Fighters who have fought boxing relatives (brothers, cousins, father, uncle)

There must be hundreds and hundreds of brothers, who shared opponents - and in many cases quite a few.

Check out the Petrolle brothers, Billy, Frankie and Pete. Lots and lots of common opponents! And there are even two, Stanislaus Loayza and Freddie Mueller, who fought all three brothers... not something you see every day!

Not 100% certain, but the all-time leaders in this category could be the White brothers, Charlie and Jack, who shared no less than 16 opponents:
Rocky Kansas
Johnny Dundee
Owen Moran
Tommy Kilbane
Abe Attell
Joe Thomas
Frank Ray White
Frankie Callahan
Buddy Waugh
Stanley Yoakum
Johnny Griffiths
Frankie Conley
Tommy Dixon
Tommy Bresnahan
Joe Mandot
Johnny Schultz

 

Golota also fought both in 2003.

 

REA.

Albert
Dom
Lawrence
Young Rea
Tony (Bert Gilroy)
Nick
Ernie (Ernie Gilroy)

Bernard Rea - Albert's son
Albert Toll - Albert's grandson...

the early Rea boys shared the Ring against many of the same fighters in Scotland, in both sanctioned and unsanctioned bouts.

 

They were, at best, journeymen. Going 0-for-3 on a night where they’re sharing a locker room probably wasn’t how they drew that up, but I bet they still talk about that night favorably around the Boxing Day holiday dinner table up in Canada at the family gatherings.

 

Haha true.... telling the grandkids about the time all 3 of them got there asses kicked on the same day lol

 

“At least I lost to the good Benitez” probably gets mentioned.

 

- Dick Richardson fought Henry Cooper (two losses) and Henry's identical twin brother Jim (win and loss)
- Brian London fought Henry Cooper (three losses) and Jim Cooper (one win).
- Peter Bates fought Henry (one win) and Jim (win and loss)
- Johnny Prescott fought Henry (one loss) and Jim (one loss)
- Jefferson Davis fought Henry (one loss) and Jim (one win)
- Chip Johnson fought Henry (one loss) and Jim (one win)

In total, the Cooper brothers shared 6 pro opponents.

 

Jersey Joe Walcott knocked out Harold Johnson in three rounds in 1950 and he knocked out Harold's dad, Phil, in three rounds in 1936.

 

Actually, Jersey Joe also knocked out Holman Williams son or nephew? Some relative of his I remember… I think?

 

“I’m player 1”

 

“At least I hit my guy once”

 

Really tough to watch the post knockdown reaction from both men.