Biggest British Domestic Fights

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  1. bruthead

    bruthead REAL TALK Full Member

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    What have I missed?/What doesn't deserve inclusion?

    2008: David Haye - Enzo Maccarinelli
    1997: Chris Eubank - Joe Calzaghe
    1995: Naseem Hamed - Steve Robinson
    1993: Chris Eubank - Nigel Benn II
    1993: Frank Bruno - Lennox Lewis
    1991: Chris Eubank - Michael Watson II
    1990: Chris Eubank - Nigel Benn
    1987: Frank Bruno - Joe Bugner

    1980: Jim Watt - Charlie Nash
    1977: John H Stracey - Dave Green
    1973: John Conteh - Chris Finnegan
    1971: Henry Cooper - Joe Bugner
    1959: Henry Cooper - Brian London II

    1952: Don Cockell - Randy Turpin
    1949: Freddie Mills - Bruce Woodcock
    1948: Jackie Peterson - Rinty Monaghan II
    1943: Jackie Peterson - Peter Kane
    1937: Benny Lynch - Peter Kane
    1935: Benny Lynch - Jackie Brown II
    1934: Nel Tarleton - Seaman Tommy Watson
     
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  2. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    At the time Benn/Watson was bigger than Benn/EubankI. McGuigan/McDonnell was a pretty big domestic encounter, certainly on par with a few you have mentioned.
     
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  3. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    Holligan vs. Neary? Well i thought it was a pretty big domestic dust up anyway.
     
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  4. GazOC

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    1981 Alan Minter - Tony Sibson
    1939 Eric Boon - Arthur Danahar
    1932 Jock McAvoy - Len Harvey
     
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  5. NO MAS

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    Chris Finnegan v John Francombe...:yep
     
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  6. NO MAS

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    The Nark In The Park from 1997...:yep

    Co-Signed...:good
     
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  7. ishy

    ishy Loyal Member Full Member

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    Was Calzaghe/Eubank a really big deal when it happened?
     
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  8. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    Nope.
     
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  9. kosaros

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    1911: Digger Stanley vs Ike Bradley
    1966: Alan Rudkin vs Walter McGowan
    1968: Alan Rudkin vs Walter McGowan II
     
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  10. bruthead

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    McGuigan/McDonnell is a good shout but I have to diasgree about Benn/Watson being bigger than Benn/Eubank I!
     
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  11. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No, Eubank was a late sub, and thus the fight did not get much build up.
     
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  12. kosaros

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    What about Johnny Nelson vs Carl Thompson?
     
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  13. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Eubank was unproven going into the bout. Watson had beaten a then world class operator (Dangerous Don), so those in the know put a few pennies on Watson, and the 'Who's Bad?' advertising was everywhere. 'I'm going to get Eu/ I'm quite simply the best' thing did not really catch on the same, as Benn was such a warm favourite, and Eubank not so well known.
     
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  14. TBooze

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    Boxing has been dying for 20 years, so in context of the time period it was a big domestic bout. But, it hardly caught the imagination of the public, like fights past.
     
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  15. JIM KELLY

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    edit..

    you covered it.
     
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