Best fighter from your home town?

emile · Post by **emile** » 25 Jan 2007, 03:22

I think mine is the easiest call of anybody - the Livermore Larruper Max Baer. I grew up playing soccer in a park named after him.

bill.lockhart · Post by **bill.lockhart** » 25 Jan 2007, 15:37

Jackie Callura , former featherweight champ 1943, Hamilton Ontario

Collins2000 · Post by **Collins2000** » 25 Jan 2007, 16:29

Jaclem wrote:..hey....mine's a no brainer...my home town was cincinnati....so of course it's ezzard charles....one of the greatest fighters of all time....

... feather weight champ freddie miller was also an outstanding fighter....a phenomenal record....he was called "the globe trotter" and if you check his record on box rec you'll see why...

Jeez, he did get around didn't he?

There must have been a hell of a lot of experience in the ring the day he fought Len Wickwar - that has to be close to the record for combined total number of bouts for 2 fighters. Can any historians confirm if this is the record?

JC · Post by JC » 25 Jan 2007, 16:49

Collins2000 wrote:Jeez, he did get around didn't he?

There must have been a hell of a lot of experience in the ring the day he fought Len Wickwar - that has to be close to the record for combined total number of bouts for 2 fighters. Can any historians confirm if this is the record?

Well wouldn't claim to be a historian but the other possiblity that came to my mind is Jack Britton vs Ted Kid Lewis who by their last encounter were 166-33-36 and 199-30-19 respectively Total (483) . However Miller Wickwar beats this with a total 641 fights between them

Collins2000 · Post by **Collins2000** » 25 Jan 2007, 16:51

Naseem Hamed and Johnny Nelson.

Although Sheffield is a huge city it had few champs before ingle came on the scene. The only one I know of from the old days was Tom Gummer. Anyone recall any others?

Herol Graham boxed out of Sheffield but grew up in Nottingham. Incidently the Bomber nickname had nothing to do with boxing. He got it as a kid due to being a very fast runner. In (northern) england, running or even driving fast is known as bombing as in "we were bombing down the M1".

Owain · Post by **Owain** » 26 Jan 2007, 20:56

No brainer for me - Jimmy Wilde.
Also, Johnny Owen, Eddie Thomas & Howard Winstone, which is pretty damn good for such a small town.

bollox · Post by **bollox** » 27 Jan 2007, 01:31

Johnny Famechon and / or Lionel Rose

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 27 Jan 2007, 06:58

Owain wrote:No brainer for me - Jimmy Wilde.
Also, Johnny Owen, Eddie Thomas & Howard Winstone, which is pretty damn good for such a small town.

Very true, those minning communities certainly breeded tough guys. Not wishing to get political but when Thatcher shut all the mines down you could argue not only did she wreck peoples lives, communities etc but knackered Welsh boxing.

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 27 Jan 2007, 10:22

Seamus wrote:I'm from Chicago, so alltime is easy 1.Packey McFarland 2.Jimmy Barry.

Current, I'll have to think about.

I agree Seamus .
We could put Barney Ross and Eddie Perkins under them someplace I guess.Also Ernie Terrell.

Seamus · Post by **Seamus** » 27 Jan 2007, 10:36

I went strictly by where they were born, so that leaves Ross a New Yorker, even though he grew up in Chicago, and Perkins was born in Mississippi.

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 27 Jan 2007, 10:41

Yep, your right.
I thought of that after I posted it.
Sorry about that guys.

Seamus · Post by **Seamus** » 27 Jan 2007, 11:06

Heck Ali lived in Chicago for awhile on 49th-Woodlawn in Kenwood. The place always reminded me of Wayne Manor on the Batman TV series.

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 27 Jan 2007, 11:11

Back in the 70s ,at the Chicago Golden Gloves a guy by the name of Kent Green was always introduced to the crowd as a guy who stopped Ali in the amateurs,
I dont remember though if he kod him in the Gloves in Chicago or in the Nationals.

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 27 Jan 2007, 11:28

KENT GREEN

From WIKI.

Kent Green stopped Cassius Clay in an amateur boxing match. Until the time Muhammad Ali was stopped by Larry Holmes, Green had been the only man (in both the amateurs and pros) who had stopped Ali.

1957 Feb 26: Cassius Clay Chicago, IL -- LK 2
(Chicago Golden Glove Quarterfinals)

1958 Chicago Golden Gloves Lt.Heavyweight (175 lb.) Champion.

Green retired in 1961 and thanks to the efforts of Muhammad Ali, Green was able to launch a comeback under Ali's good friend, promotor Chris Dundee.

Green boxed an exhibition with Muhammad Ali in 1975.

Green and Ali remained friendly for over 20 years.

I think there is a error in this record and the Green - Clay fight was on 26 Feb 1958.

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 27 Jan 2007, 11:36

Thanks for that Ko.
Green was a little bit of a celeb in Chicago boxing for awhile, but I havent heard his name in quite some time.
He used to own a store on the southside.

cosand · Post by **cosand** » 27 Jan 2007, 12:51

I am originally from Syracuse NY, so that’s easy. Carman Basilio.
(For those who don’t know, Canastota is basically Syracuse, as it is a near by eastern suburb)
There is an amazing number of fighters from Syracuse for it beingg only medium size city

Honorable mention;
Tommy Ryan (Redwood NY)
Billy Backus
Mike DeJohn
Joey DeJohn

Also
Paul Swiderski
Greg Sorrentino
Dick DiVeronica
Cliff Hart
Carmen DeJohn
Ralph DeJohn
John D'Amore
Willie Wilson
And many others too numerous to mention

DaveV17 · Post by **DaveV17** » 27 Jan 2007, 14:54

Crease · Post by **Crease** » 13 Feb 2007, 15:29

The best from my hometown (Belfast) would be;

Waynbe McCulloch or Barry McGuigan..

But in recent times;
Darren Corbett, Eamonn Magee, Brian MaGee....

JC · Post by JC » 13 Feb 2007, 16:32

Crease wrote:The best from my hometown (Belfast) would be;

Waynbe McCulloch or Barry McGuigan..

But in recent times;
Darren Corbett, Eamonn Magee, Brian MaGee....

Don't forget Jimmy McLarnin "The Belfast Spider"

TheRiverCityHippy · Post by **TheRiverCityHippy** » 13 Feb 2007, 17:09

Crease wrote:The best from my hometown (Belfast) would be;

Waynbe McCulloch or Barry McGuigan..

But in recent times;
Darren Corbett, Eamonn Magee, Brian MaGee....

i always thought mcguigan was from clones (sp?) which i assumed was on the border between the north and eire.

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