How many boxing friends do you folks have?

[buddynabuick]

Back in the 70s there was about 20 of us thatwould get together for a fight. Now they are all FUCKING dead!:patsch

[heerko koois]

There a no boxing fans in holland .....not where i live anyway.....

[Tom_Tocca]

lol, I live in a village with about 800 people living there...I'm damn sure, that I'm the only real boxing fan there...

[buddynabuick]

There a no boxing fans in holland .....not where i live anyway.....


I feel your pain:tired People on my world think a jab is when you poke fun at someone:yikes:yep

[Mrboogie23]

Well my wife is pretty big boxing fan. She boxed for 4 years. My parents are into it, and 2 of my older brothers are into it.

So usually my brothers will come to my house with their wives and we'll all watch, admittedly my wife is the only female that is really into it though.

I know of one other guy that is a pretty big boxing fan that is a friend. Havent talked to him in a couple of months though.

[Club Fighter]

I've got a decent amount where I'm at. They're basically all at my job which is where I win (and occasionally lose) all my bets. There's always at least some kind of hysteria surrounding a big fight and I'm never at a loss for people to watch the fight with. Worse comes to worse, there's always the sports bar. :cheers

[sean]

now i have moved
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a mate of mine from the markets called gypsy john.

other than that
my mum is an oap , but has loved boxing all her life and she knows all the current boxers there styles and abiltys way more than any other bloke i know.

sad indctment of how boxing has slipped in the uk.

in the 80`s every man and his dog new all the uk boxers at least and because american boxing was shown weekly on sportsnight and grandstand , most new about world boxing as well.

[buddynabuick]

Well my wife is pretty big boxing fan. She boxed for 4 years. My parents are into it, and 2 of my older brothers are into it.

So usually my brothers will come to my house with their wives and we'll all watch, admittedly my wife is the only female that is really into it though.

I know of one other guy that is a pretty big boxing fan that is a friend. Havent talked to him in a couple of months though.


Funny you mention your wife. My wife actually watched the ding fight (i think she felt sorry for me) with me the other nite. She really can appreciate the art of fighting but she hates to see someone getting hurt. I am afraid she is becoming enamored with viscious boxer though:nono She is attracted to the tough/confident type

[PanamaJack]

A few that follow all the fights and weightclasses and a handful that watch only the big fights.

[unitas]

lol, I live in a village with about 800 people living there...I'm damn sure, that I'm the only real boxing fan there...

but i´m sure there are a lot of "kegelparties" down there eyh??

Anyway, whats the name of you village??

[Tom_Tocca]

but i´m sure there are a lot of "kegelparties" down there eyh??

Anyway, whats the name of you village??

I live near the polish border and no, there are nothin like "Kegelparties" to celebrate about...but lots of retired people living here - the "Volkssolidarität" is still big there... :hi:

[unitas]

I live near the polish border and no, there are nothin like "Kegelparties" to celebrate about...but lots of retired people living here - the "Volkssolidarität" is still big there... :hi:

Oh shit, you really are a poor guy. lots of retarded skinheads in that area??

[Tom_Tocca]

Oh shit, you really are a poor guy. lots of retarded skinheads in that area??

No, not really - no, I don't know about any Nazis near my home...

[eze]

Everyone here on ESB.

But at home. I try to keep my parents into it. My mom hates Floyd. They both hate Larry Merchant. My dad lost interest in boxing after the Hagler-Leonard fight. He said he was a huge Leonard fan but there was no way he won. And felt that boxing was becoming to corrupt. Specially with Don King on the rise.


But my friend friends. I have one close buddy, we use to be real tight now we rarely talk. He had skills, he could of taken it to the next level and done real good but he never had support from his parents.

I just talk to another friend now if we are both online, our schedule conflicts so we dont get to talk as much.

[Mrboogie23]

Funny you mention your wife. My wife actually watched the ding fight (i think she felt sorry for me) with me the other nite. She really can appreciate the art of fighting but she hates to see someone getting hurt. I am afraid she is becoming enamored with viscious boxer though:nono She is attracted to the tough/confident type

My wife is into boxing pretty big time. She gets bugged if she misses a fight. Not as bugged as I do, but she'll get annoyed.

[unitas]

No, not really - no, I don't know about any Nazis near my home...

I know a guy from Kassel (he called that area "zonenrandgebiet") and he had been to the former eatern germany. i myself have only been to the western part or germany.

anyway, he told me of his trips through small towns .......and he said it was sometimes absolutely scary(especially for him cause he had dreads). he had never seen so many people with shaven skulls.

but good for you that you dont have to put up with that shit in your town.

[CzarKyle]

I have a small handful of boxing friends, but they come with a catch. They're only into the HBO fights, or anything PPV. I watch all things boxing: Golden gloves, classic fights, palookas fighting other palookas. I can easily get them to the bar to watch Hatton or Mayweather, but when it comes to heavyweights or second tier fighters they would rather drink their faces off. Oh, and one of them refuses to watch Hatton Vs. Mayweather (if it happens) because he likes both fighters and would hate to see them fight. Ugh, I dunno. Maybe I'm just a boxing whore and they're casual fans. I wouldn't have it any other way.

