The People's Champions

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  1. Frankus

    Frankus Active Member Full Member

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    Lionel Rose
     
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  2. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Balboa’s challengers in his first reign were hand-picked.
     
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  3. Ice8Cold

    Ice8Cold Hype Jobs will be hype jobs until proven so. Full Member

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    "This guys a wrecking machine and he's hungry!"
     
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  4. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Herr Maske!
     
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  5. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Jim Driscoll would certainly qualify. Over 100,000 people lined the streets for his funeral.
     
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  6. Macedoine62

    Macedoine62 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Rex Tso in Hong Kong not a world champion but he stopped his professional career for return in amateur, he was ranked 2 or 3 I don't remember by the WBO for to be a world challenger against Naoya Inoue... He is always very popular in Hong Kong actually.

    Chocolatito in Nicaragua & Srisaket Sor Rungvisai in Thailand actually.


    In the past in Japan Katsuya Onizuka was the most popular boxer by each class of population during the 90's.
     
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  7. Macedoine62

    Macedoine62 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    In France in the past Mahyar Monshipour was very famous and his fights are so epic !
     
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  8. ThatOne

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    Jeanne Pierre Coopman
     
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  9. GlaukosTheHammer

    GlaukosTheHammer Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Chris Eubank is the GOAT in every category outside of the actual boxing.
     
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  10. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Depending on the era, Julio Cesar Chavez, Ruben Olivares and Kid Azteca were the idols of Mexico

    Japan - Fighting Harada
    Italy - Primo Carnera & Nino Benvenuti
    Scotland - Ken Buchanan & Benny Lynch
     
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  11. Ike

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    In their respective countries, Argentina and France, Nicolino Locche and Marcel Cerdan.
     
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  12. Noel857

    Noel857 I Am Duran Full Member

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    Though not a favourite of mine Ricky Hatton has to get a mention.His man of the people persona made him extremely popular
     
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  13. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Andrew Golota. Polish people have very unhealthy fascination with him.
     
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  14. quintonjacksonfan

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    Nino Benvenuti in Italy

    Azumah Nelson in Ghana

    Marcel Cerdan- France
     
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  15. Jakub79

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    Andrew Gołota in Poland.
     
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