Best performance by a foreign fighter?

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  1. D-MAC

    D-MAC Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Best performance on British soil that is.

    I am going to restrict this to the last 15 years.

    We've had a good few over here in that time, and I feel that is enough to go on.

    There have been some really big names in that time: Winky Wright, Mikkel Kessler, Marco Antonio Barerra, Steve Molitor, Gerald McClellan etc. And, win or lose, they have delivered some very good performances.

    The shell of "Iron" Mike Tyson also made an appearance or two, but I won't include him because he was obviously past it.

    For my own personal preference I will throw Stevie Johnson's hat into the circle, since I feel, that in general, he is criminally underrated. I feel his dominating performance over Billy Schwer was a sublime masterclass by a quite brilliant boxer.

    Also worth a mention was Micky Wards tussle with Shea Neary; A really enjoyable slugfest of a fight.

    I know I am undoubtedly forgetting someone important; please point it out to me.

    So, what is your opinion?
     
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  2. Chinny

    Chinny Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Was Goyo Vargas beating Paul Hoko in the last 15 years?

    He looked like a future great that night.
     
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  3. D-MAC

    D-MAC Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    15 and a bit, but we'll count it in for this one.:good
     
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  4. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Barrera vs Hamed.
     
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  5. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    If you mean on British soil.............

    Steve Molitor destroying Michael Hunter could be one, certainly one that seems to have slipped under the radar.
     
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  6. PrideOfWales

    PrideOfWales Winston Zedmore Full Member

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    Wasn't in the UK.
     
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  7. PrideOfWales

    PrideOfWales Winston Zedmore Full Member

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    :nut
     
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  8. Words

    Words Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Glen Johnson vs Clinton Woods II.
     
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  9. slapbangwhallop

    slapbangwhallop The Sweet Scientist Full Member

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    Steve Collins v Nigel Benn I and II
    Barry McGuigan v Eusebio Pedroza

    oh yeah! and

    Paul McCloskey v Colin Lynes :lol:
     
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  10. phonk

    phonk Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Baby Jake Matlala bossed Pat Clinton in Glasgow a good few years back. Gave him a bit of doing if the truth be told.
     
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  11. Cobbler

    Cobbler Shoemaker To The Stars Full Member

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    McGuigan has British citizenship iirc.
     
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  12. Sly

    Sly Well-Known Member Full Member

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  13. sean

    sean pale peice of pig`s ear Full Member

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    sambu kalambay v herol graham.
    i was at that fight and never expected kalambay to be so good.

    not sure of how many years ago, they all begin to roll into one as you get older.

    mccallum v watson.

    winky wright v ensley bingham.

    yuri romanov v black british lightweight, name just will not come to me w rsf 7 approx with multiple knockdowns.
    bobby vanzie.
     
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    antcull Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Kalambay v. Graham - 1992
     
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