Philadelphia vs. New York

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  1. Manassa

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    Who had the better fighters?

    As of now, I'm going with Philadelphia; look at the greats they've had (all Hall of Famers bar Hopkins):

    Ike Williams
    Bernard Hopkins
    Jack Blackburn
    Tommy Loughran
    Benny Bass
    Joe Frazier
    Dwight Muhammad Qawi
    Harold Johnson
    Philadelphia Jack O' Brien
    Jeff Chandler
    Lew Tendler
    Joey Giardello
    Sonny Liston
    Bob Montgomery
    Matthew Saad Muhammad
    Jersey Joe Walcott

    Could anyone do a list for New York to compare?
     
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  2. Jack Dempsey

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    Bowe
    Braddock
    Graziano
    LaMotta
    Tunney
    Tyson
    Leonard
     
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  3. Jack Dempsey

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    Jersey Joe was from New Jersey surely?
     
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  4. Manassa

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    You're right. Those ******* Philadelphians were trying to take all the credit.
     
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  5. Titan1

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    Slight Edge to Philadelphia.
     
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  6. hhascup

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    So was Ike Williams, he was from Trenton.
     
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  7. Surf-Bat

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    As was Dave Holly (from Camden)
     
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  8. hhascup

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    Braddock was born in New York But he fought out of North Bergen, New Jersey.
     
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  9. mrbassie

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    Liston was from Arkansas was he not?
     
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  10. Nicky P

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    Ray Robinson claimed New York as his home but he wasn't born in NYC.
     
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  11. hhascup

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    Yea, But he fought out of Harlem, New York, and even fought in the New York Golden Gloves as an Amateur.
     
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    Also, Dwight Muhammad Qawi fought out of Lindenwold, New Jersey
     
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    New York also has, Carlos Ortiz, Tony Canzoneri, Emile Griffith, Maxie Rosenbloom & Johnny Dundee.
     
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  14. Nicky P

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    Camacho too.

    So does Ray Robinson count as NYC?
     
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  15. di tullio

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    Philly and South Jersey vs. New York and North Jersey.
     
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