allright lads i was wondering who you guys consider the greatest irish pug ever. by irish i mean anyone who was either born in ireland or atleast one of thier parents born in the emerald isle. ill give a list of my top ten in no particular order john l sullivan jimmy barry nonpareil jack dempsey terrible terry mcgovern jack mcauliffe mike mctigue jimmy mclarnin george gardner rinty monaghan barry mcguigan slan go raibhe maite agat
yeah forgot tunney and a few others atsch think his parents were from galway or mayo somewhere in the west, anyway if ya think someone who isnt on the poll is the best just mention it
not irish myself but that's quite a ****ing list. based on those provided, i'll go with mclarnin p4p. makes you realize that for such a small geographical area, that's produced some great fighters
im with ya on that even though mclarnin fought alot of blown up lightweights they were some of the greatest lightweights to ever lace em up
yeah man mcgovern was a beast beating palmer, dixon, and erne the bantem feather and lightweight champions in the space of a year great achievment and going on to beat a guys like gans tops it off fabolous fighter he was
the win over gans (regardless of what you think of it) is probably the best win by an irish fighter in history