In honor of Saint Patrick’s Day here’s my top ten Irish heavyweights.

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  1. Mendoza

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    here’s my top ten Irish heavyweights. Ratings are a mix of head to head vs. accomplishments.. Anyone who fought heavyweights qualifies. I can move people up or down if new names are mentioned that I did not think of.

    1 ) Gene Tunney
    2 ) Jim Corbett
    3 ) Tom Sharkey
    4 ) John L Sullivan
    5 ) Jerry Quarry
    6 ) Gerry C00ney
    7 ) Peter Maher
    8 ) Billy Conn
    9 ) Jack O’Brien
    10) Jimmy Braddock
     
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  2. Warwick Hunt

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    Surely they're all American?
     
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  3. Mendoza

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    Not all of them. Maher and Sharkey were born in Ireland. The rest have Irish roots. Most are 100% Irish. Quarry was not.
     
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  4. thistle1

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    surely for these kind of lists fighters boxing trade should be attributed to where it was mostly learned, developed and contested... so unless they started fighting & contesting in Ireland, at least for a period, their Boxing is not Irish though they may have been born there.

    likewise Italian Americans are really American fighters and so on.

    i.e Fitz and LL more, NZ & Canada
     
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  5. Seamus

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    Sullivan trumps all of these.
     
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  6. lepinthehood

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    Now your top irish please.
     
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  7. The Long Count

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    What else was quarry? Good thread for the day! I would put Sullivan at top just because the man galvanized the sport.
     
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  8. The Mongoose

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    List is missing Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, and Jack Dempsey. :p
     
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  9. Mendoza

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    And Bob Fitzsimmons. His father was born in Ireland.
     
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  10. IntentionalButt

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    Yeah, that looks a pretty good complement to my Italian-American top-10.


    :thinkNow which batch of mugs do you favor - a) in a boxing tourney, and b) in a ten-on-ten brawl? :yep
     
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  11. Bummy Davis

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    :cheers:cheersThere have been a lot of good fighting Irish (American heavyweights) and a lot that we dont know of that have Irish blood, just like John Travolta and Robert Deniro have a bit, Ali have a 1/4 Irish I believe so and Tyson among others, Americans are not usually 100% pure bloods and the further you back in history you will learn that neither are the Europeans. I was told that St. Pat was not Irish but a Romanized man on a mission, either way, Lets Lift a pint for a fine fighting bunch
     
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  12. Mendoza

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    1 ) Gene Tunney
    2 ) Jim Corbett
    3 ) Tom Sharkey
    4 ) John L Sullivan
    5 ) Jerry Quarry
    6 ) Gerry C00ney
    7 ) Peter Maher
    8 ) Billy Conn
    9 ) Jack O’Brien
    10) Jimmy Braddock

    OR


    1) Rocky Marciano
    2) Primo Carnera
    3) Roland LaStarza
    4) Tony Galento
    5) Joe Mesi
    6) Tami Mauriello
    7) Lou Savarese
    8.) Nick Barone
    9) Al Migliorato
    10) Vinny Maddalone

    I'll take the Irish on St. Patrick's day, and the Italian's on Christopher Columbus day.
     
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  13. IntentionalButt

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    :yep

    I'm actually equal parts Irish & Italian, so I'm qualified to make this judgment. :D

    :think


    I gotta say Team Mick wallops Team Dago, in this case, any day of week 1-52. More durable overall.
     
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  14. Mendoza

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    Seconded. Team Ireland would be my pick as well. I would however add in Francesco Damiani top spots 7-10 on team Italy.

    And Two Ton Tony or Arturo Godoy might make the cut as well.
     
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  15. SILVER SKULL 66

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    I thought Billy Conn was Jewish:huh

    And I didn't know Braddock was Irish??

    Oh well happy St paddy's day:hi:
     
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