Best fighter from your home town

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  1. Bobby Sinn

    Bobby Sinn Bulimba Bullant Full Member

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    Melbourne... Lionel Rose.

    Special mentions. Jack Carroll, Ambrose Palmer and Johnny Famechon.
     
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  2. Bobby Sinn

    Bobby Sinn Bulimba Bullant Full Member

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    PFFFT!!!

    Foley, Griffo & Darcy :good
     
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  3. wow_junky

    wow_junky Retired Full Member

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    Glen Catley is the best I can come up with for my home town (Bristol). What would be the alternatives?
     
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  4. JoeLaTurkey

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    Carl Froch! The only noteworthy fighter from my hometown.
     
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  5. Johnstown

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    what about robin hood?
     
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  6. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    You forgot Richards Bobby...tsk tsk :nono

    :yep
     
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  7. JoeLaTurkey

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    Froch beats Hood by split decision.

    Unless Robin uses the bow & arrow, in which case it's a DQ. Either way The Cobra takes it.
     
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  8. Johnstown

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    hood did take little john...who was like 12 feet tall or some ****.
     
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  9. janitor

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    Shame on you!

    William Bendigo?
     
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  10. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Ben Brain

    Jem Belcher

    Henry Pearce

    Tom Cribb

    Basiacly most of the top fighters of the 19th century.
     
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  11. JoeLaTurkey

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    John had KO power but no jab. His stamina also sucked.
     
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  12. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Johnny Pritchett?
     
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  13. johnmaff36

    johnmaff36 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    you could kinda claim stan laurel. i know its ulverston but i wont tell if you wont:D
     
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  14. johnmaff36

    johnmaff36 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    johnny caldwell. Jimmy McLarnin was born here but moved which ,for this thread, doesnt count.

    Interesting aside, the street where caldwell was from originally has a kinda unique claim as apart from johnny, two other guys won olympic medals, john mc nally and jim mc court, and they all lived in the same street.

    A world champ and 2 olympic medalists from the same wee street. Isnt that great?
     
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  15. chatty

    chatty Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Sunderland - Probablys Billy Hardy although Tom Smith was really good
     
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