[achillesthegreat]

I have one friend who likes boxing all on his own. I've converted everyone else I know into mainstream fans.

[lyricalmist]

i have....1

[brooklyn1550]

2

[dwilson]

I know quite a few but unfortunetly because off the dumb-ass bbc no one gets to watch boxing very often. I am lucky enough to have Sky and Setanta but most of the guys i know who box and are into boxing do not get to watch much so have slowly gotten out of frame with whats happening in the boxing world.

[AJAX]

I hardly have any, I asked a bunch of people at work if they they knew who the HW champ was, and not one knew.A few people said Lewis or Tyson but have not heard much from boxing since then. Most people I know are getting into MMA.

[Sinew]

I feel your pain:tired People on my world think a jab is when you poke fun at someone:yikes:yep:lol:






I would say that around 10-15 of us will watch a big event around a 52 inch HDTV.

The average may be around 8.

We wont do it for everyfight though, but for ANY solid fight night , the least is about 4 or 5.

And if we all stay home some of us will at least call each other after, and talk about the fight.

[buddynabuick]

I hardly have any, I asked a bunch of people at work if they they knew who the HW champ was, and not one knew.A few people said Lewis or Tyson but have not heard much from boxing since then. Most people I know are getting into MMA.


Nobody knows the answer for that question:lol:

[Bigcat]

now i have moved
1
a mate of mine from the markets called gypsy john.

other than that
my mum is an oap , but has loved boxing all her life and she knows all the current boxers there styles and abiltys way more than any other bloke i know.

sad indctment of how boxing has slipped in the uk.

in the 80`s every man and his dog new all the uk boxers at least and because american boxing was shown weekly on sportsnight and grandstand , most new about world boxing as well.

I know an ex pro heavyweight lled Gypsy John Fury. He fought Henry Akinwande once and was quite a handful in his prime.. It may be the same guy.. He was originally from Hasligden.. His son is an active fighter now, Tyson Fury , he is making quite a name for himself.

Ask him if its him.. It may be.:good

[Sinew]

I have a small handful of boxing friends, but they come with a catch. They're only into the HBO fights, or anything PPV. I watch all things boxing: Golden gloves, classic fights, palookas fighting other palookas. I can easily get them to the bar to watch Hatton or Mayweather, but when it comes to heavyweights or second tier fighters they would rather drink their faces off. Oh, and one of them refuses to watch Hatton Vs. Mayweather (if it happens) because he likes both fighters and would hate to see them fight. Ugh, I dunno. Maybe I'm just a boxing whore and they're casual fans. I wouldn't have it any other way. Heh,heh that sounds like alot of my boxing buddies.

[Tu papa]

I'm in Puerto Rico, which means you can talk about boxing to anyone on any occasion. Only baseball is more popular here. When big fights come about 80% of the people will be talking about the fight the next day.

To give you an example, during Cottos last fight, the streets were pretty much deserted and about 30 minutes after it ended, there was a shit load of traffic everywhere from people driving home from where thdy watched the fight. Kind of like a new years eve at 1am.

[H .]

I have 3; my old man, my friend, and a guy at work. Most of everyone else just follows MMA. :-(

[justaboxingfan]

I have 3; my old man, my friend, and a guy at work. Most of everyone else just follows MMA. :-(


Lol ya all my 'fight' friends would rather watch UFC and Ultimate fighter. I usually have to drag their asses to the bar and convince them that hatton-castillo is going to be the biggest fight of the year :yep otherswise they just see 2 guys fighting. "Man i can't wait for Brewster-Wlad 2, its going to be the next 'Rumble in the Jungle' but better":nut :nut

[MrMagic]

Me and my brother always loved boxing.. my brother is a very good boxer himself. I have two friends which I converted.. it's really easy to get someone to love boxing, just show em' fights like Corrales - Castillo :yep
One of these friends posts her regulary and is sparring with me every now and then, he's really starting to know boxing.




I tried to convert a school mate, but he insisted that Van Damme or Bruce Lee would beat prime Mike Tyson in ten seconds, and that a battle monk would absolutely kill Tyson in a street fight, so what I did was tell him to fuck off and watch some cartoons instead :D

[97ruff]

i live in cali and we're a dieing breed here i meet maybe 1 or 2 fans real fight fans but they live 2hrs away so i just watch the fights on my own

[BOGART]

I have a brother and a couple friends and our wives to a lesser degree who watch every fight and we usually try to attend a few live cards throughout the year. I'm not sure how or when they ever got into boxing, I just know we've been getting together at each other's houses for years now and watch the fights. I see people who mention their friends liking MMA but I can honestly say I've never met a person that watches it or anything similar to it. Most people I know follow the bigger sports, baseball,football, basketball, etc. and the handful of us who watch boxing, I've never heard anyone I know even mention MMA.

[Richel Hersisia]

There a no boxing fans in holland .....not where i live anyway.....

you're not alone

[Bigcat]

My best friends in boxing are probably Duncan Dokiwari, Friday Ahunanya (heavyweight contender) Teke Oruh and David Defiagbon along with Layla McCarter female champion and Luis Tapia .. Fridays Manager..

I have a lot of friends in the game but these are my fondest.......