US cities with best boxing history

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  1. RealDeal

    RealDeal Pugilist Specialist Full Member

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    What US cities would you say have a history of producing the best fighters? Here’s my first try at a top 10:

    1) New York
    2) Philadelphia
    3) Los Angeles
    4) Detroit
    5) Chicago
    6) Boston
    7) Baltimore
    8) Cleveland
    9) San Francisco
    10) Cincinnati
     
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  2. NoNeck

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    Oxnard, St. Louis and Flint have done well for small cities.
     
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  3. RealDeal

    RealDeal Pugilist Specialist Full Member

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    Definitely. I tend to think of Flint and Oxnard as part of the Detroit and LA metro areas, but maybe I shouldn’t.
     
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  4. NoNeck

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    Well, Oxnard is basically the crappy part of Ventura County. I've always thought of Ventura-Oxnard-Santa Barbara as a separate area from LA.
     
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  5. DirtyDan

    DirtyDan Worst Poster of 2015 Full Member

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    You're crazy. Philly has had better fighters overall than NY. Also I'd add Oxnard to the list.
     
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  6. RealDeal

    RealDeal Pugilist Specialist Full Member

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    I went back and forth on # 1 and 2. My reasoning for putting NYC first is the overall number of top boxers the city has produced. I would put Philadelphia at #1 pound for pound...it produces the most elite fighters for its population, but I still give NYC the edge overall.
     
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  7. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    You definitely will not be adding Oxnard to the list.
     
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  8. Jester

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    Surely Pittsburgh deserves a mention. Produced Greb, Burley, Angott, Zivic, and Yarosz amongst others.
     
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  9. BundiniBlack

    BundiniBlack Well-Known Member Full Member

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    It might be a brain fart by me but I can't think of even 5 significant fighters in the last 60 years from Chicago
     
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  10. Rafaman

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    Youngstown OHIO - Kelly Pavlik, Ray Mancini, Harry Arroyo, Jeff Lampkin, Greg the Flea Richardson all from a town of less than 80,000.
     
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  11. RealDeal

    RealDeal Pugilist Specialist Full Member

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    The only ones I can think of in recent years are the Polish guys who have relocated there, such as Golata and Adamek.
     
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  12. greynotsoold

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    Robert Garcia and Vargas are from Oxnard, other guys train there. At that, RGBA is mostly in Riverside now, though there is still some presence in Oxnard. And a huge source of talent is San Antonio; aguy there is turning out amateur champions one after another and the go to Riverside when they turn pro. His gym is now a RGBA facility.
     
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  13. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This one may not be the most prolific but sertainly very signifigant -

    Louisville.
     
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  14. steve1990

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    Mike Tyson also owned a house in the Youngstown area for years.
     
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  15. klompton2

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    Pittsburgh needs to be up there.
     
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