Do you agree with my greatest African born fighters list?

Vic Toweel and Gerrie Coetzee prolly deserve more mention than Siki.

 

Cerdan?

 

Sanders above Coetzee at heavyweight.

 

Baby Jake Matala deserves a mention. And Hogan kid Bassey.

 

Eyyy old Baby Jake That guy was a little dynamo.

 

Guy was awesome! Shortest world champion. I loved his win over Carbajal.

 

Nelson and Tiger are a clear number one and two, I'd agree. A bit of daylight between them and the chasing pack. But I'm surprised there's been no mention of Ike Quartey so far. If you wanted to expand the list a little then perhaps Cornelius Boza-Edwards could feature near the bottom of a top ten, along with Vuyani Bungu.

But as I said, once you get past Zoomy and Tiger there's not much between the other guys.

 

I would have Tiger at #1.

 

I'd have Nelson in the top 5.

 

Not replace but add Coetzee,Sanders,Boza Edwards ,and John Mugabi.

 

Ayub Kalule, John Mugabi and Willie Toweel should also be considered. This list could get extensive.

 

I know he's demeaned a bit here as pedestrian and unspectacular, but I think Brian Mitchell should be there.

 

Get rid of Siki then read the posts that followed.

 

Brian Mitchell is to me, South Africa's best boxer bar none. He could do pretty much everything as a boxer and he was one of those guys that had great stamina and improved as the fight went on, making adjustments as he went. Beat every man he ever faced.