Best fighter from your home town

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  1. Kalasinn

    Kalasinn ♧ OG Kally ♤ Full Member

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    He's got nothing on Bob "The Broad Brawler" Gill. :D


    *In-joke.
     
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  2. Johnstown

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    You can't have McGovern burt...unless you where born in johnstown pa.

    He was born here...I claim him.
     
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  3. johnmaff36

    johnmaff36 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Wasnt he from Rotherham? I was lad to believe he was the 3rd Chuckle brother:D
     
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  4. Commando

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    Kitchener, Ontario. Lennox Lewis.
     
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  5. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He fought as a Brooklynite J, and I claim him because Terry is buried in Holy Cross Cemetary in Brooklyn ,a few blocks from where I resided growing up.
    Besides McGovern,never fought in Johnstown Pa.
    I win on points.:hi:
     
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  6. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Curtis Cokes (Dalllas)
     
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  7. The Funny Man 7

    The Funny Man 7 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Either Floyd Mayweather jr. or Stanley Ketchel. Take your pick.
     
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  8. Swarmer

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    Joe Louis is better than both, and an arena stands to prove it :deal
     
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  9. Tin_Ribs

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    Billy Thompson, former British and European lightweight champion in the late 40's, was from the same little South Yorkshire mining town as me. He was an old friend of my grandad's too, lovely old bloke as we all knew him in his later years. And a good fighter.

    Bruce Woodcock and Iron Hague were both only a stone's throw away, coming from Doncaster and Mexborough respectively as they did. In fact, it was a descendant of Iron Hague (and a mate of my dad's) who first directed me toward good old Sam Langford - who beat Iron of course - when he found out I was interested in boxing as a teenager.

    And since I'm near enough to Sheffield I reckon I can claim the Wincobank/Ingle mafia as being on home territory too, though it's always been a matter of great distress and suffering to me that Naseem Hamed is a South Yorkshireman; well, as much a matter of distress as something can possibly be when the same region has previously contributed to the world William Hague, Jeremy Clarkson and the Chuckle Brothers.

    Ah well, at least grandad's family came from Merthyr Tydfil to give me dibs on Howard Winstone and Johnny Owen....
     
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  10. Johnstown

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    born in johnstown...when you look for "birthplace of Terry McGovern..." you find it is johnstown pa. He might have called Brooklyn his hometown..but he was born in Johnstown, so Johnstown is his home town. if I dont take him I have no one....so I take him :good
     
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  11. D9Garrard

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    Marvin Johnson, 175lb Champ AKA "he who steals dog food"
     
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  12. burt bienstock

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    You made me weep. I give you special dispensation. You are now granted
    Terry Mc Govern. Peace be with you...
     
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  13. laxpdx

    laxpdx Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I am originally from South Texas, so is Tony Ayala Jr.
     
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  14. laxpdx

    laxpdx Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Don't forget Sibson.
     
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  15. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Manassas, Virginia. **** if I know.
     
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