Fighters who won titles at the champions home country

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  1. quintonjacksonfan

    quintonjacksonfan Active Member Full Member

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  2. The Funny Man 7

    The Funny Man 7 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Eddie Perkins beats Dullio Loi in Italy, which is an AMAZING feat.
     
  3. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Oliver McCall TKOd Lennox Lewis in 2 rds 2 take his WBC HW title from him .

    Corrie Sanders took Wladimir Klitschko's WBO HW title from him in germany by TKOing him in 2 rds there .

    Orzubek Nazarov outpointed Dingaan Thobella 4 his LW title in South Africa , gave him a rematch there and outpointed him in South Africa again .

    Steve Collins stopped Chris Pyatt in d UK 4 his WBO MW title .

    Jose Luis Ramirez stopped Edwin Rosario in Puerto Rico 2 take his WBC LW title from him .

    Edwin Rosario took Loreto Garza's LWW title in d USA by stopping him there .

    Oleg Maskaev stopped Hassim Rahman in d USA 2 take his WBC HW title from him .

    Tomas Molinares KOd Marlon Starling in d USA 2 take his WBA WW title from him , controversial but unintentional and it seems like it was thrown b4 d bell rang .
     
  4. techks

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    Jhonny Gonzalez/Hasegawa
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  5. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It may not of been Country of birth, but have no doubt Jose Napoles was the hometown fighter when fighting John H, particularly early on...

    Benn going to Italy to beat Galvano, with Joe Cortez showing class standing up to Italians to make sure 'justice was done'.
     
  6. Senor Pepe'

    Senor Pepe' Boxing Junkie banned

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    Pedro Flores over Yoko Gushiken II,,,,,,,,,In Japan

    Ayub Kalule over Masashi Kudo ,,,,,,,,,,,,In Japan

    Sweet Saoul Mamby over Sang-Hyun Kim,,,,,,,In South Korea
     
  7. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Carlos Monzon in Rome Italy.
     
  8. red cobra

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    John V Stracey in Mexico
     
  9. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    You beat me to it TBooze.