Who are the most famous non-American fighters of all-time?

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  1. ricardinho

    ricardinho Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Chavez, Duran, Kostya, Arguello, Tsyu, Lennox Lewis, Vitali, Vladimir, Kostya, Azumah Nelson, Benitez, Gomez, Salvador Sanchez, Barrera, Hamed, Fenech, Manny, Morales, and Marquez.

    no particular order aside from Chavez.
     
    ricardinho, Mar 6, 2010
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  2. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    To serious boxing history buffs, a few...
    Bob Fitzimmons
    Jimmy Wilde
    Ted kid Lewis
    Freddie Welsh
    Owen Moran
    Battling Siki
    Georges Carpentier
    Marcel Cerdan
    Max Schmeling
    Dick Tiger
    Ingemar Johanssen
    Lennox Lewis
     
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  3. bandido

    bandido The Black Bandit Full Member

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    to non-Americans, the most well-known American boxers would probably be the following: Ali in the 70s, Leonard in the 80s, Tyson in the 90s, and Dela Hoya in the 00s.
    Latin America: Chavez and Duran
    Europe: Lewis
    Asia: Pacquiao
     
    bandido, Mar 6, 2010
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  4. Stonehands89

    Stonehands89 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Battle Siki may well have outdone Roberto Duran had it not been for modern media. After distinguishing himself in WW I for bravery, his fame began after he knocked out Carpentier in a fight that wouldn't have been believed had it been fiction. The media set up a circus around him in Europe and later, America. He happily obliged their racist presumptions by walking through Central Park with a pet lion, posing with a monkee, drinking and acting the fool in public, and getting killed in the street while still young.

    He was like a modern-day minstrel/rapper, without the black-face or the rap.
     
    Stonehands89, Mar 6, 2010
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  5. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No.
     
    bodhi, Mar 6, 2010
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  6. bandido

    bandido The Black Bandit Full Member

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    i had a hard time thinking of a name to put there. you're probably right but i still cannot think of another name.
     
    bandido, Mar 6, 2010
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  7. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    There are plenty of names and most of them were already thrown out in here. Just read the thread.
     
    bodhi, Mar 6, 2010
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  8. bandido

    bandido The Black Bandit Full Member

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    hatton is the closest one mentioned but a lot of non-europeans would probably know lewis more than hatton.
     
    bandido, Mar 6, 2010
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  9. bodhi

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    Schmeling
    W. Klitschko
    V. Klitschko
    Scholz
    Maske
    Abraham
    Johannson
    Carnera
    Fitzsimmons
    Wilde
    Ted "Kid" Lewis
    Carpentier
    Cerdan

    are all Europeans who were more famous than Lewis and mentioned in this thread. Mostly due to the fact that boxing was more famous in there time.
     
    bodhi, Mar 6, 2010
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  10. Brian123

    Brian123 ESB WORLD CHAMPION Full Member

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    Bob Fitzsimmons
    Max Schmeling

    (now) W. Klitschko
     
    Brian123, Mar 23, 2010
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  11. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Duran
    Pac
    Chavez
    Trinidad
    Mcguigan
    Barrera
    Morales
    Cotto
    Naseem
    Hatton
    Lewis
    Benitez
    Arguello
    Sanchez
    Galindez
    GOmez
    Monzon
    Bonavena
    Benvenuti
    Griffith
    Olivares
    Fernandez- fought on regular Tv alot!!
    Napoloes
    Gavilan
    Ingo
    Schmeiling
    Carnera
    Fitzimmons

    ORtiz and Camacho but they were raised in US same with Palomino
     
    anarci, Mar 24, 2010
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  12. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Bramble,Rosario, Pedroza,Boza,Bazooka Limon,Coetzee,Cuevas were sure on Regular TV alot in the late 70s and 80s
     
    anarci, Mar 24, 2010
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  13. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    max schmeling
    randy turpin
    benny lynch
    ingemar johannson
    jimmy wilde
    jack kid berg
    ted kid lewis
    lennox lewis
    eder jofre
    nigel benn
    ruben olivares
    ken buchanan
    alexis arguello
    jimmy mclarnin
    marcel cerdan
    georges carpentier
    primo carnera
    nino bevenutti

    all obviously from eras long ago.there are hundreds, or must be.
     
    turpinr, Mar 24, 2010
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  14. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    some warriors there mate.add mr palomimo to that lot
     
    turpinr, Mar 24, 2010
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  15. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I did on post 26 included with Camacho and Carlos Ortiz but stated that even though they were all born outside the US all were raised and learned their craft in either New York, or Southern Cali.
     
    anarci, Mar 24, 2010
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