Favourite 5 boxers through history and favourite 5 current British and Irish boxers?
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jameswilson
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Re: Favourite 5 boxers through history and favourite 5 current British and Irish boxers?
Well, I'm going to change my current selection to UK and not British and Irish.
All time;
Sugar Ray
Chavez Sr
Willie Pep
Holyfield
Tua
Current UK;
Taylor
Burns
Ritson
C Smith
Campbell
All time;
Sugar Ray
Chavez Sr
Willie Pep
Holyfield
Tua
Current UK;
Taylor
Burns
Ritson
C Smith
Campbell
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dr_devious
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Re: Favourite 5 boxers through history and favourite 5 current British and Irish boxers?
All time - Marvin Hagler, Nigel Benn, Mike McCallum, Mohammed Ali, Lennox Lewis
Current British & Irish - Tyson Fury, Derek Chisora, Josh Taylor, Ricky Burns, Martin Murray
Current British & Irish - Tyson Fury, Derek Chisora, Josh Taylor, Ricky Burns, Martin Murray
Re: Favourite 5 boxers through history and favourite 5 current British and Irish boxers?
Ah... Favourite current UK boxersdr_devious wrote: ↑09 Oct 2019, 17:30 All time - Marvin Hagler, Nigel Benn, Mike McCallum, Mohammed Ali, Lennox Lewis
Current British & Irish - Tyson Fury, Derek Chisora, Josh Taylor, Ricky Burns, Martin Murray
I had to change my picks to UK because of the same two guys on my list
Re: Favourite 5 boxers through history and favourite 5 current British and Irish boxers?
British, FUry, AJ, Eubanks, Warrington
Also I say a rerun of Quigg losing the other night, great fight, I hope he can get back in the mix
All time Carl Thompson, Hagler, Colin Jones, Lloyd Honeyghan, Johnny Tapia, but there is a lot more too
Also I say a rerun of Quigg losing the other night, great fight, I hope he can get back in the mix
All time Carl Thompson, Hagler, Colin Jones, Lloyd Honeyghan, Johnny Tapia, but there is a lot more too
Re: Favourite 5 boxers through history and favourite 5 current British and Irish boxers?
All time: Mike Tyson,Oscar De La Hoya,Sugar Ray Robinson and Ali.
All time is hard to pick as there are so many to choose from.
Current British and Irish: Carl Frampton,Tyson Fury,Dillian Whyte and Callum Smith.
All time is hard to pick as there are so many to choose from.
Current British and Irish: Carl Frampton,Tyson Fury,Dillian Whyte and Callum Smith.
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bigjack
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Re: Favourite 5 boxers through history and favourite 5 current British and Irish boxers?
All time-Holmes,Chavez Snr,Ray Leonard,Calzaghe ,Eubank Snr
Current British/Irish- Dillain Whyte, DDD, Ricky Burns,can't think of 2 more
Current British/Irish- Dillain Whyte, DDD, Ricky Burns,can't think of 2 more
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All-time - Dempsey, Tyson, Ali, Benn, Leonard
Current UK/Irish - Frampton, Warrington, Dubois, Fury and that's it. Damn, I just could not think (or find as I even went through the boxrec rankings) of one more I would say I particularly like.
Take a look at this lb for lb UK ratings and you realise how poor British boxing is at the moment. We really need the next crop to not implode
https://boxrec.com/en/ratings?WtT%5Bcou ... =&offset=0
Current UK/Irish - Frampton, Warrington, Dubois, Fury and that's it. Damn, I just could not think (or find as I even went through the boxrec rankings) of one more I would say I particularly like.
Take a look at this lb for lb UK ratings and you realise how poor British boxing is at the moment. We really need the next crop to not implode
https://boxrec.com/en/ratings?WtT%5Bcou ... =&offset=0
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jameswilson
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Re: Favourite 5 boxers through history and favourite 5 current British and Irish boxers?
We can go back to the days where we didn’t have a heavyweight in the top 20 and our only World champs were just defending at home against pub fighters who were inserted into the rankings at the promoters convenience.tobyh5 wrote: ↑11 Oct 2019, 16:26 All-time - Dempsey, Tyson, Ali, Benn, Leonard
Current UK/Irish - Frampton, Warrington, Dubois, Fury and that's it. Damn, I just could not think (or find as I even went through the boxrec rankings) of one more I would say I particularly like.
