The ten greatest European Heavyweights of all time?

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  1. RealDeal

    RealDeal Pugilist Specialist Full Member

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    Didn’t he have a connection to Jamaica too?
     
    RealDeal, Jan 9, 2023
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  2. ernieshaverash

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    Take that back, this man could have been the greatest we ever saw boxrec.com/en/box-am/895713
     
    ernieshaverash, Jan 9, 2023
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  3. Austinboxing

    Austinboxing British Boxing fan Full Member

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    Oh yeah. Sorry I said his parents were from Africa but I just realised they were from Jamaica.
     
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  4. RealDeal

    RealDeal Pugilist Specialist Full Member

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    I think we need to define who is European. For example, does the fighter need to be born in Europe, or just grow up in Europe, or live in Europe as an adult during their boxing career, etc?
     
    RealDeal, Jan 9, 2023
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  5. Austinboxing

    Austinboxing British Boxing fan Full Member

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    20 wins 19 losses :risas3:.
     
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  6. vituman

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    Top Nordic vikings: Ingo Johansson, Robert Helenius, Gunnar Bärlund, Brian Nielsen, Otto Wallin, Attila Levin, Janne Katajisto, Jarno Rosberg, Tony Halme and Gunnar Kristinsson
     
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  7. Mickc

    Mickc Well-Known Member Full Member

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    To be defined as European or anything else for that matter surely where you were born should take precedence.There are lots of fighters who are naturalised citizens etc in other Country’s and as such some have dual Nationality’s. For example Lewis being born in West Ham,London then moved to Canada so has both British and Canadian Nationality .
     
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  8. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    Here's my top 5

    Dave Allen
    Nick Webb
    Alen Babic
    David Price
    Kash Ali
     
    ellerbe, Jan 9, 2023
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  9. Noel857

    Noel857 I Am Duran

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    These threads always get at least one of these pathetic lists,trying to be funny and failing completely
     
    Noel857, Jan 9, 2023
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  10. Austinboxing

    Austinboxing British Boxing fan Full Member

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    The simplest way to determine it would be via your genes. Let your race determine your nationality. However I guess this wouldn’t work either as there is so much immigration now someones family may have lived in somewhere like Spain for 100s of years but there great ancestors came from Morocco or something.
     
    Austinboxing, Jan 9, 2023
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  11. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    Do you feel better about yourself now you miserable old fart?
     
    ellerbe, Jan 9, 2023
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  12. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing Aficionado Full Member

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    1. W. Klitschko
    2. Lewis
    3. V. Klitschko
    4. Usyk
    5. Fitzsimmons (smallest HW champ, he fought mostly at MW and later LHW)
    6. Johansson
    7. Fury
    8. Joshua
    9. Schmeling
    10. Povetkin or Ibragimov

    Honorable mention to Cooper, Chagaev, and Nielsen.
     
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  13. Noel857

    Noel857 I Am Duran

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    Not really your imbecile remarks are not important to me just a shame you have to ruin an interesting thread.
     
    Noel857, Jan 9, 2023
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  14. Greg Price99

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    Greatest European HWs, based on what they achieved in their own era (i.e. not factoring cross era H2H) excluding active fighters:

    1. Lennox Lewis
    2. Wladimir Klitschko
    3. Vitali Klitschko
    4. Max Schmeling
    5. Ingemar Johansson
    6. Tom Sharkey
    7. Alexander Povetkin
    8. Primo Canera
    9. Peter Maher
    10. Tommy Farr

    Fitzsimmons would be #5, if considered British rather than an Aussie
     
    Greg Price99, Jan 9, 2023
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  15. Braindamage

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    No Calzaghe or Hatton?
     
    Braindamage, Jan 9, 2023
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