[cajungirl]

My dad watched the friday nite fights from the time we got a tv in 1949 I think. I was a little girl and loved those nites, windows open, attic fan going, us drinking lemonade and having brownies. They were at 9pm and started with Gillettes blue blades commercials,,my dad and alot of his peers in the Deep South both boxed growing up and loved the sport. Alot of them boxed in the service. Fond memories of the friday nite fights.

[clintonh8r]

I remember the FNF too. My dad and grandmother (!) would watch them together. Remember...."How are you fixed for blades (you better check..." Also sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon, I think.

[sinkspur]

My dad watched the friday nite fights from the time we got a tv in 1949 I think. I was a little girl and loved those nites, windows open, attic fan going, us drinking lemonade and having brownies. They were at 9pm and started with Gillettes blue blades commercials,,my dad and alot of his peers in the Deep South both boxed growing up and loved the sport. Alot of them boxed in the service. Fond memories of the friday nite fights.

Whoa, lady. Do I remember the Gillette Friday night fights! You've captured the environment perfectly, except we had one of those window coolers, with the water dripping on the back porch.

Where are you from? I'm married for 26 years to a coon-ass from Lake Charles. I do love to go there for a visit at Christmas; in fact, we're talking about buying some property and retiring in Lake Charles. What a beautiful place!

[Miss Marple]

My dad and grandad watched them too.

Here's a photo from the Friday Night Fights (Gillette Cavalcade of Sports) and I bet you can still sing the theme song!

Rocky Graziano demolishes Charlie Fusari

[autumn]

Your memories sound wonderful. ;-) My grandfather used to tell me stories about fights that happened around the turn of the century. We wasn't alive then, but he knew all about everything that happened in those fights. I especially remember him telling me about the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight (I think it was around 1898). That was when boxing was what it should be. Today's "sport" is a farce. A business. And a crooked one. Anyone who would pay to watch tonight's fight is not watching a sport. They are watching a staged spectacle.

[cliff630]

Perhaps you remember the Zale/Graziano fights.
Three of the toughest I've ever seen.