Irish Boxing

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  1. moorser

    moorser Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    scotland,wales, and england have all produced great fighters. i can't remember ever being impressed by an Irish boxer (other than the ability to use their faces to absorb punches)

    why is that?
     
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    The13thRound Boxing Addict Full Member

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    tiny island and i am sure they have over the years

    lets not beat about the bush the best fighters are black when has america ever produced an amazing non african fighter

    all about genetics and african/caribbean is best
     
  5. Changfoo

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    Andre Ward! Slick and Irish!!!
     
  6. IntentionalButt

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    Jim Braddock, Micky Ward, Jimmy McLarnin, Andre Ward, Jim Corbett, George Gardiner, Wayne McCullough, John L. Sullivan, Mickey Walker, Gene Tunney, Jerry Quarry, Jack McAulliffe, Dave McAuley, Barry McGuigan, Steve Collins, Joey Archer, Matthew Macklin, Cassius Clay...

    Not too shabby, proportionately speaking.
     
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    the welsh and scottish boxers i have in mind aren't black. calzaghe, buchanan?
     
  8. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh!

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    Steve Collins comes to mind in recent years..
     
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    UnleashtheFURY D'oh!

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    Collins/Calzaghe would have been awesome.
     
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    Rinty Monaghan
    Jack McAuluiffe
    Joe Lynch
    Tommy Loughran
    James Braddock
    Jim Corbett
    Jimmy Gardner
    Jack Dempsey
    Gene Tunney
    Billy Conn
    Barry McGuigan
    Mickey Ward
    Mike/Tommy Gibbons
    Jack O'Brien
    Johnny Kilbane (Held featherweight Champonship 11 yrs.!)
    Mike O'Dowd
    John L.Sullivan
     
  11. iamhere

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    unless they fight like Lomachenko i don't give a **** how many medals they win in the olympics. there lot of trash fighters winning medals at the olympics.
     
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    IntentionalButt FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA Full Member

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    Ugh, I'm going to go stab myself in the eyeball with a dull knife for having forgotten Billy, even with having just rattled off names in a jumble absent minded as they came.
     
  13. iamhere

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    you're quite butthurt

    as for best white american fighter, well that's too easy. ever heard of willie pep?

    hey i'll be the first to admit that there are loads of **** fighters coming out of america right now. ive somewhat fallen out of love for boxing because the scene is so dismal

    billy conn, joey archer, all Americans
     
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    Both produced, albeit indirectly, by Ireland. Your title did not specify.

    So you mean specifically boxers whose nationality is the ROI? Or either the ROI or Northern Ireland?

    ...because then your wording is off then. Those places can produce more boxers than claim nationality in either.
     
  15. iamhere

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    anybody who grew up and were trained in boxing in ireland/n. ireland