UK fight capital?

Fish · Post by **Fish** » 20 May 2005, 09:07

Where would you say is the UK fight capital? London, obviously has always been a big place for boxing but over the past ten years or so, Manchester and Sheffield have been dominating the scene. Liverpool had a bit of success also.

Chopping Right · Post by **Chopping Right** » 20 May 2005, 09:14

I think Manchester has been producing the most talent.

Neri · Post by **Neri** » 20 May 2005, 09:45

No one compares to manchester at the moment. I wish Liverpool had as many top fighters as them

dondada · Post by **dondada** » 20 May 2005, 09:53

I'll put the case for Sheffield and let the Mancs and Cockneys do the same.

Johnny Nelson, Junior Witter, Esham Pickering, Clinton Woods are all from Sheffield or based there. Can this city's 'Premiership' be outdone by any other's?

London is still tops for promotions I would have thought but then again, it is bloody huge in comparison to anywhere else.

Fish · Post by **Fish** » 20 May 2005, 10:13

I reckon Bradford is'nt too far away from being a major fight town. There's some good prospects coming out of there.

kevo · Post by **kevo** » 20 May 2005, 11:26

As much as it pains me to say it, Manchester. There's so many talented boxers and trainers there, it's the natural choice IMO.

And what sort of scouser would I be if I didn't mention Liverpool? Paul Smith, Derry Matthews, the Burke Bros, Tony Dodson, Michael Jones and Geard Ajetovic (not a scouser I know, but based in Liverpool

).

Neri · Post by **Neri** » 20 May 2005, 13:01

All we need now is a scouse heavyweight king

dondada · Post by **dondada** » 21 May 2005, 05:09

Kevo wrote:As much as it pains me to say it, Manchester. There's so many talented boxers and trainers there, it's the natural choice IMO.

And what sort of scouser would I be if I didn't mention Liverpool? Paul Smith, Derry Matthews, the Burke Bros, Tony Dodson, Michael Jones and Geard Ajetovic (not a scouser I know, but based in Liverpool ).

Do any Mancs or Scousers have one of the big four world belts or EBU belts though? I think not.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 21 May 2005, 05:57

In terms of boxers I would say Sheffield

In terms of solid quality gyms I would say Manchester (who are very close in the boxers category also).

In terms of promoters and feeling like the heart of boxing I would say London (York Hall, Ally Pally, Royal Albert Hall, even the Wembley conference centre).

ILikeBeer · Post by **ILikeBeer** » 21 May 2005, 07:30

Milton Keynes.

The Gaffer · Post by **The Gaffer** » 22 May 2005, 17:07

It's clearly Southampton. We've got Matthew Barney and Colin Kenna

Neri · Post by **Neri** » 22 May 2005, 17:13

You win gaffer