Best U.K fighters

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  1. BigReg

    BigReg Broad Street Bully Full Member

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    Good reminder
     
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  2. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Black v. White, UK v. USA...what next, Reg?:blood
     
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  3. jc

    jc Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Theres a catch to this thread. Sounds like ur **** stirring... :blood
     
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  4. tays001

    tays001 ESB ELITE SQUAD Full Member

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    Sarcasm my friend:yep
     
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  5. BigReg

    BigReg Broad Street Bully Full Member

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    Stop being so sensitive. I never made any threads about Black vs. White. However, I see no problem with a U.S vs. U.K thread. Mexicans and Puerto Ricans celebrate their rivalry, let U.S and U.K fans revel in their rivalry.
     
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  6. BigReg

    BigReg Broad Street Bully Full Member

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    There's no catch. The fighter just has to be of U.K descent(either parent), or either parent has to have been born in the U.K, and the fighter has to have been raised in the U.K
     
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  7. Fat Joe

    Fat Joe Let's have it right Full Member

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    Steve Robinson (In my avatar) wasn't a bad fighter. Lost his FW title to Hamed.
     
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  8. MetroMan

    MetroMan With the good people Full Member

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    BigReg, friend, if the UK had to rely on boxers of just English descent as you call it, they'd have no boxers to speak of! :lol:

    This is strange. Calzaghe doesn't count? What about David Haye? Enzo's gone as well. :rofl And Gavin Rees! What about Junior Witter? He wears half English and half Jamaican shorts.


    Hatton probably counts, the Man City tw..! :hey
     
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  9. Smith

    Smith Monzon-like Full Member

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    Id love to educate you on some Scots but I dont have time Reg.

    Briefly, we have two ATG fighters being Benny Lynch ( http://www.bennylynch.co.uk/ ), arguably the best flyweight of all time,

    & Ken Buchanan, a monster of a lightweight, absolutely brilliant, ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Buchanan )

    We are a small nation, 5 million people, but boxing has very deep roots here. There are boxing clubs everywhere in Glasgow and Edinburgh, and in the lesser areas it is a big deal in the ams.

    We have a superb prospect right now in Paul Appleby, a featherweight, who realistically will go on to be a world class operator. Im hoping anyway.

    Other than that, Alex Arthur is fighting Guzman soon. Theres a chance he could pull off the upset.
     
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  10. thespecialone

    thespecialone Active Member Full Member

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    Thing is i'm sure you could go back and say that very few are native decendents of Britain! Same with the American fighters, i'm not sure how many would be native Americans but i should imagine very few.
     
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  11. jc

    jc Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    hey when I see Chief Bearback Wolf win the heavyweight title - then you yanks can talk!

    How many American greats come from African, European, Hispanic, South American roots..oh hang on - ALL OF THEM!!
     
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  12. BigReg

    BigReg Broad Street Bully Full Member

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    I expanded it, so that if one of the fighter's parents was born in the U.K, they count. The U.S is a unique situation. Technically, no one is really a descendant of this country. The closest would be American Indians. However, they've been all but killed off. Many of the survivors live on reservations which is not even considered a part of the U.S
     
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  13. box3r86

    box3r86 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I just checked the BBC's top 10 british boxers and at number 10 is nicky cook!!!!!!!! the rest have been mentioned on this thread with the exception of clinton woods who tarver just beat. oh and thats the current top 10.
     
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  14. LightningJoe

    LightningJoe The Filipino Flash Full Member

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    Mikkel Kessler's Mum is English.
     
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  15. BigReg

    BigReg Broad Street Bully Full Member

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    Yes, but he wasn't raised in the U.K. The fighter needs to be of U.K descent and needs to have been raised in the U.K
     
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