Greatest caucasian fighter last 30 years WW or below?

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  1. eliqueiros

    eliqueiros Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Danny Lopez, half Irish.
     
  2. Cachibatches

    Cachibatches Boxing Junkie banned

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    Ever- Carmen Basillio for me. Some people think he was really 2-0 against R
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    In the last 30- Jeff Fenech, maybe.
     
  3. He looks Italian, so i suppose yes..
     
  4. sugarsean

    sugarsean Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Thats bull****,

    Kens a great fighter, but he was getting the **** beat out of him in that fight, Duran was all over him.
     
  5. elchivito

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    well if it's from the last 30 yrs probably Tszyu, but the dudes mixed with 2-3 other backgrounds, so IDK. He's of caucasian descent, that's for sure. Haugen was a very good boxer with high profile wins. Hatton is a good call. Danny Lopez half Irish, half Mexican. Mancini. I don't think McGuigan did enough to be great. He was good, but he beat a past his prime Pedroza, that was his greatest accomplishment. Jeff Fenech is another good call. Anyone of those were great fighters of Caucasian descent.
     
  6. sugarsean

    sugarsean Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah when your talking about the last 30 years,

    Jeff Fenech stands out, he was a bad little mother****er.

    He'd be my number 1 of the last 30 years
     
  7. elchivito

    elchivito master betty Full Member

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    Yea, Buchanan had his moments, but he was getting overpowered by Duran.
     
  8. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Danny wasnt half, although he does have Irish blood hes more Mexican/American and Ute native Indian.
     
  9. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Best Caucasian fighters ever are Harry Greb and Willie Pep

    Last 30 years its Jeff Fenech.
     
  10. delamo

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    i think Tommy Morrison was good and deserves a shout.
     
  11. sugarsean

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    :good
     
  12. anarci

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    NO way PFP i can think of alot of guys id put over Tommy. He might be the 2nd best White American Heavy in the last 30. Id rank Cooney over Morrison.
     
  13. gorgse

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    yea, hes alittle heavy for WW
     
  14. Hozumi's Hook

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    WW = Whale Weight

    Right? :patsch
     
  15. elchivito

    elchivito master betty Full Member

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    Maybe a quarter Irish? :lol: El Coloradito or Lil Red. He was pretty popular back then. Man could he punch!