Who did you like

[oogiebe]

I remember back in 1975, the return of Friday Night Fights. I saw a lanky raw Mike Rossman take out Mike Nixon with a gorgeous overhand right. LIked to watch Rossman from then on out. Although he was no more than a middleweight at the time, Mike made a nice career at Light Heavyweight.

OMG I love youtube!!!! go to 25:15

[CaptainSpacerod]

Took a shine to Jon Thaxton. He was in some top fights and win or lose always came across as a decent chap

[ironbeard]

Andreas Kotelnik was an excellent, hard luck fighter. Nails and skilled.

[ironbeard]

Jorge Arce, what a warrior. Nothing terrific just a fighters heart.

[ironbeard]

Andy Lee was always good value.

[MF DOOM]

Bang Wan Inn

Ho Fuk Mei

Sook Ma Kok

Cheu Man Cheu.

[MF DOOM]

Took a shine to Jon Thaxton. He was in some top fights and win or lose always came across as a decent chap

Yuri Ramanau was a decent fighter to watch as well.

[Coco]

Scrap Iron was always good value

[MightyWarrior]

Jeff candyslim Merritt - a bad mad lethal punching heavyweight & no one knows what happened to him

http://www.boxing.com/candy_slim_the_cu ... rritt.html

[bennie]

I liked Mark Reefer and Miguel Matthews.

Watched Mark win the Commonwealth super-featherweight title at York Hall in 1989 with a close but deserved 12-round decision over John Sichula. Mark wanted it more than the more naturally talented Zambian and it made him Matchroom's first ever champion. He defended the belt spectacularly a couple of times but his chin let him down when Matchroom tried stepping him up, which is a shame because nobody tried harder.

[bennie]

Sammy McCarthy for me - very talented. Wonder what he is doing now?

Sammy attends LEBA meetings and is doing OK. Bizarrely, he turned to robbing banks after his boxing career ended and served a few stints in jail.

[Punchy Joe]

Chris Pyatt, Michael Ayers, Matt Skelton

[bennie]

I remember back in 1975, the return of Friday Night Fights. I saw a lanky raw Mike Rossman take out Mike Nixon with a gorgeous overhand right. LIked to watch Rossman from then on out. Although he was no more than a middleweight at the time, Mike made a nice career at Light Heavyweight.

OMG I love youtube!!!! go to 25:15

Mike made it to the top of the greasy pole with a brilliant dismissal of Argentina's Victor Galindez on the Ali-Spinks II bill at the New Orleans Superdome in 1978. I watched it 'live' at the Birmingham Odeon in the days of cinema screenings of the big fights. I thought Rossman, who won the WBA light-heavyweight title, would reign a long time but after one defence he lost a bad-tempered rematch with Galindez, who attacked Rossman's brother at one point. There was also some aggro in the crowd and for one prolonged spell, the fans are watching a fight outside the ring, much like we saw in the Tyson Fury comeback quite recently. Galindez should never have been allowed to fight Rossman again after he stormed out of a first scheduled rematch between them in Las Vegas in a row over officials. The WBA wanted their men to judge the fight but the Las Vegas Commission said their own officials were up to the job and refused to budge. Rossman even entered the ring first in an attempt to force Galindez into the ring but Galindez stormed out of the arena, both hands bandaged. After that, Galindez should have been dropped from the ratings but he really was a favourite with the WBA and got his rematch in which he proved too good for Rossman. It has to be said that Galindez was in no kind of shape for their first meeting in New Orleans but that wasn't Rossman's fault. Sadly, Mike never got another title shot and drifted out of the sport, bitter and twisted.

[littlepug]

I liked Mark Reefer and Miguel Matthews.

Watched Mark win the Commonwealth super-featherweight title at York Hall in 1989 with a close but deserved 12-round decision over John Sichula. Mark wanted it more than the more naturally talented Zambian and it made him Matchroom's first ever champion. He defended the belt spectacularly a couple of times but his chin let him down when Matchroom tried stepping him up, which is a shame because nobody tried harder.

Remember Reefer fighting a south american lad and being out of his depth, knew it was over when he fell face first.

[bennie]

I liked Mark Reefer and Miguel Matthews.

Watched Mark win the Commonwealth super-featherweight title at York Hall in 1989 with a close but deserved 12-round decision over John Sichula. Mark wanted it more than the more naturally talented Zambian and it made him Matchroom's first ever champion. He defended the belt spectacularly a couple of times but his chin let him down when Matchroom tried stepping him up, which is a shame because nobody tried harder.

