Best fights on Canadian soil?

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  1. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The only ones that come to mind for me involve George Chuvalo (Yvon Durelle, Ernie Terrell, Jimmy Ellis, and of course, the Muhammad Ali fights). Oh, of course, the Moore-Durelle fights, and Durelle vs. Mike Holt. I guess Moore-Durelle I is probably the greatest fight in Canada. Any others?
     
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  2. Eddie Ezzard

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    Duran v Leonard says hi, William.

    I'd have thought Matthew Hilton would have been in a couple of barnburners as well. And his brother, Davey. Probably against each other when they used to share a bed with three other brothers in the trailer van.
     
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  3. William Walker

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    duh to myself. Were the Hiltons from Canada?
     
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  4. Eddie Ezzard

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    They were, yes. Have a read up on them if you get a minute. Fascinating family. Dad a famous fighter who took his young sons to bars to watch him beat people up. Matthew an alcoholic, Stewart died aged 17 in a car crash. Davey in prison for molesting his two young daughters.

    But apparently Alex was the black sheep of the family!
     
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  5. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    hmmm, interesting...
     
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  6. Mike Gould

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    1982 Jimmy Gradson TKO10 Edie Melo - Pier 6 brawl at the CNE Coliseum. Both guys hated each other*
    1985 Wille Edwards TKO9 Donny Lalonde NABF Light-Heavyweight Title - both men hit the canvas
    1987 Matthew Hilton W15 Buster Drayton IBF Junior Middleweight Title - absolute war!
    1998 Davey Hilton TKO12 Stephane Ouellet Canadian Super Middleweight Title
    2000 Davey Hilton W12 Dingaan Thobela WBC Super Middleweight Title

    *Post fight interview, the victor (Jimmy Gradson) announces on live tv that he doesn't care for Eddie Melo because he stabbed a friend of his! These two Toronto street boys put on a war for the ages. Check it out on YouTube.
     
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  7. Mike Gould

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    Stewart was an exceptional amateur and considered by the family as the best boxer out of all of them. A true boxing tragedy.
     
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  8. Mike Cannon

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    Didnt Jose Napoles show his dearth of skills by widely outpointing Clyde Gray at Mabel Leaf Gardens some time in the 1970s ?
     
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  9. Henry Hank

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    Cant find that fight on youtube theres only a three minute video of the fight. Any link to the full fight mate?
     
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  10. Seamus

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    Bert Cooper - Joe Savage
     
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  11. William Walker

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    nice suggestions, will check them out
     
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  12. William Walker

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    But was that one of the great Canada fights?
     
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  13. RockyJim

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    Moore-Durelle I 1958...
     
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  14. William Walker

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    I think that's probably the best fight ever in Canada.
     
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  15. Senya13

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    These bouts would be good candidates:
    1901-09-23 Rube Ferns W-KO9 Frank Erne, defending the welterweight championship of the world

    1901-12-18 Joe Walcott W-TKO5 Rube Ferns, winning the welterweight championship of the world

    1902-03-17 Frank Erne W-KO 6 Curley Supples, defending the lightweight championship of the world

    1902-05-12 Joe Gans W-KO1 Frank Erne, winning the lightweight championship of the world

    1902-09-15 Tommy Ryan W-KO6 Kid Carter, defending the middleweight championship of the world

    1902-10-13 Joe Gans W-KO5 Kid McPartland, defending the lightweight championship of the world
     
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