The ten greatest European Heavyweights of all time?

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  1. Furey

    Furey EST & REG 2009 Full Member

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    Anyone who doesn't have Lennox at #1 needs to check themselves into the Mental Asylum and lay of eating crayons.
     
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  2. Stanthemanionis

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    1 Wladimir Klitschko
    2 Vitali Klitschko
    3 Lennox Lewis
    4 Tyson Fury
    5 Oleksandr Usyk
    6 Bob Fitzsimmons
    7 Max Schmeling
    8 Ingemar Johansson
    9 Alexander Povetkin
    10 Sultan Ibragimov
     
  3. Mordechai

    Mordechai Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The caucasus is in the european part of Russia. Their ethnicity is Tatar, Dagestan, Chechnya, but their nationality is Russian.
     
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  4. mirexxa

    mirexxa Heavyweight Champ Full Member

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    Sounds about right
     
  5. ForemanJab

    ForemanJab Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Wladimir Klitschko
    Vitali Klitschko
    Max Schmeling
    Tyson Fury
    Alexander Povetkin
    Oleksandr Usyk
    Ingemar Johansson
    Bob Fitzsimmons
    Ruslan Chagaev
    Tommy Farr
     
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  6. Austinboxing

    Austinboxing British Boxing fan Full Member

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    Where is the Lion?
     
  7. ForemanJab

    ForemanJab Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I don't consider Lewis to be a European boxer.
     
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  8. Austinboxing

    Austinboxing British Boxing fan Full Member

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    So what’s your criteria for being a European boxer?
     
  9. ForemanJab

    ForemanJab Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Merriam-Webster has two definitions of European: 1. A native or inhabitant of Europe 2. A person of European descent.

    I don't consider him to fully qualify under the first definition and he obviously fails to meet the criteria of the 2nd.
     
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  10. The Clan

    The Clan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Born in London and raised in England until the age of 12
     
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  11. Stanthemanionis

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    @CleneloAnavarez lol first time Ive ever heard anyone claim the Chechnya/Dagestan regions of Russia aren't in europe. Geography isn't your strong point I'm guessing
     
  12. CleneloAnavarez

    CleneloAnavarez Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Caucasus is close to Armenia and Georgia both of which are not part of Europe.
     
  13. Mordechai

    Mordechai Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Are you really that ...
    Georgia and Armenia is officially a part of Europe. Not the eu. Europe is a continent my friend.
    Kazakhstan is not part of Europe, but Armenia and Georgia is
     
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  14. CleneloAnavarez

    CleneloAnavarez Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Both are part of Asia. Caucasus is the dividing line. You can check wikipedia if you like.

    Groups from the Caucasus form a different genetic cluster from slavs.
     
  15. Mordechai

    Mordechai Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The Ural is the dividing line and not the Caucasus. Armenia and Georgia are european.
    Caucasus is European ethnicity, abassetia is christian (murat gassiev), Dagestan and Chechnya muslim.
    Armenia and Georgia are old school Christian.
    I don't need wikipedia, I learned it in school in Europe.
    You know that every dum...as...s can rewrite wikipedia, it's not even an official encyclopedia
     
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