BEST OF BRITISH

[lamphey]

George Feeney v Ray Cattouse
Tom Collins v John Moody
Andy Till v Wally Swift (second fight)
Andy Till v John Davies
Colin Jones v Kirkland Laing I & II
Rocky Kelly v Tony Brown (well, most Rocky Kelly fights were good)

[tonyevs]

Sean Murphy v Gary De Roux

[cslater]

arthur gomez certainly; was at fight in states on graham/johnson night and still remember the reaction at ringside when the result came through from london - couldn't believe herol's performance when I watched it back; pj gallagher v charles shepherd in erith in 96 was maybe the best small hall fight i've seen, charlie gave everything that night; mckeever mulholland was also brutal; watt/o'grady gripping stuff...

[MightyWarrior]

One I've wanted to see for ages is Jimmy Cable vs. Said Skouma for the Euro title. Anyone remember/seen it?

Yes, that brings back some memories. I had a b/w copy from French TV, as I don't think it was shown on UK.
So long ago, but seem to remember this was a multiple knockdown affair with Cable coming back to score a sensational win late on.
Great win, as the Moroccan based French man went on to fight for world titles after that loss.

Jimmy was a class boxer, but was vunerable to big shots. I remember his big night, and supposed coming out party, was against the unknown Buster Drayton.

Manager Micky Duff rarely made mistakes, but he did in this case.
Drayton iced Jimmy inside a round, live on the BBC.

Incredibly, Duff then made the same mistake twice, bringing back Drayton for his big prospect Mark Kaylor to take revenge on.
Instead, Buster blasted Kaylor to the canvas about 5 times, destroying him on live TV...again.

Duff should have noticed that Buster was from Philadelphia.....

To top it all off, on the same bill, Duff's main man Frank Bruno was whacked out by Bonecrusher Smith.

Manager Terry Lawless threw in the towel and retired as a result of those two losses.

Though Big Frank eventualy talked him out of it.

[headbutt_holyfield]

Jim Watt Vs Ken buchanen

You've seen this fight?

i got it converted to dvd m8. I bought it from someone of here ages ago, long before i regged. poor quality, crappy audio but a brutal fight

[Manos de Oro]

One I've wanted to see for ages is Jimmy Cable vs. Said Skouma for the Euro title. Anyone remember/seen it?

Yes, that brings back some memories. I had a b/w copy from French TV, as I don't think it was shown on UK.
So long ago, but seem to remember this was a multiple knockdown affair with Cable coming back to score a sensational win late on.
Great win, as the Moroccan based French man went on to fight for world titles after that loss.

Jimmy was a class boxer, but was vunerable to big shots. I remember his big night, and supposed coming out party, was against the unknown Buster Drayton.

Manager Micky Duff rarely made mistakes, but he did in this case.
Drayton iced Jimmy inside a round, live on the BBC.

Incredibly, Duff then made the same mistake twice, bringing back Drayton for his big prospect Mark Kaylor to take revenge on.
Instead, Buster blasted Kaylor to the canvas about 5 times, destroying him on live TV...again.

Duff should have noticed that Buster was from Philadelphia.....

To top it all off, on the same bill, Duff's main man Frank Bruno was whacked out by Bonecrusher Smith.

Manager Terry Lawless threw in the towel and retired as a result of those two losses.

Though Big Frank eventualy talked him out of it.

LOL... great post, MW.

That's the thing with Philly fighters - always liable for a tear-up. Remember that old guy they brought in for young heavyweight prospect Malcolm Tann on the undercard of Audley Harrison's latest fight? Straight to work from the opening bell, and even put Tann flat on his arse with a flush left hook right on the chin!

I was looking over Cable's record ages ago and that's the fight that stuck out for me, because he got stopped early quite a few times and he must really, really have been up for that EBU title shot to get back up from the early knockdowns - a good indication of how your mental game can affect your chin.

[Collins2000]

Jimmy Cable also had a very good win against Nick Wilshire in their 2nd meeting (for the British 154 title).

[danandpenny1]

arthur gomez certainly; was at fight in states on graham/johnson night and still remember the reaction at ringside when the result came through from london - couldn't believe herol's performance when I watched it back; pj gallagher v charles shepherd in erith in 96 was maybe the best small hall fight i've seen, charlie gave everything that night; mckeever mulholland was also brutal; watt/o'grady gripping stuff...

[THEBUTCH]

I was at the Gallagher v Shepherd fight. Incredible atmosphere and a pulsating fight.

Ayres v Dunne always tops my list. A British title clash that could hold it's own in any era.

Alexander v Samuels still the UK's version of Hagler Hearns.

Just about any Rocky Kelly fight. The fight against Tony Brown was extremely thrilling.

David Walker v Paul Dyer for the Southern Area title would have been showered with nobbins had it taken place in the 80's.

Leigh Allis v Valery Odin's 8 rounder was a humdinger

[Steel City]

Wondered what fights people thought were their favourite featuring one or both British fighters?

