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

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  1. richdanahuff

    richdanahuff Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Lololol sorry I get it I see the funny now
     
    richdanahuff, Nov 16, 2023
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  2. KasimirKid

    KasimirKid Well-Known Member Full Member

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    ... and then lived most, if not all, of his adult life in the USA. I don't know if he ever went through the citizenship procedures.
     
    KasimirKid, Nov 16, 2023
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  3. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Me neither
     
    Clinton, Nov 16, 2023
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  4. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    But part of the UK.
     
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    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Tommy Ryan?
     
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    Tommy Loughran?
     
    mcvey, Nov 17, 2023
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  7. JabbaTheGut

    JabbaTheGut Active Member Full Member

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    I was going to say Loughran as well
     
    JabbaTheGut, Nov 17, 2023
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  8. skandinavija

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    can we count micky ward on this?
     
    skandinavija, Nov 17, 2023
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  9. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yes, he was irish-american. But he probably don't even make the top 10 of them, no offense to him but Billy Conn, Packey McFarland... the list is deep.
     
    Vic-JofreBRASIL, Nov 17, 2023
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  10. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I am reading right now that Bob Fitzsimmons was half irish, half cornish (Cornish is not irish ?), so I am confused... he was irish and not british then...
     
    Vic-JofreBRASIL, Nov 17, 2023
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  11. Dubblechin

    Dubblechin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Tommy Morrison was the best Irish-American fighter.

    He'd break most everyone else named in this thread in half in an actual fight.
     
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  12. Peteychops

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    Yes, Fitzsimmons dad was from Tyrone and his mother was Cornish, a Celtic enclave in England.
     
    Peteychops, Nov 17, 2023
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    Gerry Cooney would destroy him.

    But Tommy would be up there on a list of best Native American fighters.
     
    Seamus, Nov 17, 2023
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  14. Dubblechin

    Dubblechin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    You can't get any more Irish-American than your dad being Irish and your mom being Native American. That is the quintessential Irish-American pairing.

    If Gerry Cooney's mom was Irish, I'd be surprised. She appeared in a lot of commercials back in the day. She looked pretty freaking Italian. Fuhgeddaboudit.;)

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    Dubblechin, Nov 17, 2023
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  15. Peteychops

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    She was half Spaniard-Irish I heard.
     
    Peteychops, Nov 17, 2023
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