who where the ten greatest fighters to come out of michigan?!

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  1. good right hand

    good right hand Well-Known Member Full Member

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    the motor city was known for three things to me

    cars
    music

    and pedigree boxers:good


    who where the ten greatest fighters to come out of michigan?
     
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  2. AREA 53

    AREA 53 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Stanley ketchel

    Buster Mathis (I Think)
     
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  3. Sonny's jab

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    ...... and Joe Louis ...... and Sugar Ray

    Thomas Hearns
     
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  4. ozziebattler

    ozziebattler Shadow Boxer Full Member

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    Eminem........
     
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  5. Titan1

    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tony Tucker?
     
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  6. ironchamp

    ironchamp Boxing Addict Full Member

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    James Toney
    Joe Louis
    Floyd Mayweather (like or not he's an ATG in the making)
    Tommy Hearns
     
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  7. Bad_Intentions

    Bad_Intentions Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :good :good
     
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  8. Mike T

    Mike T Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Pinklon Thomas?
     
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  9. Mike T

    Mike T Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Moorer
     
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  10. ThinBlack

    ThinBlack Boxing Addict banned

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    Derrick Coleman.
     
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  11. greynotsoold

    greynotsoold Boxing Addict

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    In all fairness, Ketchel was living in Butte, Montana, by age 15, working as a bouncer in a saloon/brothel. He started fighting here, had the bulk of his fights here. He took it real personally when he was run out of town for having no visible means of support- he didn't mind being viewed as an undesirable 9he was, after all, a gambler, a brawler and most probably a pimp), but he resented the implication that he was a bum.
    Thereafter he ended his association with Butte and took on the Michigan Assassin name. But he came here real young, started fighting here, and had most of his fights here.
     
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  12. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Kid Lavigne, "the Saginaw Kid "...
     
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  13. SLAKKA

    SLAKKA Boxing Addict Full Member

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    holman williams
     
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  14. Anubis

    Anubis Boxing Addict

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    He did, but it's always been my personal preference to go by the objective criteria of place of birth origin.

    As Stan was born in Grand Rapids, that settles it for me. [1]

    After Ketchel, I'm not numbering these guys in descending order, just counting up to ten. [I'm sure some of you can improve on a few of the names here among those born in Michigan.]

    PBF was also born in Grand Rapids, which could trigger an entirely new debate about the greatest to come from that specific location in Michigan. [2]

    Pinklon Thomas was born in Pontiac. [3]

    George "Kid" Lavigne was born in Bay City. [4]

    Ad Wolgast was born in Cadillac. [5]

    The Dirrell brothers were born in Flint [6,7], as was Chris Byrd [8] (and his sister Tracey, for good measure).

    Bronco McKart was born in Monroe. [9]

    Kenny Lane was born in Big Rapids. [10]

    I'm leaving off "Carpetbaggers" Louis, Robinson, Hearns and Ali. They are not native to the state.
     
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  15. Surf-Bat

    Surf-Bat Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Johnny Van Heest, one of the best FWs of his era: ********boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=64440&cat=boxer
     
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