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Jersey-Jim · 06-29-2008, 06:05 PM

Hello!

I've been playing Title Bout since 1978 and bought the PC version of this game about 5 years ago. I love the new version and just discovered this discussion board. I am now using version 2.8 and love it! For some reason, the fighter pictures I downloaded aren't showing up, but everything else is great.

With Title Bout, there's always a good fight on or right around the corner. No cancellations, no long waits. You've gotta love it.

It's disappointing that Boxing isn't as popular as it was in the 70's and 80's. I guess someone will make a MMA game next? But as a supporter of Title Bout for 30 years, I hope playing it for another 30 to come.

JJ

mh2365 · 06-29-2008, 06:22 PM

Welcome to the board

Lee · 06-29-2008, 07:09 PM

Welcome to our community. I am sure from your brief bio you will enjoy it here.

javier_83 · 06-29-2008, 07:59 PM

well im young but i like boxing as a old man

welcome aboard!!

Brooks TVB · 06-29-2008, 10:42 PM

Welcome to the community.

Jersey-Jim · 06-30-2008, 10:35 PM

Thank you, everyone. It's good to be here. Seems like a good place to pull up a keyboard and a beer, maybe a few pretzels and chips? I was a kid when I first started playing the Title Bout board game with Larry Holmes on the box cover. That was in 1978! I turned two buddies onto the game and the three of us played hundreds of fights. Those were the card-turning days. We even made our own card fighter ratings and had them laminated.

We'd talk all kinds of smack during the fights. Sometimes we'd eat, crow, too. Like I did when Joe Louis got kayoed by Floyd Patterson in the 2nd of a scheduled 15 rounder.

Sometimes I'd wonder what my fascination was with this game. It practically became an extension of the sport itself. The thought of not watching a fight on TV and not playing the game were basicially one and the same.

In my twenties, I told a few girlfriends that I played "this game" and that I'd played it since I was a kid.

Then, as time moved on, I told my wife that I played "this game" and that I was playing it since I was a kid.

In my thirties, my wife tried to throw out the old box game, but I said that "I wasn't ready to make that kind of decision yet."

Now, in my early 40's, just a few weeks ago, I told my new girlfriend (no the first wife isn't gone due to TBCB issues) that I've played this game for 30 years!

After I did so, I said, "If people out there are proud of being Gay, you better believe I've got every right to be proud of TBCB and how long I've been a supporter!"

bear · 06-30-2008, 11:04 PM

Let me extend a welcome to you, Jim.

Bear

IceTea · 07-01-2008, 06:12 AM

Welcome aboard! I used to live in Trenton. You should come up to the International Boxing Hall of Fame inductions next year.

Mad Bomber · 07-01-2008, 11:12 AM

Welcome Jim, I have also been a player of the board game since it came out, and I still have a copy,but I believe it didn't actually come out until 1979, but I could be wrong.

Greg

Thunder · 07-01-2008, 11:26 AM

Welcome . . . not sure gay = Title Bout player in terms of freak status . . lol, but it made me think

Sit a spell, take your shoes off . . comment on the silly HP given to Franco DiPiccoli . .you know, like that

mh2365 · 07-01-2008, 12:00 PM

When it comes to TBCB ... I'm flamboyantly out and proud ... where is my dang rainbow?

Jersey-Jim · 07-01-2008, 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IceTea

Welcome aboard! I used to live in Trenton. You should come up to the International Boxing Hall of Fame inductions next year.

I'd love to go. My father has a friend who lives about 10 minutes away. I'm going to try to get there next year.

Jersey-Jim · 07-01-2008, 04:14 PM

Thanks again, everyone. It's good to find people who appreciate boxing history and boxing history in the making.

Tommysixfingers · 07-02-2008, 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jersey-Jim

Thanks again, everyone. It's good to find people who appreciate boxing history and boxing history in the making.

Welcome Jim.

You will find that the regulars here are a bunch of easy going and friendly guys.

