What has been the best father/son combo in boxing history?

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  1. GazOC

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    One for the Brits (and only domestic/ Euro level fighters) Jack and Brian London.
     
  2. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    And not forgetting the Wally Swift's (Snr and Jnr)
     
  3. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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  4. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Lol, yes, I almost feel as embarrassed as Swift Jr did, when trying the Eubank top rope bolt against I believe Andy Till, and clicking the top rope and falling into the ring, arse over tit!;)
     
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    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    Andy Till- he was a mean-looking ****er. I recall one of his fights with Swift but note sure which one. I remember when Wally won the British title vs Ensley Bingham. :yep I used to love the old Fight Night's- Till vs Swift, Sugar Gibiliru vs Robert Dickie, Prince Rodney vs Jimmy Cable. Good late night telly :cool:
     
  6. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Gibiliru/Dickie was a Seconds Out beauty I believe.

    And part of the British Super Featherweight jinx if you remember, where no one could keep hold of the crown for years, after it was reinstated.

    Looking at Boxrec it took 14 champions and seven years for Neil Haddock to break the hoodoo.

    And of them 13 previous champs who failed to defend the title, I reckon there were no fewer than what, seven upsets? And some were pretty big.