Aussie's top 10 boxers of all time?

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  1. cotto20

    cotto20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    In order rank aussies top 10 boxers of all time
     
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  2. WhataRock

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    In no order...
    Jeff Fenech
    Les Darcy
    Lionel Rose
    Johnny Famechon
    Jimmy Carruthers
    Dave Sands
    Vic Patrick
    Young Griffo
    Jeff Harding

    Special mention to Dave Smith, Hector Thompson and Barry Michael.

    Kostya would definintely make the list..but I left him out for this one, you could debate either way how Australian he is in this context. Not doubting for a second he is true blue but fact is he learnt his craft elsewhere under a different flag.
    Vic would scrape in also IMO.
     
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  3. Phil Austin

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    Michael is English born! Depends upon your classification but both Vic and Kostya consider themselves Aussie and that's good enough for me! Both would be inside the top 10 kicking out Harding and one other, haven't made my mind up who yet!
     
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  4. melbboy

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    phil how would you rank our current top 10 boxers in aussie?

    i would give it a go but i dont know all of them.
     
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  5. WhataRock

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    Came over when he was two though...Johnny was born in France but came over when he was 5.

    Vic and Kostya are different examples...I got no problem with somebody putting them in there but I thought Id give a couple of Aussie made fighters a shout...and by Aussie made I mean they learnt their skills here.
     
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  6. Phil Austin

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    Fairynuff WAR

    Melbboy

    1) Vic Darchinyan
    2) Danny Green
    3) Sakio Bika
    4) Anthony Mundine
    5) Daniel Geale
    6) Kali Meehan
    7) Michael Katsidis
    8) Lovemore Ndou
    9) King Davidson
    10) Rob Medley

    Sorry - did this with a head full of flu and missed out Dan
     
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  7. kel

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    No Danny Green?
     
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  8. ashley

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    1. Vic
    2. The man
    3. Geale
    4. Scorpion
    5. Meehan
    6. Green
    7. Rocky
    8. Zappa
    9. Action jackson
    10. Dib
     
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  9. melbboy

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    :good
     
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  10. flamengo

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    Fammo is French born. Lester Ellis, Dave Russell and the Waters Boys are Poms, Mattioli is Iti...

    No one knows where the **** Griffo was born.
     
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  11. ashley

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    When you log on to ESB at the top right of your page are your messages....you will see a big flashing thing....click on that you rude old ******* :lol:
     
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  12. ipswich express

    ipswich express Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :think I thought Griffo was born in Sydney?
     
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  13. flamengo

    flamengo Coool as a Cucumber. Full Member

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    Possibly...

    He's assumed to have been born on a Steamship midway between England and Australia...

    He's assumed to have been born in Bendigo... Ray Mitchell thought so anyway...

    He's often been said to have been born in Sofala.. later claims suggest this is a mistake between the birth place of Larry Foley.. not Griffo???

    Take a pick!!!
     
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  14. cotto20

    cotto20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    is mundine a top 10 aussie of all time???
     
    cotto20, Jul 6, 2009
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  15. WhataRock

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    His dad would be closer.
     
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