06-29-2008, 06:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jersey-Jim All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Toms River, NJ Posts: 744	New To Board Hello! I've been playing Title Bout since 1978 and bought the PC version of this game about 5 years ago. I love the new version and just discovered this discussion board. I am now using version 2.8 and love it! For some reason, the fighter pictures I downloaded aren't showing up, but everything else is great. With Title Bout, there's always a good fight on or right around the corner. No cancellations, no long waits. You've gotta love it. It's disappointing that Boxing isn't as popular as it was in the 70's and 80's. I guess someone will make a MMA game next? But as a supporter of Title Bout for 30 years, I hope playing it for another 30 to come. JJ

06-29-2008, 06:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
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06-29-2008, 07:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
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Jersey-Jim All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Toms River, NJ Posts: 744	Thank you, everyone. It's good to be here. Seems like a good place to pull up a keyboard and a beer, maybe a few pretzels and chips? I was a kid when I first started playing the Title Bout board game with Larry Holmes on the box cover. That was in 1978! I turned two buddies onto the game and the three of us played hundreds of fights. Those were the card-turning days. We even made our own card fighter ratings and had them laminated. We'd talk all kinds of smack during the fights. Sometimes we'd eat, crow, too. Like I did when Joe Louis got kayoed by Floyd Patterson in the 2nd of a scheduled 15 rounder. Sometimes I'd wonder what my fascination was with this game. It practically became an extension of the sport itself. The thought of not watching a fight on TV and not playing the game were basicially one and the same. In my twenties, I told a few girlfriends that I played "this game" and that I'd played it since I was a kid. Then, as time moved on, I told my wife that I played "this game" and that I was playing it since I was a kid. In my thirties, my wife tried to throw out the old box game, but I said that "I wasn't ready to make that kind of decision yet." Now, in my early 40's, just a few weeks ago, I told my new girlfriend (no the first wife isn't gone due to TBCB issues) that I've played this game for 30 years! After I did so, I said, "If people out there are proud of being Gay, you better believe I've got every right to be proud of TBCB and how long I've been a supporter!" Last edited by Jersey-Jim : 06-30-2008 at 11:48 PM.

06-30-2008, 11:04 PM	#7 (permalink)
bear Moderator* Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 5,111	Let me extend a welcome to you, Jim. Bear __________________ Bear's Unstable UTBA Season Four Gold Conference Central Division Champion First UTBA expansion franchise to win a conference divisional title

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IceTea Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Utica, NY Posts: 6,773	Welcome aboard! I used to live in Trenton. You should come up to the International Boxing Hall of Fame inductions next year. __________________ Don't worry, be happy! Women's Boxing Cyber Boxing Zone IFBA Philadelphia Boxing Understanding Title Bout Boxing Ratings

07-01-2008, 11:12 AM	#9 (permalink)
Mad Bomber All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,056	Welcome Jim, I have also been a player of the board game since it came out, and I still have a copy,but I believe it didn't actually come out until 1979, but I could be wrong. Greg __________________ Keep on Punchin' There are three things that go on a fighter, first your reflexes go, then your chin goes, and then your friends go. Willie Pep

07-01-2008, 11:26 AM	#10 (permalink)
Thunder Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 3,119	Welcome . . . not sure gay = Title Bout player in terms of freak status . . lol, but it made me think Sit a spell, take your shoes off . . comment on the silly HP given to Franco DiPiccoli . .you know, like that __________________ Precious Roy stands for quality!

07-01-2008, 12:00 PM	#11 (permalink)
mh2365 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: louisville Posts: 14,942	When it comes to TBCB ... I'm flamboyantly out and proud ... where is my dang rainbow? __________________ Management Image Recruiters UTBA II Villebillies Louisville Boxing Association

07-01-2008, 04:14 PM	#13 (permalink)
Jersey-Jim All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Toms River, NJ Posts: 744	Thanks again, everyone. It's good to find people who appreciate boxing history and boxing history in the making.

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