Take a look at this lb for lb UK ratings and you realise how poor British boxing is at the moment. We really need the next crop to not implode
https://boxrec.com/en/ratings?WtT%5Bcou ... =&offset=0
Re: Favourite 5 boxers through history and favourite 5 current British and Irish boxers?
Fav now
Fury
Bjs
Fitzgerald
Conlon
Smith Callum
Steve Collins
Eric Morales
Mike Tyson
Kelly pavlik
Hagler
Fury
Bjs
Fitzgerald
Conlon
Smith Callum
Steve Collins
Eric Morales
Mike Tyson
Kelly pavlik
Hagler
Re: Favourite 5 boxers through history and favourite 5 current British and Irish boxers?
I don't know that there are 5 U.K. fighters I'm currently a fan of. I loved Andy Lee.
I like Carl Frampton even though his weakness is a glaring one.
I can't say I dislike David Price I guess. He keeps at it best he can in spite of falling well short of his perceived potential. Usually is entertaining one way or the other.
I still like Anthony Joshua. Always been fun, see no reason why he won't continue to be. Win or lose in his upcoming bouts
I like Carl Frampton even though his weakness is a glaring one.
I can't say I dislike David Price I guess. He keeps at it best he can in spite of falling well short of his perceived potential. Usually is entertaining one way or the other.
I still like Anthony Joshua. Always been fun, see no reason why he won't continue to be. Win or lose in his upcoming bouts
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Fray Bentos
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Re: Favourite 5 boxers through history and favourite 5 current British and Irish boxers?
1) Thomas Hearns - the thousand mile stare as he entered into a ring.
2) Mike Tyson
3) Herol Graham
4) Najib Daho
5) Frank Bruno
I don't follow current British boxing anymore...
so I will carry on with my list...
6) Marvin Hagler
7) Dennis Andries
8) Azumah Nelson
9) Julio Cesar Chavez
10) Buster Mathis Jr
In the 90's - I watched loads of Henry Maske on the freeview German channel RTL and Axel Schultz - couldn't say I was a big fan of Maske, it was like watching paint dry but hey ho.. it was all gratis and for nowt!
2) Mike Tyson
3) Herol Graham
4) Najib Daho
5) Frank Bruno
I don't follow current British boxing anymore...
6) Marvin Hagler
7) Dennis Andries
8) Azumah Nelson
9) Julio Cesar Chavez
10) Buster Mathis Jr
In the 90's - I watched loads of Henry Maske on the freeview German channel RTL and Axel Schultz - couldn't say I was a big fan of Maske, it was like watching paint dry but hey ho.. it was all gratis and for nowt!
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Syntax Error
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Re: Favourite 5 boxers through history and favourite 5 current British and Irish boxers?
History:-
John Conteh
Carl Thompson
Naseem Hamed
Mark Kaylor
Nigel Benn
Current:
Callum Smith
Carl Frampton
Daniel Dubois
Lawrence Okolie
David Price
John Conteh
Carl Thompson
Naseem Hamed
Mark Kaylor
Nigel Benn
Current:
Callum Smith
Carl Frampton
Daniel Dubois
Lawrence Okolie
David Price
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margaret thatcher
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Re: Favourite 5 boxers through history and favourite 5 current British and Irish boxers?
Syntax Error wrote: ↑12 Oct 2019, 11:08 History:-
John Conteh
Carl Thompson
Naseem Hamed
Mark Kaylor
Nigel Benn
Current:
Callum Smith
Carl Frampton
Daniel Dubois
Lawrence Okolie
David Price

Re: Favourite 5 boxers through history and favourite 5 current British and Irish boxers?
It’s a slightly strange pairing of questions - both are valid but why ask both (not being provocative, just curious)?
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mickey1975
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Re: Favourite 5 boxers through history and favourite 5 current British and Irish boxers?
Josh Warrington
Tyson Fury
Michael Fafera
Cam Shaw
George Davey
Past....,
Henry Wharton
Graham Fearn
Jamie Warters
Paul Gordon
Luke Fash
Tyson Fury
Michael Fafera
Cam Shaw
George Davey
Past....,
Henry Wharton
Graham Fearn
Jamie Warters
Paul Gordon
Luke Fash