Bravest Brits in World Title Fights

[THEBUTCH]

Poor Johnny Owen Gave everything he could possibly give in pursuit of his dream. RIP brave lad

[bigjack]

Mike McCullum v Sumbu Kalambay.

That was for the British Title

[Boxerbeetle]

Martin Murray put on a brave performance against GGG, was battered for 11 rounds and dropped multiple times until the ref called it off. Stark contrast to Saunders yesterday.

[Monzon83]

Michael Watson. Brave effort against McCallum then 2 wars against Eubank where he quite nearly fought to the death.

Seeing him come out for the start of the 12th round in that 2nd fight is still difficult for me to watch now.

[oogiebe]

1st one on thread, Cockell against Marciano, only about 10 mins available on YouTube but if anyones not seen it then give it a watch, about as bad a beating its possible to take and still never quit or stayed down

Cockell showed a lot of heart coming out after the beating he took in round 8. Kept getting up in the 9th until the end.

[coghaugen11]

McGuigan v Cruz is up there

Saunders swanning around shouting how he’s a Spartan - fornicate off, McGuigan going 15 rounds in 125 degree heat is a Spartan

[coghaugen11]

Michael Watson. Brave effort against McCallum then 2 wars against Eubank where he quite nearly fought to the death.

Seeing him come out for the start of the 12th round in that 2nd fight is still difficult for me to watch now.

Incredible bloke. But first Eubank fight wasn’t a war by any stretch.

[dr_devious]

Martin Murray put on a brave performance against GGG, was battered for 11 rounds and dropped multiple times until the ref called it off. Stark contrast to Saunders yesterday.

Good call

[Noxy]

Dennis Andries v Tommy Hearns.

Too right, I became a big Andries fan that day.

[KiwiRider]

Martin Murray put on a brave performance against GGG, was battered for 11 rounds and dropped multiple times until the ref called it off. Stark contrast to Saunders yesterday.

Too right. It sprang to mind when I read the thread title.
Murray was brave even taking that fight. GGG was in absolute peak beast mode.
And crikey it was hard to watch after about the 5th

[THEBUTCH]

Yes, two great shouts : McGuigan fighting to the bitter end in inhospitable conditions and Murray clinging on by his fingertips whilst having holes punched through him for round after round.

Bravery beyond the call of duty

[Nondescript]

Froch was always one of the toughest, grittiest bastards for me. Whilst he never received an injury like last night, some of the huge shots he had to absorb at times was rough to watch.

[Monzon83]

Jim McDonnell was brave against Azumah Nelson. He got a severe beating towards the end, Azumah was a monster back then but McDonnell went out on his shield.

[THEBUTCH]

Froch would just suck it up and keep going (I did think he conceded to Ward, but once against the Son of God ain't bad going).

A very tough man with an incredible ability to withstand a punch.

Jimmy Mac surpassed all expectations against Ghanaian great Nelson. Jimmy went out on his shield

[THEBUTCH]

Lloyd Honeyghan had a horrible night against Marlon Starling.

[Fray Bentos]

Billy Hardy in Laredo Texas against Orlando Canizales on Mexican independence day... a ginger Mackem fighting in the summer heat outdoors was going to wilt and wilt he did but he went down swingin'

He won the first fight vs Canizales for me (for what it's worth...).

[My Name Is Earl]

Yes, two great shouts : McGuigan fighting to the bitter end in inhospitable conditions and Murray clinging on by his fingertips whilst having holes punched through him for round after round.

Bravery beyond the call of duty

Some great shouts on here. Funnily enough, Andries' shellacking kick started a new career for him from which
he never looked back.

Agree about McGuigan, he was running on fumes, though I think bennie has a different take.

[My Name Is Earl]

Poor Johnny Owen Gave everything he could possibly give in pursuit of his dream. RIP brave lad

A diamond, as a boxer and a bloke.

[emallini]

Vitali Klitschko vs Danny Williams

[JamesPhilips]

Benn Eubank 1 - both fighters

[coghaugen11]

Calzaghe showed toughness against Charles Brewer and Byron Mitchell. His counterpart Ottke just fiddled.

[THEBUTCH]

You have to hand it to Calzaghe against Mitchell. He got clocked, dropped and dazed, but came roaring back.

Joe's instinct was to immediately fight back There was no quit in Calzaghe !

[Menty]

Maurice Hope kept on trying until the end but for much of the fight was punching thin air when outclassed defending his WBC light middleweight title against a prime Wilfred Benitez who won his third world title in three weight classes at just 22.

https://youtu.be/UWYnC-iMRZg

[dr_devious]

Minter was brave against Hagler

[coghaugen11]

He had a podgy soft tummy in the first fight and came in at 186 - Carl was shredded and was a Billy Graham fighter.

He lifted weights for the first time ever for the second CAT fight. At King Alfred Leisure Centre in Hove. In fact he was there in the gym there the Monday after the first fight lifting weights, after checking himself out of hospital (initially refused medical treatment before being persuaded by Warren and Ayling).

Eubank mental strength was legendary

As I said I don’t think the natural size difference between them was that much .. clearly Thompson had been at cruiserweight a while and had filled out into a solid 190lb guy .. Eubank didn’t take much to look a lot more solid in the rematch. After years of hard weight cuts and never having lifted weights before and with his genetics, the muscle mass went on quite quickly

Young Carl wasn’t that muscular, here he is in 1989 losing a world title fight to future K1 champion Branko Cikatic

Billy Graham fighters were known to fill out heavy between weigh-in and fight.