Biggest British Domestic Fights

John H Stracey v Dave Boy Green

One of my favourites because of the press conference punch up that made the fight massive was Bonfire Night 1985 Mark Kaylor v Errol Christie at a packed out Wembley Arena.

 

digger stanley vs joe bowker 1910

and could i throw in Lloyd HONEYGHAN VS SYLVESTER MITTEE in 1985 it was a british,european and commonwealth tittle shot and both i think were around the world top ten


1934 in i think the second fight between len harvey and jack petersen there was over eighty five thousand peopole there so i guess that was pretty big

1942 freddie mills vs len harvey

 

Good shout and welcome! :good

 

Can't beleive I forgot that one.atsch

 

dave mcauley vs duke mckenzie in 1989

 

Wednesday night.... Sportsnight....

For 1989 it was a shrug your shoulder match. In fact I think most thought it was going to be a bit one sided...

But of course now a days it would be pretty big on SKY.

Another fight that falls into that category was Mason/Lewis, two undefeated world rated British Heavyweights fighting each other on a Wednesday evening, with a bit, but no huge publicity???

I guess that shows you how spoilt we once were...

 

Pre fight publicity helped, as well!

 

Honey-Mittee was on a Wednesday and on Sportsnight as well. great days!!

 

i cant argue with that:good

 

But you could not beat a bit of Oyebola on Seconds Out.

Which reminds me:

Alright, not a huge domestic match up:

But remember when undefeated Welsh Light Heavyweight brain-box Nicky Piper, he of the 200 IQ, agreed to a last minute substitute opponent, a Journeyman Cruiserweight by the name of Carl Thompson?

 

dont forget the colin jones vs kirkland laing fights

 

i used to love the fight night program and i remember there was a sports show at about 2ish on itv midweek that sometimes showed boxing

 

Calzaghe vs Reid.

 

Anyone remember ESPN SuperBouts on ITV? I used to look forward to that all week to see what fights they would show (the papers rarely listed the details and there was no Internet).