Greatest British victories abroard

Of course I've heard it.

HE'S FROM BRITAIN. THEREFORE HE'S BRITISH. I thought this was common sense.

 

Doug DeWitt?

 

Somehow we forgot Turpin's win over Robinson (edit after reading thread title nvm)

 

He was ten years old, not an infant.

 

Hardly an infant, Fitz had passed his tenth birthday when his family set sail from England for the Antipodes.

 

yes see that, there have been reports he was something like 4, so this wiki info seems to square that up... there used to be a web site about him not sue if it's still up.

 

A few more that I think deserve a mention:

Honeyghan/Rosi: Honeyghan was not far off as big an underdog in this fight as he was against the Cobra.

Benn/GalvanoI: Not so much the win, but the way it was achieved. Cortez deserves a mention.

Andries/Czyz: Andries was always written off. After The Hitman, he just needed to retire, not fight a man who a year earlier was considered maybe the best 175lber on the planet.

Eubank/Rocchigiani: Maybe Eubank's finest performance.

Wlad/Fury: Wlad with hindsight was showing signs of slowing down, but I did not see Fury being the man to do it, especially in Germany.

 

He was born in 1863, he appears on the 1871 census, the passenger list for the ship that the family sailed to New Zealand on in 1873 still exists.

There is no question that he was a couple of months past his tenth birthday when he left England.

 

Jack Kid Berg's win over Tony Canzoneri should be on the list. Berg beating one of the greatest lightweights of all time in his home city has to be up there.

 

Beat me by three minutes....

 

Yes, there's documented evidence of this. The 1871 census is available online and easily verifiable.

 

Minter won a split decision. Both were cut though. Minter stopped Antuofermo in 8 the following year, the Italian/American was very badly cut up. His career was plagued by bad cuts.