Here's some of mine
Eubank v Benn 1
Eubank v Watson
Eubank v Thompson
Thompson v Rothmann
Benn v McClellan
Ayers v Rigby
Schwer v Dunne

Anyone else think of any I've either not seen or forgotten?

Ken Buchanan vs Roberto Duran
Alex Arthur vs Michael Gomez
Lennox Lewis vs Vitali Klitschko
Jamie Moore vs Ryan Rhodes
Jamie Moore vs Matthew Macklin
Liam Walsh vs Paul Appleby
Kevin Mitchell vs Carl Johanesson
Kevin Mitchell vs John Murray
Michael Jennings vs Bradley Pryce
Lee Purdy vs Peter Mcdonagh 1 & 2
Carl Froch vs Jean Pascal
Carl Froch vs Jermain Taylor
Carl Froch vs George Groves 1
Joe Calzaghe vs Mikkel Kessler
David Haye vs Jean Marc Mormeck
David Haye vs Giacobe Fragomeni
David Haye vs Dereck Chisora
Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko
Enzo Maccirinelli vs Mark Hobson 1
Anthony Crolla vs Derry Matthews 1
Tommy Coyle vs Daniel Brizuela
Lee Haskins vs Stephane Jamoye

[Deserter]

Jamie Moore vs Matthew Macklin

Can't believe no-one had mentioned it until now. Absolute classic!
A lot of those already mentioned really resonate with me, but I've also got a real soft spot for Colin Lynes vs Young Mutley - too one-sided to be a classic, but felt Lynes was a proper old school throwback that night, going into the lion's den and using a really educated jab to control and punish the dangerous puncher.

Mutley against Anderson was another barn-stormer.

[orbtastic]

To be fair their fight was in 2006 and the thread was from 2005 before it got bumped yesterday.

I was at Rhodes/Moore, that was tasty.

One of the best small hall fights I saw live was Shaun Cogan vs Andreas Panayi. Jason Matthews and Darren Dorrington was good too, nice back and forth with both guys being hurt.

[Deserter]

To be fair their fight was in 2006 and the thread was from 2005 before it got bumped yesterday.

I was at Rhodes/Moore, that was tasty.

One of the best small hall fights I saw live was Shaun Cogan vs Andreas Panayi. Jason Matthews and Darren Dorrington was good too, nice back and forth with both guys being hurt.

Doh! I'm such a muppet, didn't pick up on that at all. One of the things I've really disliked about being abroad for so long is missing out on live shows and especially those small hall classics.

[Autobarn]

Benn v Barkley & Logan

Eubank v Close 2

Ayers v Dunne

Neary v Naas Scheepers & Mickey Ward

Robinson v Davison & Murphy

McAuley v Blanco

McCullough v Rabanales, Yakushiji & - the big one - Bueno

Froch v Kessler 2 & Taylor

Lewis v Briggs

Barker v Geale

Whyte v Parker, Rivas, Chisora 1 & 2

Joshua v Klitschko; Chisora v Takkam

Taylor v Prograis

[JC]

I think the original question was actually about all British fights (i.e. both fighters Brits)

[Autobarn]

The first post said involving one British fighter.

[JC]

The first post said involving one British fighter.

Ah yes, misread that.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Chisora v Takkam

This fight get's hyped waaaaaaaaaay too much.

The only good thing about it was the last minute of the fight.

There was a bit of slugging in the middle rounds, but the majority was Del against the ropes and Takam trying to take it to him.

The KO blow was good, a feel good. Made you forget the rest of the fight, but that was it.

[polecateddy]

Woodhall v Branco, (he turned out to be good).
Wharton v Nardiello, (Nardiello's fight to win after flooring Henry).

[milpool]

Dave McAuley v Baby Jake Matlala was a pretty entertaining scrap.

[Autobarn]

Chisora v Takkam

This fight get's hyped waaaaaaaaaay too much.

The only good thing about it was the last minute of the fight.

There was a bit of slugging in the middle rounds, but the majority was Del against the ropes and Takam trying to take it to him.

The KO blow was good, a feel good. Made you forget the rest of the fight, but that was it.

It was outstanding and this shows how badly the good fights are taken for granted.

[kochamp]

Chas Symonds vs Brett James at the York Hall (Best scrap I've ever watched Live!)
Bobby Vanzie vs. Steve Murray at Picketts Lock
Darren Barker vs. Paul Samuels and Jon Thaxton vs. Lee Meager on the same night in Dagenham
Hatton vs Tszyu - Manchester - Just for the atmosphere alone!!!

[Old bones Ian]

Don Lee vs Tony Sibson

[S98H]

Billy Joe Saunders Vs Chris Eubank Jr
Josh Warrington vs Carl Frampton
Carl Froch Vs George Groves 1&2
Jamie Conlan vs Anthony Nelson
Liam Smith vs Liam Williams 1&2

[brilo33]

gomez v arthur
moore v macklin
froch v groves
McGregor v Farooq
Ricky Burns vs Kevin Mitchell