The Greatest Modern (post 1970) British Bill?

The best night i've had was the Hatton/Magee Bill. Probably not the best but I was a big follower of Farnell when I was young as he is from my local town so watching him, Hatton, Gomez and jennings on the same bill was good and only 1 of 3 times I saw them together. More to do with the atmosphere though to be honest.
And I know i'll get ripped for this but the Khan/Khotelnik Bill was pretty good too, and was top when he won :good

 

Naseem Hamed vs Remigio Daniel Molina
Ronald Wright vs Ensley Bingham
Steve Collins vs Nigel Benn
Carl Thompson vs Jason Nicholson
Brian Coleman vs Mark Haslam
Michael Brodie vs Miguel Matthews
Michael Gomez vs David Morris
Danny Williams vs Michael Murray
Herbie Hide vs Frankie Swindell
Terry Dunstan vs Sergio Daniel Merani

 

Kos aren't you 21 ? Who took you to that ? You must have been about 8 for that. Bet that was mint being that young watching a good night like that !

 

I am 18 and I never went to it

 

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You seen Radab has made a thread for you on the lounge. Aww how cute :rofl

 

benn v collins in machester was good...sugarboy malinga was on the bill....so was steve foster {an old favourite of mine} against chris pyatt, and i was among a crowd of viking helmets...also got to see herbie hide in action on that bill...michael brodie boxed that night too...

but, if i could submit an irish night...lennox lewis v ****** fortune...the bill wasnt the best underneath, but a special night for me to see a heavyweight champ box in ireland {although he was between reigns for that fight}, fortune fair play to him came to fight...a mate of mine vinny feeney was on the undercard and afterwards introduced me to another irish boxer, a big big feller named kevin mcbride who had earlier won an absolute borefest...i said to him for fun 'ah, one day you'll be fighting tyson kev' and he said 'ah jesus...wouldnt that be something'...mickey cantwell was on the bill...and another boxer i used to follow, former british super feather champ pj gallagher..

naseem hamed in dublin was a good night too...he had a tough fight against manuel medina....the undercard was huge...had the likes of danny williams, robin reid, michael carruth, nate miller, tom johnson.....and i got to meet floyd patterson

but best of all nights i was at was bernard dunne v cordoba...the whole night was the best i ever seen at a fight...it was like a celebration of irish boxing...it was a unique night of pro's and am's...and katie taylor womens champ...and it worked so so well....the am's had great fights early in the night...jim rock had his final fight...andy murray ebu lightweight champ...andy lee had tough work in his fight...but, then we had one of the greatest battles ever witnessed in an irish boxing ring, which i dont need to tell anyone about here.....but i do need to tell you about the atmosphere, it was like every man, woman and child that night won something, the crowd were so behind dunne that you would have to be there to understand, there was huge huge energy from the crowd that night, and i believe it helped dunne win..

anyway....sorry if i went off topic with irish nights instead of british

 

doug.ie - some quality stories in there mate!! Well in.

(loving the cast avatar as well)

 

Naseem Hamed vs Laureano Ramirez Padilla TKO 3 12x3
Robbie Regan vs Luigi Camputaro PTS 12 12x3
James Oyebola vs Clifton Mitchell KO 4 12x3
Crawford Ashley vs Nicky Piper PTS 12 12x3
Dave Anderson vs Nigel Haddock PTS 6 6x3
Robin Reid vs Chris Richards TKO 3 6x3
Barrie Kelley vs Marcus McCrae PTS 6 6x3
Neil Swain vs Dave Hardie TKO 2
Michael Carruth vs Dave Lovell TKO 2


National Ice Rink, Cardiff, Wales, 19-11-1994

 

The Best Bill Ive seen was the Albert Hall Bill, it was topped By Sibson v Finnigan, Kevin that is. The undercard was Brilliant, all great Fights, it was a long night.

 

The bills from the Lewis/Bruno/Eubank/Benn era seem far better than the ones we see today.

IMO too often we see only good fighters, not good fights.

Quite often there will be two 10-0 (or similar) kids at the same weight fighting journeymen..... why not stick them in with each other for an area title?

 

That's why it's a shame (IMO) that Hayemaker have gone by the wayside.

Appleby vs Lindsay was a 'risky' fight to make for both them and Tommy Gilmour, but it was made, and was a lesson for Appleby to learn. I'd put the house on him learning more from that fight than he would from an easy defence against a shot super bantam such as Michael Hunter.

 

Good thread, this.