Who was your fathers favorite fighter?

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  1. Themessiah

    Themessiah El Jefe Full Member

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    Ali and then Lennox Lewis when he was older. He only watched heavyweights lol
     
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  2. Charles White

    Charles White Chucker Full Member

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    Muhammad Ali
     
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  3. Rollin

    Rollin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    George Foreman
     
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  4. Noel857

    Noel857 I Am Duran Full Member

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    Favourite of all time - Joe Louis
    Because he was Irish - Rinty Monaghan (close second)
     
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  5. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Joe Louis.

    Though he also liked Jack kid Berg, Randy Turpin, Tommy Farr, Nella Tarleton, Jimmy Wilde and Freddie Mills.
     
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  6. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Marciano & Frazier
     
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  7. McGrain

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    Ken Buchanan. His father's favourite fighter was Henry Armstrong.
     
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  8. tinman

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    First one that leaves a bit of a bad taste in my mouth. Brilliant and great fighter no doubt, but the first real A-side diva.
     
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  9. lepinthehood

    lepinthehood When I'm drinking you leave me well alone banned Full Member

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    None of your business.
     
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  10. TheMikeLake

    TheMikeLake Well-Known Member Full Member

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    My father is a fight fan but his answer was "Probably a heavyweight. I don't know."
     
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  11. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :headbash
     
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  12. djanders

    djanders Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Jack Dempsey.
     
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  13. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    David Haye was always my dad's favourite; Ricky Hatton and currently Tyson Fury, too.

    My grandfather's three favourites were always Joe Frazier, Bernard Hopkins and Saad Muhammad.
     
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  14. Jacques81

    Jacques81 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Probably Tyson..

    We always ordered the PPVs in the 80s when I was a kid, even when we weren't a high income household
     
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  15. weepaul

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    My dad didn’t care about boxing but my granda did.
    His favourite was Joe Louis and Benny Lynch.

    He loved Benny Lynch because he came from the Gorbals.

    He told me a story about Rocky Marciano.
    He said Marciano did a tour of Britain and ended up in a pub my granda frequented.
    He said Rocky was asked to sing a song. Instead, he took his jacket off, told the crowd he couldn’t sing but would be willing to fight any man in the bar…
    He also told me that after Benny Lynch lost his title and was a terrible alcoholic, he would let people hit him for a few shillings just to get more booze…
    Probably complete horse**** but his stories kept me entertained as a kid…
     
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