Thinks about it. Between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, you have... Harry Greb Charley Burley (OK, you already have 2 of the top 10 greatest ever right there. I could just stop.) Joe Frazier Billy Conn Fritzie Zivic Joey Giardello Bernard Hopkins Tommy Loughran Jack O'Brien Harold Johnson Michael Moorer Oh, and some guy from Easton named Larry! Holy Christ.
PA is where they honed there skills and learned there craft. Also not mentioned were the great Phila middleweights ..Bob Montgomery..Kitten Hayword..Gypsey Joe..Saad. Braxton learned his craft in Philly. The list goes on and on!!
Hagler was a Philly fighter. That is where they took him when it was time to get serious and see what he was made of. Those fights made him the fighter he became.
add to Pennsylvania... Jeff Chandler Bob Baker Midget Wolgast Ike Williams Tim Witherspoon Fred Pendleton Bennie Briscoe Battling Levinsky
And all those tough as nails middleweights that came thru Philadelphia from the 1950's thru the early 80's.
