Overseas Fighters Who Did Many UK Trips

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With Carson Jones fighting in the UK for the sixth (I think that's right) time, what other foreign fighters fought in the UK or Ireland 3 or more times?

And I'm not talking shite journeymen. But I'm not talking about Ali types either.

I'll start the ball rolling with Donovan Boucher, the Canadian Welterweight who had a 4-2 record spread over 4 years in the UK.
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kiko martinez 9x
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jamamb wrote: 02 Feb 2018, 22:05 kiko martinez 9x
Love him.
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Manuel Medina
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emallini wrote: 02 Feb 2018, 22:30 Manuel Medina
Beat me to it, he seemed to be always over hear:
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Is Linares on 3 or 4?
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John Ruiz did five.
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Sugar Boy Malinga came over 4 or 5 times, didn’t he?
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Post by rubberneck »

Affif Djelti visited these shores 5 or 6 times, and more often than not defeated the home fighter.
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Boxerbeetle wrote: 03 Feb 2018, 03:56 Sugar Boy Malinga came over 4 or 5 times, didn’t he?
7 i think.
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jamamb wrote: 02 Feb 2018, 22:05 kiko martinez 9x
if you include Dublin i think it's 11
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2 of my favourite boxers - Winky and Sergio Martinez both came over 3 times each.
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Tyson came over 2 times? Or was it 3?
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tigermoth87 wrote: 03 Feb 2018, 03:39 Is Linares on 3 or 4?
3.. if his Campbell fight was in UK, it would have been 4..
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I thought Lorant Szabo fought here more than he did.

Djelti and Makambi both have five.

Matlala has 8, I think.
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Juuko was Ugandan, based over here for a few years. He racked up some wins here and then was based in the States.

I'm trying to think of one of those lower weight African dudes who were over here loads, mind's gone blank.
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Rakhim Mingaleyev is a name to conjure with, he must have been based here the amount of fights he had here. Same with Toncho Tonchev .
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Phillip Ndou fought over here early on in his career 5 or 6 times.
Former world amateur heavyweight champ Georgi Kandelaki fought 14 times over here.
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Tshifhiwa Munyai has quite a few fights over here.
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Post by bennie »

Philly heavyweight star Jimmy Young made four trips here and never lost, although Billy Aird held him to a draw.
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bripez wrote: 03 Feb 2018, 04:39 2 of my favourite boxers - Winky and Sergio Martinez both came over 3 times each.
Acelino Freitas as well.
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Post by bigjack »

Tim Witherspoon 3 times
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Post by Stuarty »

Kotelnik fought M'Baye over here didn't he in a strange match up then went on to fight Khan and Rees. M'Baye fought Rees here as well I'm sure?
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McCallum came over at least 3 times, also Glen Johnson about 4 times
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Post by Stuarty »

Same with Chacon v Polo then both returned to face Scott Harrison. Roman Marrinez a couple of times as well v Cook and Burns.
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