay much attention to modern boxing (though I watched Anthony Joshua last weekend) and no longer have my magazine collection. I do care enough to be here reading forum posts, and occasionally responding (thus only 200 or so posts in 14 years), on a nearly daily basis. I'm grateful that there is so much intelligent conversation on boxing forums. I can only imagine the fun I'd would have had if they were, and YouTube, were available in my youth.

- Rob

Rob, Yes sir, that particular issue of THE RING was, indeed, the original issue that I'd purchased as a teen back in '76.
I'm, pretty much a born collector to be honest. Long before I began collecting boxing magazines & collectibles, I was a comic book collector, so I was very used to taking proper care of things & that issue, along with all my others as well, had been stored in plastic & was in almost the same condition as the day I'd purchased it.
So, now, it sits ( stands? ) framed on my wall. One of my favorite pieces that I own. Right up there along with my autographed 11 x 14 of Nigel Benn ( another of my all time fav fighters, whom I named my only son after ) .

I became a boxing fan -- specifically, a George Chuvalo -- on Jan. 17, 1964, after watching Zora Folley win a decision over George on Gillette Friday Night Fights. I was 7 years old, and being allowed to stay up late to watch the bout from Cleveland on our 14-inch black and white TV with my father and uncle was a big deal for me. As impressed as I was by Folley's fluid movement and polished boxing skills, I was more impressed by Chuvalo's relentless aggression and apparent imperviousness to pain -- and the fact that he never seemed to retreat. From that day forward, I became a dedicated follower of Chuvalo's rise up the heavyweight ranks ... but I also took pride in learning everything I could about every other Top 10 heavyweight. I was (and still am) a big fan of Sonny Liston, and when talk heated up about a potential Chuvalo-Liston bout in 1965, I was over the moon. Unfortunately, it never happened ... but over the next 6-7 years, George's bouts with Patterson, Ali, Terrell, Frazier, Ramos, Quarry, Foreman, etc., only reinforced my respect for him. I later became a sportswriter, and finally met Chuvalo in person in 1986 when he was training Razor Ruddock. We struck up an instant friendship which lasts to this day, and I was very proud when he asked me to co-author his autobiography (Chuvalo: A Fighter's Life), which was published by Harper-Collins in 2014 and became a best-seller in Canada (also released in the US, UK and Australia).

Lloyd Honeyghan on a domestic level and Don Currys world reign circa mid 1980s. The rise of Frank Bruno inc the Smith KO. Larry Holmes in his last stage of world titledom.Hearns/Hagler and than Hearns throughout the mid 80s. Seeing Barry Mcguigan win the world title. The Heavyweight shakedown and rise of Mike Tyson from about the Ferguson fight on. Holyfield, Czyz, Mccallums world title reigns

I have very clear memories of my earliest days of Boxing fandom, not so much with the first few times I actually watched the sport. I'll go into greater detail a little later.

Lloyd Honeyghan on a domestic level and Don Currys world reign circa mid 1980s. The rise of Frank Bruno inc the Smith KO. Larry Holmes in his last stage of world titledom.Hearns/Hagler and than Hearns throughout the mid 80s. Seeing Barry Mcguigan win the world title. The Heavyweight shakedown and rise of Mike Tyson from about the Ferguson fight on. Holyfield, Czyz, Mccallums world title reigns

Very similar for me as well Bricks.

I used to watch BBC Sportsnight as a kid - way past my official bedtime - but got rewarded by seeing Herol Graham, bit of Kirkland Laing and also Errol Christie and Mark Kaylor. They used to give you a British or European title fight quite often.

That got me hooked and I'd go on and follow McGuigan, Gary Mason and also Terry Marsh.

ITV also did late night title fights from all over the world that my parents allowed me to watch in the school holidays when I did not need to get up. So saw some early Fenech, Donny Lalonde, the Hiltons and I am fairly sure some early Chavez fights too.

I remember, I think it was a burger king advert on TV in the early 80s with Muhammad Ali eating the burger saying a cheesy quote and then asking my dad who it was, he just said he was the greatest.

