***Greatest Boxers from your region*** Post your top 3, p4p list to follow!

Discussion in 'British Boxing Forum' started by Vano-Irons, Mar 6, 2012.


  1. Jack Dempsey

    Jack Dempsey Legend Full Member

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    Shh or I'll glass you
     
  2. Vano-Irons

    Vano-Irons Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Yeah I understand exactly what you mean :good

    His 4 year unbeaten record was phenominal
     
  3. cool-cat

    cool-cat Well-Known Member Full Member

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    John Duddy, Paul McCloskey, Charlie Nash
     
  4. pathmanc1986

    pathmanc1986 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    i thought he was born abroad, lived in london til he was like 8 or 9 then went to canada? genuine question

    anyway the best northern irish fighter ever was jimmy mclarniin so i cant say much....and he ****ed off to canada too:nut
     
  5. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    Nah, Path. LL was born and raised in London.
     
  6. Vano-Irons

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    :lol:

    Na he was born in london and moved to Canada when we was 12 i think
     
  7. Bryn

    Bryn Boxing Junkie banned

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    Ok, so within a 3 mile radius of my house;

    Joe Calzaghe
    Nathan Cleverly
    ...help me out here...
    Gavin Rees
     
  8. pathmanc1986

    pathmanc1986 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    have you ever shouted abuse out the window of a car, at say, Enzo Calzaghe?
     
  9. Vano-Irons

    Vano-Irons Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    :lol:

    To make it fair, I suppose we can count Wales and Scotland as small English cities if it makes it easier :D
     
  10. Bryn

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    I've had Enzo shout abuse at my missus out of his 3 Series compact if that counts?
     
  11. LP_1985

    LP_1985 JMM beat Pac-Man 3 Times Full Member

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    Hampshire

    Gary Cooper - Lymington :happy
    Dean Francis - Basingstoke
    Tony Oakey - Portsmouth
    Matthew Barney - Southampton

    There's a good amateur who used to train at my local club (Lawrence Boys) but has moved to Golden Ring in Southampton, he lost to Fred Evans last week (It's in Boxing News with a picture of him) but won the CYP's last year and i think a 2 time JR ABA runner up
     
  12. Bryn

    Bryn Boxing Junkie banned

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    Fair enough (in order);

    Jimmy Wilde
    Super Joe
    Bradley Pryce
    Fred Welsh


    EDIT: Localised to just South East Wales, is that allowed?
     
  13. roe

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    Ok so the P4P list from here then:

    1. Lennox Lewis (Vano-Irons)
    2. Joe Calzaghe (Bryn)
    3. Ted Kid Lewis (Vano)
    4. Jack Kid Berg (Vano)
    5. Glenn Catley (Roe)
     
  14. WalletInspector

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    Erm...

    Pat Cowdell
    Richie Woodhall
    Robert McCracken.
     
  15. jpab19

    jpab19 Exploding Muffin Dad Full Member

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    I'll even localise Irish fighters. From Dublin:

    Steve Collins
    Bernard Dunne
    Michael Carruth
    Kenny Egan