Great Scottish Fighters

He's my great uncle, although I never actually met him. I also didn't find out about him until i started boxing at 13. There is a book about him which I don't own, but have read. Some good stories about the old boxing boothes in it.

 

From what I've heard I do believe he's a nice guy, but he's still by no means a great. In recent terms he's been one of Scotland's success stories, but when you look at the whole history of Scottish boxing, can you really say he's up there. To be honest i thought there quite a few mentioned in the post I quoted that are by no means greats of Scottish boxing, but certainly have done well in recent times.

 

This has got me thinking...maybe one for the classic forum

Has a Scotsman ever won a world title or a portion of a world title (WBC,IBF,WBO,WBA)
in a division over lightweight?

 

Murray Sutherland. IBF Super Middleweight Champ.

 

Ah yes good shout, I was sure there was one

 

No you werent.

 

Thats exactly what I thought!!

(Sorry St W!!)

 

There aint much gets past us proper old skool posters Gaz:deal

 

I take it that Lawrence Murphy's WBU midleweight title doesn't count.

 

That was some ****in KO Lawrence scored that night though...

 

I dunno mate, I've never even heard of Lawrence Murphy!!atschatsch

 

He was a classic one hit wonder Gaz, sparked the brummie red hot favourite Elcock spectacularly & did **** all else!

what a punch though

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWFjsL5dYBw[/ame]

 

Cheers Dunk!! I've not seen that before.:good

 

It certainly was. I was sitting two seats away from his wife that night.

 

On a domestic level I'm sure Drew Docherty was good in his day, although I don't know how highly he ranks amongst al time Scottish fighters.