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Highway Robbery

Since Show Box is crapping out I figured I'd start a new post about the seed of my boxing fandom. From what my brain tells me, this was the first boxing match I saw from beginning to end, probably the first ever.

I vividly remember sitting on the uncomfortable, stiff, brown, leather couch at my cousin's house in Scarsdale, NY on a Saturday in March, being bored from hours of playing Excite Bike and Ninja Kid. Thanks to his father, a loud, rich, gambling Irishman who would spit on the TV when his team was losing, we soon were watching the introduction to a historic bout. The fight that came on was a battle I'll never forget. It not only exposed me to the wonders of the bloody ballet, but how venal some of it's characters can be at times.

The fight I'm referring to is Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Meldrick Taylor.

I'll never forget rooting for Taylor the whole fight, not even knowing who he was, cheering, feeling the adrenaline rush through my veins, only to see referee Richard Steele crush his efforts in the final 2 seconds. I felt personally slighted, pissed off, and wished personal harm on the balding bastard who stole my smile. Even though I was only 9 years old something seemed so wrong about a guy giving it his all against a legend, about to be the first to defeat him, only to be denied the last inch by some douche with a bow tie.

I'd like to know what fights you've seen where the blacktop was nabbed, regardless of who the culprit was. Feel free to include the creative plots of vengeance that brewed in your brains as well.

Image © Tony Zuvela

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