Hi guys, i was just thinking about some of the classic fight cities and i think hopkins comes from philly and how it is always refered too as a big fight city. what other famous fighters come from philly? i am trying to improve my boxing knowledge atsch :good
Bennie Briscoe Meldrick Taylor Joe Frazier Jeff Chandler Jack Blackburn Mathew Saad Muhamad Eugene Hart Gipsy Joe Harris George Benton Harold Johnson Joey Giardello jack o´brien Tommy Loughran Sonny Liston Bob Montgomery Lew Tendler
..........A good starting point would be to look up some "Bad" Bennie Briscoe fights. He never won the middleweight title, but is widely regarded as The Man in Philadelphia in those glory years. He fought all the major guys spanning almost two generations of middleweights, and his toughness and old-school ring smarts really exemplified what a "Philly fighter" was all about.
Here are some that aren't considered great but were pretty good boxers: Bryant Paden Rodney Moore Calvin Grove Frankie Mitchell Anthony Boyle Charles Brewer Kevin Howard Gary Hinton Robert Hines Tyrone Crawley Frank Fletcher Anthony Fletcher-Medical conditions kept his career inactive. James Shuler Kevin Perry
Yes, that is an awesome site. However, i do think they list some fighters who have only lived or trained for some period in Philly as true Philadelphians.
Middleweights-Willie"The Worm" Monroe, & Bobby"Boogaloo" Watts. Also Tim Witherspoon I believe was from Philly. But I think Liston was from Chicago actually.?
They have quite a list, usually tough guys, Brooklyn also,L.I. Queens,Bronx, and Brockton had Marciano and Hagler, not bad for a small town. funny how certain towns have tough guys..Youngstown,Ohio another one...is it the WATER?