Underrated fighters who loved a tear up?

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    Noel857 I Am Duran Full Member

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    Currently in Britain we have Ted Cheeseman and Sam Eggington and from the past i give you Dave boy Green.Who have you got?
     
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    Unfortunately I can't find any of his other fights that I liked on youtube anymore.
     
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    We will go back to the 70s and 80s and say the name..

    Tony Sibson, a British middleweight who ended his career 55 wins (31 KO) 7 Loses and 1 Draw.

    Sibson won British, Commonwealth and European titles and fought for the world title 3 times against Marvin Hagler (Middleweight) then Dennis Andres (Light Heavyweight) then Frank Tate (Middleweight) and lost them all.

    Sibson loved a fight, could really dig and always gave it his all.
     
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    My boxing history is limited to the eras I watched, but in my opinion:
    Wayne McCullough
    Ward and Gatti
    Jorge Arce
     
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    Carl Johanneson. Might be overstating it to say he loved a tear-up, but he was certainly stoic and brave in a firefight and capable of giving as good as he got in those situations up to a certain level. When Carl was prime, it was only Kirakosyan who really just had his number in the trenches (Kevin Mitchell got past him, but endured some scary moments).
     
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    After seeing Ryan Garcias post match promiscuous celebration, he probably loves a tear up.
     
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    From my Hometown, local hero in my gym
     
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    Noel857 I Am Duran Full Member

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    Only yesterday i watched his destruction of John Collins.Impressive
     
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    Carl Froch.
     
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    One of his best performances.
    Watched him a few times. Always gave his all, had a huge following wherever he fought. Great boxer, great times.
     
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    Just down the road from me too.
    Great times going to watch him.
     
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    Right now I think maybe Josh Taylor likes a tear up just a bit too much, and could probably make his life a bit easier at times by avoiding them - but it makes his fights that much more entertaining - never in a dull affair! Maybe not currently underrated though...

    A bit in the same vein, Calzaghe always had a tendency to get dragged into a tear up and 'fight fire with fire' - at least before his hands went to crap anyway.

    I'll second who mentioned Michael Katsidis earlier, he could be relentless and nearly always managed to drag folks into a dogfight.

    Going back to 90's heavyweights I always liked to catch Ray Mercer fights as they were never dull that I can recall, he loved to get stuck in!
     
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