Anyone else like to watch ESPN Classics - boxing?

[johnnie]

I just got DirecTv last week and I am loving this boxing on ESPN Classic. Right now is Patterson Vs Johanson 1960 heavyweight championship. Last night was Ali Vs Folley 1967 from Madison Square Garden...man, what a fight that was. It was Ali's last before he got his title taken away for refusing to be drafted.

Anyone else watch these?

[henslee]

1. Oh yeah... I catch those. And when you watch the Quarry brothers get

pummeled, it breaks your heart. Sometimes they show the old one hundred rounders --- Jim Corbett type stuff.

[johnnie]

3. Yeah?

Cool, I'll have to watch for those. Thanks.

[miss_kitty]

2. you know, I dislike sports and I find boxing in particular to be

not my cuppa. But I was over at my brothers and saw The Thrilla in Manila and The Rumble in The Jungle and I was well and truly impressed.

[johnnie]

4. In my opinion

Boxing has really become a joke in the last few years, but watching people like Ali, Ellis, Robinson and those guys is really impressive. They were all class acts.

[TroubleMan]

5. Oh yeah.... a couple of weeks ago they had a Tyson & Ali marathon

I watched the whole thing.

[johnnie]

6. Oh man... I missed that

I just got it. It's cool to get back into boxing, I haven't really watched it in years.

[TroubleMan]

7. Say what you want about Tyson, but his early years were incredible

and of course Ali's whole career was incredible.

[johnnie]

8. Tyson was unbelievable

I remember one fight,Ii went to the bar to see it and right when it started I went to take a leak. I heard cheering and when I came out it was over..LOL. I think it was in 1988 or so.

He was phenomenal. He just got too freaked out. I wish someone new would come out and bring boxing back to something worth watching.

[Doctor_J]

19. Tyson was a marauder

If he hadn't gone bi-polar (or hooked up with Don King) his career would've been one for the record books.

[KitchenWitch]

9. Not so much into boxing

I like to watch Cheap Seats though.

[johnnie]

10. I'm not familiar with that one

I remember watching some old World Series games though and that was cool.

[KitchenWitch]

11. Cheap Seats is a lot like MST3K

It is hosted by Randy and Jason Sklar...they sit around and tear apart D-List sporting events...like arm wrestling tournaments...It is pretty funny.

http://www.cheapseats.tv/

[TroubleMan]

12. I like it, too, but sometimes it's hit or miss with them

However, more often than not it's very funny.

[henslee]

21. Yes, I check them out too. But sometimes they suck.

[johnnie]

13. Oh cool

I'll look for it. Thanks :hi:

[johnnie]

14. It's on now

I am watching it to see if it is good. So far so good :thumbsup:

[Doctor_J]

20. Yeah, it's pretty funny stuff.

"Superstars", Celebrity fishing, log-rolling contests, roller derby. That stuff was made to be ridiculed anyway.

[dr.zoidberg]

15. Recently they were showing some new fights.

When I mean new fights, I mean fights from all eras that Classic has not shown before.

I still find it amazing that Matthew Saad-Muhammed's lightheavyweight title defenses are not being shown on ESPN Classic. A lot of then were come from behind KO victories and most of them were aired on ABC. The only fight that they have shown of Saad-Muhammeds' was a loss to Dwight Braxton(later known as Dwight Muhammed-Quawi.).

[Starbucks Anarchist]

16. Not a sports guy normally, but I watched Ali vs. Chuck Wepner.

Ali basically beat the bejeezus out of him, but had to settle for a TKO.

Apparently, Sylvester Stallone based Rocky on Wepner and that fight in particular.

[NaturalHigh]

17. I used to like ESPNCL boxing.

Lately, though, it seems that they show the same fights over and over. Dont' get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of Muhammed Ali. Would it hurt to show some Hagler or Robinson, though? Maybe a little Duran from time to time?

[Doctor_J]

18. I love those classic fights

that and the classic NFL (pre-75) are the best thing on there. My only complaint is they seem to run the same ones alot.