Remember a UK fighter thread

Robbie Regan

Cardiff

WBO Bantamweight Champion.

Best win: Beating Jimnez for the WBO title.

 

Name: Dean Francis
Age: 37
Town: Basingstoke
Record: 31 wins (25 ko's) 4 Loss's 1 Draw

Status: Former British, European, WBO Intercontinetal Super Middleweight Champion, British, Commonweatlth and IBO Intercontinental Light Heavyweight Champion, English Cruiserweight Champion.

Best Wins: Carr tko 7, Starie tko 6, Seillier ko 9

Significant Losses: Ballagou tko 10, Keeton ko 1

Best Fight: The TKO victory of highly rated then british champion David Starie

Strengths: Great Jab, Left Hook and Combination punching

Weaknesses: Shoulder issues, stamina

 

bobby vanzie

 

This thread was made for Hoko.

 

Just looked him up, he was out for two years with glandular fever?? Do you think he would have went further had he not retired?

 

sorry just to throw a name in and not do things properly but

mark reefer

 

Pat Clinton

Born 1964

Scotland

WBO Flyweight 1992-1993

 

Garry Jacobs
45
Scotland
53 fights
45 wins
8 losses
Commonwealth, European wealterweight champion


There is another few boxers that come to mind but cant remember their names just now, will post later if it comes back to me.

 

Crawford Ashley

Age: 40 something

Best strength: ramrod jab

Weakness: Dodgy chin and got reckless under pressure

 

if you cant remember thier names how can they come to mind

 

made me laugh :rofl

 

Great thread Jeff!

Name: Andy Holligan
Age: 43
Town: Liverpool
Record: 27 Wins (19 Ko) 3 Losses

Status: ABA champion, Commonwealth and twice British light welterweight champion

Best Wins: Tony Ekubia, Tony McKenzie, Paul Ryan

Significant Losses: Shea Neary, Julio Ceasar Chavez (yes, that one!)

Best fight: His loss to Neary. An extract from the Liverpool Echo tells this better than I could;

“In an age when bombast, hype and self-promotion are the watchwords in professional boxing, Shea Neary remained refreshingly humble after his sixth round stoppage of Andy Holligan. ‘I’m a nobody. I’m nothing,’ he muttered. ‘Yet five and a half thousand people turned up to watch me.’

“It was the only thing Neary got wrong all night. He is a somebody – a WBU champion of the world for one.

“But to retain his light-welterweight title the former soldier, from Kensington, had to resist the most compelling challenge of his career from his one-time hero. Andy Holligan produced an heroic performance which left a grimly attritional contest in the balance right up until the moment when Neary delivered two meaty, cleaving hooks at the close of the sixth round.

“Just seconds earlier, Holligan had looked on the verge of victory – and that was the way an awesome boxing match had swung for the most compelling 17-and-a-half minutes of sport this city has seen for decades.
“The most fitting tribute that ringside observers could pay is that the contest lived up to pre-fight expectations.

“The ‘super-tent’ in Stanley Park was close to capacity – more than 5,000 fans witnessing a local dust-up which will have international reverberations.”

After six pulsating rounds of boxing, Neary finally prevailed.

“Neary launched a murderous fusillade of hooks at Holligan and, finally, inevitably, the challenger sank to one knee,” added the Echo. “He smiled grimly and tapped his gloves together, acknowledging the quality of the shots, but he refused to end his challenge there.

“He dragged himself to his feet at the count of nine – and demanded that he be allowed to continue.

“Referee Darryl Ribbink, an excellent WBU official, complied with the request, but there was no respite. Neary swarmed over the stricken challenger to finally end a compulsive contest.

“Ringside judge Glenn Feldman, from Connecticut, turned from his stool as the referee draped his arms around Holligan’s shoulders and drawled: ‘That was the best fight I have ever seen.’ It was no American hyperbole.”

Strengths: Absolute warrior with a decent punch.

Weaknesses: Not the best footwork and could only really fight one way.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNnA-wwT_90[/ame]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_wRuhGPdoo[/ame]

 

See when i picture their faces then the name might come to me. cheeky

 

:good

Excellent shout!

 

Quality fighter and earned his shot at Pernell Whitaker. Not that many wanted to fight him Pernell Whitaker.

Remember when he was brutally knocked out by Mickey Hughes, completely against the flow of the fight. That was a BAD knock out.

Everyone called for retirement, but he did well to carry on and get a world title shot.