By Michael Taylor: Since starting watching boxing just over a year ago, I have finally found a sport I love. I tried football and rugby but boxing tops them both. I haven’t been into boxing very long; I first started watching it when Amir Khan used to be on ITV, then the first real big event I watched was Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Ricky Hatton. Last year was when I really started to enjoy the sport, just before the fight between Antonio Margarito vs Miguel Cotto.

Since I have become a big fight fan, and unfortunately I’m no expert on fights before I started to watch the sweet science. I have read plenty of books on these older fighters, and watched many of Muhammad Ali’s fights and Mike Tyson’s. I have also enjoyed watching Roy Jones Jr and other various recent fights which I missed, such as Manny Pacquiao’s two fights with Juan Manuel Marquez, and De La Hoya vs Mayweather.

Other fights I have enjoyed since watching boxing include, Manny Pacquiao vs De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton and Miguel Cotto, and one of my favourites Juan Manuel Marquez vs Juan Diaz. Since Setanta Sports dropped out I haven’t been able to watch any big live fights.

Being able to watch the prime Manny Pacquiao is a great honour and also being able to see Floyd Mayweather and other top fighters. Seeing Freddie Roach train Manny Pacquiao into a superstar and seeing him transform Amir Khan from when I started watching Amir.

Ricky Hatton is one of my favourite fighters, being British he was the biggest boxing name I knew when I first got into boxing, but I have become a huge fan of David Haye. All other fighters I like as well, there is no fighter I dislike or like more than each other, so I rarely have a favourite in a fight.

Also I have seen almost the end of Roy Jones Jr’s career and the comeback of Shane Mosley and David Haye winning the World Heavyweight title. Thank you for listening to my first article about how boxing has inspired me.