Bodyshot3 wrote:

Lloyd Honeyghan on a domestic level and Don Currys world reign circa mid 1980s. The rise of Frank Bruno inc the Smith KO. Larry Holmes in his last stage of world titledom.Hearns/Hagler and than Hearns throughout the mid 80s. Seeing Barry Mcguigan win the world title. The Heavyweight shakedown and rise of Mike Tyson from about the Ferguson fight on. Holyfield, Czyz, Mccallums world title reigns

Very similar for me as well Bricks.

I used to watch BBC Sportsnight as a kid - way past my official bedtime - but got rewarded by seeing Herol Graham, bit of Kirkland Laing and also Errol Christie and Mark Kaylor. They used to give you a British or European title fight quite often.

That got me hooked and I'd go on and follow McGuigan, Gary Mason and also Terry Marsh.

ITV also did late night title fights from all over the world that my parents allowed me to watch in the school holidays when I did not need to get up. So saw some early Fenech, Donny Lalonde, the Hiltons and I am fairly sure some early Chavez fights too.

Great days huh.Wednesday night late-night with Harry carpenter.you'd see Gary masons career unfold, see fights like mccallum-Graham, Gary Jacobs,Kirkland laing.I almost took a severe bbollocking for watching McCallum-Graham ,I was a kid it was 11.30 on a school nite I snuck down.I used the same tactic to watch Duran-Barkley at 1am on itv transworld sport.

I remember seeing Matthew Hilton.the fuzzy colourful American fights seemed a world away from the dark royal Albert hall.

I really enjoyed seeing Joe bugner fight tillis,page and bey cos I remembered his 1983 fights on the BBC hyping a Bruno fight.....u really got interesting fights and fighters back than built up perfectly, a proffesional presentation and real sports journalists....today we have Adam Smith and growling and sky pundits

sweetviolenturge wrote:Speaking of FIGHTING STARS magazine, that's one that I no longer have my collection of.
Like an idiot, I sold my Bruce Lee memorabilia collection back when I was about 18 or 19 & hard up for cash. A part of which was said run of FIGHTING STARS magazine.
Something that I'd definitely like to replace now via e-bay & other online sources.

Yeah,I mostly gave away all my Bruce Lee stuff and Kung Fu magazines away in the early 1980's when I was in my early 20's.
like first edition of THE TAO OF JEET KUNE DO.
Do you remember that thin magaine which folded out into a poster of Bruce Lee in each edition ?
I had a stack of those.
(I got every issue of FIGHTING STARS except the premier issue)

I've turned 30 a few months back.

I think my first BIG FIGHT LIVE may have been Tyson vs Frank Bruno.

The earliest days of Boxing fandom for me was reading about Lennox Lewis regaining the Heavyweight Championship in 2001. This was significant to me because Lennox Lewis was a name I knew having seen him take apart Tommy Morrison some years earlier, but not really caring about Boxing at the time I never continued, at this time I was older and had more of an interest in this sort of thing. So when I got the chance I caught the replay of Rahman vs Lewis 2 where Lewis dominated and knocked out Hasim Rahman. Then the commercials for all the upcoming fights with Evander Holyfield and people like that in action I was intrigued so I kept watching.

Leonard Dorin vs Raul Balbi on January 5, 2002 is the fight that hooked me.

I was 5 years old when I saw live my favorite boxer, the great Roberto Duran, fighting Esteban DeJesus the second time around. The Greatest second fight with Leon Spinks is what really hooked me up with boxing. It had a great undercard, too. The night had Jorge Lujan vs Albert Davila for the WBA World Bantamweight Title. Danny "Little Red" Lopez vs Juan Domingo Malvarez for the WBC World Featherweight Title. Mike Rossman upsetting champion Victor Galindez for the WBA World Light-Heavyweight Title and the main event. It was the first time since 1938, that boxing had a four-fight world title extravaganza. Ali vs Spinks II did it for me in boxing.

My earliest memory of boxing was the tyson holyfield rematch (ear). It stood out because although i was only 6 or 7 at the time i knew who tyson was because of commercials and everybody would not stop talking about him. I was at some familys house and all the adults were in the living room watching it. I got bored after rhe first round and went to go play with the other kids. Just two sweaty guys leaning on each other with cameras flashing.

