Who do you think is the most influential person in...

[JimStone]

...British boxing history?


Participant or non-participant, it's up to you.

[Spud]

A certain promoter who no one likes, is certainly up there - how he has survived over the years is remarkable.

My next choice is the TV executives.

[JimStone]

Maybe it is one of the suits but I'd like to think the stars of the show have influence too. In my time I've never see anyone encourage kids to take up the sport as much as Naz did. Gyms were buzzing then.

[stujones]

Ali or Don King..... Ali.

No infact John Chambers.

[lefty]

fanman

[JimStone]

I should have written 'most influential British person in boxing history'.

[Tomasino]

Mickey Duff

[JimStone]

No infact John Chambers.

That's a good shout, I suppose. He's the most influential Welshman for sure.

[jessi]

Maybe it is one of the suits but I'd like to think the stars of the show have influence too. In my time I've never see anyone encourage kids to take up the sport as much as Naz did. Gyms were buzzing then.

It's a good shout, the boxing gyms I went to in the 90's doubled the membership due to naz

[Final round]

No infact John Chambers.

That's a good shout, I suppose. He's the most influential Welshman for sure.

Jimmy Wilde must have had them punching up and down the valleys back in the day

[GilFilmore]

Ricky Hatton. Maybe not influential but definitely most popular

[expe]

Ricky Hatton. Maybe not influential but definitely most popular

Has there ever been a more popular fighter anywhere in the world? Chavez had 100 and something thousand for a fight in Mexico City, but I couldn't see him having 50,000 as far away as Las Vegas is from here.

[el_grande_mauro_mina]

I would say Jack Solomons. Has to be. The most influential boxer? Henry Cooper.

[JimStone]

Ricky Hatton. Maybe not influential but definitely most popular

Has there ever been a more popular fighter anywhere in the world? Chavez had 100 and something thousand for a fight in Mexico City, but I couldn't see him having 50,000 as far away as Las Vegas is from here.

Manny is an icon but to people who generally don't have cash or credit to nip over to Vegas for the weekend.

[handsofstone]

In the UK just now its Eddie Hearn,probably Mayweather or Al Haymon in the US

[Lightsoot]

Michael Watson

[keithmoonhangover]

Ted 'Kid' Lewis mate Phillip Krause deserves a shout. He invented something people still use today.

[handsofstone]

According to Barry Hearn on that Chris Eubank Life Stories the other night,Chris has a lot to do with fighters in this country looking after themselves,financially and PR wise

[SNG]

Ricky Hatton. Maybe not influential but definitely most popular

Has there ever been a more popular fighter anywhere in the world? Chavez had 100 and something thousand for a fight in Mexico City, but I couldn't see him having 50,000 as far away as Las Vegas is from here.

Manny is an icon but to people who generally don't have cash or credit to nip over to Vegas for the weekend.

So that goes for the majority of Manchester too...

[JimStone]

Ted 'Kid' Lewis mate Phillip Krause deserves a shout. He invented something people still use today.

Not as the most influential, though. Mouthguards in one form or another have been used for centuries, probably millennia.

[Deserter]

Has to be FW.

[lefty]

Ricky Hatton. Maybe not influential but definitely most popular

Has there ever been a more popular fighter anywhere in the world? Chavez had 100 and something thousand for a fight in Mexico City, but I couldn't see him having 50,000 as far away as Las Vegas is from here.

Manny is an icon but to people who generally don't have cash or credit to nip over to Vegas for the weekend.

So that goes for the majority of Manchester too...[/quote]

I think growing up in the philippines is a little bit different to growing up in manchester mate lol.

[JimStone]

Manny is an icon but to people who generally don't have cash or credit to nip over to Vegas for the weekend.

So that goes for the majority of Manchester too...

D

[SNG]

I think growing up in the philippines is a little bit different to growing up in manchester mate lol.

I know that, I mean they've never had to go to Harpurhey.

[keithmoonhangover]

Ted 'Kid' Lewis mate Phillip Krause deserves a shout. He invented something people still use today.

Not as the most influential, though. Mouthguards in one form or another have been used for centuries, probably millennia.