Top 3 Fighters from your Home Town

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  1. B.A.S.

    B.A.S. Active Member Full Member

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    Saw this thread over on the General Forum and thought it might be a good one for just the Brits to discuss...and mock where appropriate :!:

    Have your list how you want, whether it be current or all time, or both as the case may be.

    Mine for Edinburgh is:
    1. Ken Buchanan
    2. Alex Arthur
    3. Josh Taylor (would be in the current list, but the sky is the limit for Taylor so will pre-emptively include him in this!)

    Let's hear them!
     
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  2. zulander

    zulander Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Crolla

    Widen it out to Manchester as a whole and I could say

    Ricky Hatton
    Crolla
    Flanagan

    Could also add Ronnie Heffron
     
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  3. moog

    moog Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    All Time Glasgow Scott Harrison, Benny Lynch, Jim Watt though my dad would kill me for adding his old pal Peter Keenan who he says is one of best ever boxers not to win a world title.
     
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    Elyblueaj Member Full Member

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    Im from Ely in Cardiff so we have Barry Jones, Steve Robinson and the Avoth brothers
     
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  5. billo_billy

    billo_billy Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Currently the two best from my area would be shayne singleton (colne) and luke blackledge (accrington), could include scott quigg (bury) who's under 20 miles away.
     
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  6. Walter Sobchak

    Walter Sobchak Spinal! Full Member

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    Luke Campbell
    Tommy Coyle
    Samir Mouneime
     
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    dellboi94 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Matt Skelton - Bedford and Graham Earl - Luton
     
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  8. lepinthehood

    lepinthehood When I'm drinking you leave me well alone banned Full Member

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    Saunders
    Joshua

    Not far from me
     
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    Izaak97 Active Member Full Member

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    Brook
    Hamed
    Graham/Nelson/Woods
     
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  10. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    My town is barely 100,000 big so this tough after the first one:

    1: Alan Minter, who is quite some way ahead of

    2: Micky Alldis, who is a mile ahead of

    3: Arguably Ross Minter....
     
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    Bobby Foster
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    Johnny Tapia
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    Holly Holm/Danny Romero (tie)
     
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    Snowy1989 Active Member Full Member

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    Dec Spellman- Light Heavyweight 7-0 just outisde to 10 in the country

    Cam Stevenson- Welterweight 9-0 recently active again after a year out

    Jordy Meikle- Cruiserweight 12-56 Journeyman.
     
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  13. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Someone likes Prefab Sprout.
     
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  14. Daviddee1983

    Daviddee1983 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Not exactly a hot bed of pro boxing but Dundee..

    1) Ronnie Clark - Super Feather
    2) Mikey Towell - Welterweight
    3) Jamie Wilson - Super Fly

    all top ten in UK hopefully will see our first British or Commonwealth champion
     
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