Then about 5 minutes later i went to make my plate and i heard screaming. Everyone and i mean EVERYONE in the living room was hollering. People kept running through the hallway shouting things like "no he didnt!". I went to check it out and saw a replay of the infamous ear bite. Even at that age i knew there was something wrong with this guy and that he had serious personal problems that erupted during this major sporting event.

I was never really curious about boxing again until i started training in martial arts. It was a great gym, there were karate guys, wrestlers, brazillian jiu jitsu, and boxing. The boxing coach was Greg Wright, former NABF light heavyweight champion. He was one heck of a talker but he could back it up. Very knowledgeable of the sport and funny as hell too.I figured the best way to improve was to watch the greats and from there i started watching old fights on youtube of Ali, Marciano, Leanard, Hearns, and of course i looked up what happened to the infamous mike tyson. The next time i watched a boxing match was the Mayweather vs de la hoya fight. It was me, my dad, and several of my dads friends and a few of their sons and nephews. I was impressed with mayweathers ability to not get seriously hurt by this big aggressive mexican guy who was supposed to be THE p4p pay per view attraction. I knew he would go on to do great things from that fight alone.

Eventually my research on the internet led me to forum discussions. The nerd in me had looked up debates between people about who would win between superman and the hulk or spiderman and batman. I soon found people did the same thing with old fighters and read some surprisingly insightful threads done by very smart people who had analysed the fighters' careers and skills. Some of them were downright hilarious too with troll threads (renaldo snipes vs vitali klitschko) or evenly matched threads where both sides refuse to concede. I think i joined boxrec in 2013 but i lost my password and made another account near the begining of this year.

I eventually got my own place and hosted fight nights. I would order pizza or my ex wife would cook and everyone would watch ppv fights like pacquiao vs algieri, pacquiao bradley 2, mayweather vs maidana, amir khan and thurman vs bundu and alexander, etc. Good times.

Cygnus475 wrote:My earliest memory of boxing was the tyson holyfield rematch (ear). It stood out because although i was only 6 or 7 at the time i knew who tyson was because of commercials and everybody would not stop talking about him. I was at some familys house and all the adults were in the living room watching it. I got bored after rhe first round and went to go play with the other kids. Just two sweaty guys leaning on each other with cameras flashing.

Then about 5 minutes later i went to make my plate and i heard screaming. Everyone and i mean EVERYONE in the living room was hollering. People kept running through the hallway shouting things like "no he didnt!". I went to check it out and saw a replay of the infamous ear bite. Even at that age i knew there was something wrong with this guy and that he had serious personal problems that erupted during this major sporting event.

I was never really curious about boxing again until i started training in martial arts. It was a great gym, there were karate guys, wrestlers, brazillian jiu jitsu, and boxing. The boxing coach was Greg Wright, former NABF light heavyweight champion. He was one heck of a talker but he could back it up. Very knowledgeable of the sport and funny as hell too.I figured the best way to improve was to watch the greats and from there i started watching old fights on youtube of Ali, Marciano, Leanard, Hearns, and of course i looked up what happened to the infamous mike tyson. The next time i watched a boxing match was the Mayweather vs de la hoya fight. It was me, my dad, and several of my dads friends and a few of their sons and nephews. I was impressed with mayweathers ability to not get seriously hurt by this big aggressive mexican guy who was supposed to be THE p4p pay per view attraction. I knew he would go on to do great things from that fight alone.

Eventually my research on the internet led me to forum discussions. The nerd in me had looked up debates between people about who would win between superman and the hulk or spiderman and batman. I soon found people did the same thing with old fighters and read some surprisingly insightful threads done by very smart people who had analysed the fighters' careers and skills. Some of them were downright hilarious too with troll threads (renaldo snipes vs vitali klitschko) or evenly matched threads where both sides refuse to concede. I think i joined boxrec in 2013 but i lost my password and made another account near the begining of this year.

I eventually got my own place and hosted fight nights. I would order pizza or my ex wife would cook and everyone would watch ppv fights like pacquiao vs algieri, pacquiao bradley 2, mayweather vs maidana, amir khan and thurman vs bundu and alexander, etc. Good times.

Nice post. I enjoyed it.
But, man, do I feel old now!
You were only 6 or 7 when Holyfield-Tyson II happened & now you're old enough to have an ex-wife? Wow. I AM old. LOL.