Remember Reefer fighting a south american lad and being out of his depth, knew it was over when he fell face first.

When Mark 'went', he went badly. In that fight with the Argentine at the Albert Hall, you can see Ray Clarke of the Board desperately shouting at the referee to stop it but the referee, a plonker from Belgium, lets it go until Mark cops a big overhand right and goes down on his face. He never recovered from that defeat.

[littlepug]

Watched Mark win the Commonwealth super-featherweight title at York Hall in 1989 with a close but deserved 12-round decision over John Sichula. Mark wanted it more than the more naturally talented Zambian and it made him Matchroom's first ever champion. He defended the belt spectacularly a couple of times but his chin let him down when Matchroom tried stepping him up, which is a shame because nobody tried harder.

Remember Reefer fighting a south american lad and being out of his depth, knew it was over when he fell face first.

When Mark 'went', he went badly. In that fight with the Argentine at the Albert Hall, you can see Ray Clarke of the Board desperately shouting at the referee to stop it but the referee, a plonker from Belgium, lets it go until Mark cops a big overhand right and goes down on his face. He never recovered from that defeat.

Im stretching my memory here but wasnt Reefer favourite in that fight ?

[bennie]

Remember Reefer fighting a south american lad and being out of his depth, knew it was over when he fell face first.

When Mark 'went', he went badly. In that fight with the Argentine at the Albert Hall, you can see Ray Clarke of the Board desperately shouting at the referee to stop it but the referee, a plonker from Belgium, lets it go until Mark cops a big overhand right and goes down on his face. He never recovered from that defeat.

Im stretching my memory here but wasnt Reefer favourite in that fight ?

Possibly, but the Argentine was tough and clever and seemed to have limitless stamina and the contest had ceased to become one by the time of the finish in the 12th and last round. Reefer always struggled against the clever types and had previously been outclassed and stopped by Daniel Londas in a crack at the European title so why they went for Gutierrez is a mystery. I would be very surprised if Boxing News tipped Reefer.

[littlepug]

When Mark 'went', he went badly. In that fight with the Argentine at the Albert Hall, you can see Ray Clarke of the Board desperately shouting at the referee to stop it but the referee, a plonker from Belgium, lets it go until Mark cops a big overhand right and goes down on his face. He never recovered from that defeat.

Im stretching my memory here but wasnt Reefer favourite in that fight ?

Possibly, but the Argentine was tough and clever and seemed to have limitless stamina and the contest had ceased to become one by the time of the finish in the 12th and last round. Reefer always struggled against the clever types and had previously been outclassed and stopped by Daniel Londas in a crack at the European title so why they went for Gutierrez is a mystery. I would be very surprised if Boxing News tipped Reefer.

Dont think i watched the whole fight, im sure i watched highlights of it on bbc sportsnight or something.

[bennie]

I just checked the BN preview. Jim McDonnell was due to face Gutierrez (and that was the preview) in his first fight since his brave challenge to Azumah Nelson. Reefer was due to defend his Commonwealth title on the bill against a Ghanaian. McDonnell obviously pulled out and Reefer took his place. Stupid move.

[TheGman]

Used to like scrap iron ryan and henry wharton always in good scraps for the level they were at. Also liked acelino freitas loved this fight

[Boxerbeetle]

Used to like scrap iron ryan and henry wharton always in good scraps for the level they were at. Also liked acelino freitas loved this fight

Great fight that

[Noxy]

Used to like scrap iron ryan and henry wharton always in good scraps for the level they were at. Also liked acelino freitas loved this fight

Wharton! He was great. I could never work out if he was from York or Leeds (an anorak like me needs to know these things). Ryan was a one-off too, I started following him towards the end of his career. Great result against Hale, who was a dangerous dude.

[Boxing Prospect]

A few ovvious ones Katsidis, Maidana, Adamek, Tatsuyoshi, Arce

Never saw him until after he retired but Naoto Takahashi would have been someone I'd have loved following

[TheGoods]

Henry Wharton
Emanuel Augustus
Michael Gomez

[oogiebe]

Donato Paduano was a real good looking prospect from Canada when he faced Ken Buchanan in 1970 at welterweight. Seems he was never the same and/or got exposed, but I remember that I liked watching him when I could.