Which American City produced the best quality of fighters ?

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  1. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Overall....... is it Philladelphia ?
     
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    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Since nobody responded I went to look at it.... impressive how Youngstown is a small city but had so many guys (Ray Mancini, Kelly Pavlik, Harry Arroyo, Greg Richardson)...
    It might be Youngstown in terms of proportion.
     
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  3. Jel

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    New York and Philly were the ones that I thought of first.
     
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    I always thought it was a shame that Mancini and Arroyo never fought.
     
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    I think Brownsville, which is just a one-square mile neighborhood in Brooklyn, was the home of fighters like Mike Tyson, Riddick Bowe, Shannon Briggs, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Zab Judah and Danny Jacobs.

    That's a tough neighborhood.
     
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  6. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Great post.
    If you say Brooklyn then wow you can add Rocky Graziano, Joey Giardello, Mark Breland, Tiger Jones..

    Btw. Outside of LaMotta and Iran Barkley, I couldn´t find anyone else that came out from the Bronx....
     
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    Clearly without NYC Boxing we would have missed so much.....

    I believe I can safely say that NYC is the most important City in Boxing history.
     
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  8. Vic-JofreBRASIL

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    Philly has a lot of fame regarding this topic...... but is Philly better than Detroit ?? I don´t think so.

    Rocky Balboa doesn´t count.

    Los Angeles is probably more prolific than Philadelphia in numbers.
     
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    Davey Moore - the junior middleweight one.
     
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  10. Vic-JofreBRASIL

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    Okay, but only 1 Hall of Famer (LaMotta), sounds like a big difference between Brooklyn and the Bronx...
     
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    Brockton produced 2 incredible champs: Hagler and Rocky. Must be something in the water because they're 2 of the toughest their decisions ever saw.

    Philly and NY are definitely up there in terms of sheer numbers and overall ability.
     
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  12. cslb

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    Detroit and it isn’t close. The Kronk fighters and Joe Louis alone would clinch it. Ray Robinson even has roots in Detroit.
     
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    Los Angeles for the lighter weight classes.
     
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    No love for the GREAT Saoul Mamby?!!!
     
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    Joe Louis was from Alabama.
     
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