Who is the Best IRISH-AMERICAN boxer of all time ?

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  1. ron davis

    ron davis Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Gene Tunney
     
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    thistle Boxing Junkie

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    Sean (Trooper Thorn) Thornton.

    "You won't hear the man count 10 "...
     
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  3. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    There are 5 that appear in my p4p all time top 30 that I believe are Irish American:

    #12 Mickey Walker
    #14 Packey McFarland
    #20 Terry McGovern
    #21 Gene Tunney
    #30 Billy Conn
     
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    Northern Ireland UK.Belfast
     
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  5. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Actually Hillsborough, Co. Down, the North of Ireland, which is on the island of Ireland.
     
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  6. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Muhammad Ali.
     
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    I heard a rumour Tyre-iron Johnson was a quarter Irish
     
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  8. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Forgot about that. Abe O'Grady from Co. Clare is his ancestor. The photos of Muhammad waiving a hurley while in Ireland to face Al Blue Lewis are priceless.
     
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    Micky Ward.

    Billy Conn and Jack Dempsey apparently had Irish blood too (google), but so do I and half the people on this rock it seems.
     
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    Countless hall of famers. Bit of a pick em.
     
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  11. ron davis

    ron davis Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Muhammad O'Ali for sure he has an Irish tongue
     
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  12. richdanahuff

    richdanahuff Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He was born in Manassa Colorado
     
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  13. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    No sht. That was my point. /sarcasm
     
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  14. ron davis

    ron davis Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Jim Braddock The Cinderella Man

    Owney 'Killer' Madden toughest guy in the Big Apple and had a piece of Braddock.
     
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  15. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing

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    Does everyone know that Manassa is a city from Colorado now ?
     
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