10 Greatest boxers to come from New Jersey?

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I would put Ike Williams and Marvin Hagler at the top of the list.

[Onetimeonly]

Hagler isn't from MA?

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He was born in Newark NJ and moved at a young age. Ike Williams was not born in New Jersey. He was born in Georgia but moved and lived in New Jersey since his childhood.

[Onetimeonly]

Mickey Walker was the one I knew that I could t remember. Had to look it up, hate that. Walcott.

[oogiebe]

Jim Flynn
Mickey Walker
Earnie Schaff was a fair fighter in his day.
Jimmy Braddock
Joe Walcott
Marvin Hagler (born in Jersey)
Joe Jeanette
I'm sure there are a lot more terrific fighters. Just can't think of them.

[Counter-puncher]

no love for the Camden buzzsaw? Camden is NJ, right?

I'm guessing Hurricane Carter doesn't make the list, NJ or not

[Counter-puncher]

Rocky Castellani

[elmersalsa]

Bobby Cysz

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Castellani during his boxing career lived in Luzerne County PA. I have a friend there who i have visited several times over the years and he has taken me to the statute of Rocky in town. It is a great monument to a local legend. It may be likely that many do not even know who he is. In the later years of his life after he retired i recall him being a boxing judge and he also owned a bar and club in Atlantic City NJ called Rockys.

[slappy]

When did Rocky Lockridge resettle in Jersey?

[slappy]

no love for the Camden buzzsaw? Camden is NJ, right?

I'm guessing Hurricane Carter doesn't make the list, NJ or not

And hell yeah. Qawi belongs on this list!

[Counter-puncher]

When did Rocky Lockridge resettle in Jersey?

Ha. I thought about him

[slappy]

My most fanatical years as a fan were late 80s and early 90s and some Jersey guys I remember were.

Glenwood Brown
Bruce Seldon
'Ice' Cole

Another guy I always liked was Harold Rhodes, who I think held a title briefly in early 90s.

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Tony Thornton was always good for a good fight . He has been gone since 2009 killed in a motorcycle accident.

[Caractacus]

"The Bayone Bleeder" aka Chuck Wepner.
( BTW the statue of LibertY is in Bayone too)
also hius stablemate Frankie DePaula was from New Jersey too.
Scott Frank is also from New Jersey.

[slappy]

I know this is in boxing history forum, but Shakur may belong in this conversation.

[goose 5]

Tippy Larkin was a great fighter from Jersey.

[Onetimeonly]

When did Rocky Lockridge resettle in Jersey?

Ha. I thought about him

From Washington

[Counter-puncher]

When did Rocky Lockridge resettle in Jersey?

Ha. I thought about him

From Washington

Why I didn’t do more than just think about him

[Onetimeonly]

Ha. I thought about him

From Washington

Why I didn’t do more than just think about him

He was based in NJ, reasonable call. Though that did him no favors with the wba judges when he fought pedroza there.

[Counter-puncher]

I had to google it but I got there. I think I halfway remembered Washington st was his background so I only halfway had NJ in mind.

[slappy]

Fun thread. Maybe instead of all time, gonna take a shot at last 30 years.

1. Dwight Muhammad Qawi
2. Shakur Stevenon
3. Kendall Holt
4. Bobby Czyz
5. Tony Thornton
6. Al "Ice" Cole
7. Bruce Seldon
8. Lavender Johnson

Sure I'm missing someone here.

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Slappy thanks for the list. Yes these are all New Jerseyites. Remember most of them.

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Slappy that was my heyday as a fan as well the 1980s and 1990s.

[elmersalsa]

Mickey Walker
Marvelous Marvin Hagler
Ike Williams
Jersey Joe Walcott
Dwight Braxton