Greatest Irish fighter of all time?

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  1. shavers

    shavers Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Okay he speaks English, at least I got that right
     
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  2. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    :lol: Well, Welsh is British so you weren't wrong
     
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  3. dreadyswiss

    dreadyswiss New Member banned Full Member

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    and Anthony Joshua is also 1/4 Irish, and Andre Ward is half irish :D
     
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  4. dreadyswiss

    dreadyswiss New Member banned Full Member

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    Fantastic nation at boxing for their small population and size.

    & Paddy Donovan is the future for Irish boxing, Donovan is an excellent talent.
     
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    dreadyswiss New Member banned Full Member

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    1 Jimmy McLarnin
    2 Katie Taylor
    3 Nonpareil Jack Dempsey
    4 Steve Collins
    5 Barry Mcguigan
    6 Carl Frampton
    7 Rinty Monaghan
    8 Wayne Mccullough
    9 Dave Mcauley
    10 Ryan Burnett
     
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  6. ForemanJab

    ForemanJab Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Do diasporic Irishmen count?
     
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  7. LenHarvey

    LenHarvey Active Member Full Member

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    George Gardiner is another little known Irish great.. in a time when many white fighters drew the color line and would not fight a black man Gardiner fought anyone black or white .. ATG Bob fitzsimmons, ATG Jack Johnson, Marvin Hart who beat Jack Johnson, Barbados Joe Walcott colored WW champion, Jim Flynn who KOd Dempsey, Bob Armstrong colored world HW champion, Frank Craig colored MW champion, George Byers colored world HW & MW champion , Charles C Smith first colored world HW champion, Jack Root first LHW champion, Peter Maher HW champion.. all over 3 divisions.. MW, LHW & HW.. he was the first undisputed World LHW champion & held claims to both the World MW title as well as the HW title. His career is well worth a deeper dive.. I mean no offense using the term coloured btw.. in historical context that is the label attributed to those times & champions.
     
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  8. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Superb post, Len
     
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  9. Dubblechin

    Dubblechin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    In my lifetime, I'd go with Steve Collins, too.
     
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  10. LenHarvey

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    Collins & Mcguigan in terms of recent years definitely
     
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  11. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    You guys need to look into Jake ''Money'' Paul's ancestry. He has a splash of Irish in him too
     
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  12. Sailor Joe

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    Not the greatest in terms of skill or accomplishments, but the greatest in terms of awesomeness goes to Sailor Tom Sharkey.
     
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  13. The Real Lance

    The Real Lance Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I was sure Scotty Harrison was going to drop him when they fought. The size difference was crazy!
     
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  14. AdamT

    AdamT Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yes I remember thinking how stringy wayne looked next to him lol
     
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  15. moorser

    moorser Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It's funny because I think we should be doing a lot better in the pros, the amount of young lads we have had that where European and World Junior Champs in the amatuers that retired before 21 and also we have had a few Olympic medalists that didn't turn over or died young like Kenny Egan and Darren Sutherland. If we had a big Irish promoter who put in regular shows with an Irish tv contract we would have way more pro Champs.
     
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