Champions that were the most game?

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  1. Brixton Bomber

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    During their reign?

    Seem's nowadays that fighters fight out of Las Vegas and rarely travel, but what Champions can you recall of that would fight anyone, anywhere?

    You know, they'd say "I'll go to his back yard" and actually do it?

    I know one of the privileges of being the champ is having home advantage, but which ones didn't care about that and were still road warriors?

    Lennox Lewis springs to mind when it comes to modern fighters.
     
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    Ali fought a lot of the European champions in their backyards.
     
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    To be fair they did liken Ali's Euro excursion to Joe Louis' " bum of the month " tour.
     
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    Eddie Perkins - about 23 of his 25 (I'm approximating here) losses were in the other guys hometown.
     
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    Hilario Zapata, Saoul Mamby. It wasn't all altruistic. Champs would often get big money to fight the local hero. Mamby got some huge paydays - Of course, Don KIng probably got most of it.
     
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    There's more though. Muhammad Ali fought in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, Kinshasa Zaire, and Manilla in the Philippines. He was as game as they come, don't forget him beating George Chuvalo in Canada twice.
     
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    Glen Johnson.
     
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    I'll give props to Froch, despite when discussing a rematch with Ward, he'd pretty much fight anyone anywhere, and did! GJ is an excellent shout McG
     
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    100% Agreed! Carl really did rack up some miles on the road.
     
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    Eusebio Pedroza. Brian Mitchell.
     
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    He had to travel, because most wouldn't fight in SA because of Apartheid.
     
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    Kovalev today