As a student of boxing's history, I've often wondered why Australia and New Zealand haven't produced more decent heavyweights. Up here in Canada, we've had a few over the last century who were world-ranked and we don't have that large a population either.
Who were the top 10 Australian/NewZealand heavies of all time? I would think you can lay claim to Bob Fitzsimmons, Frank Slavin, Joe Goddard and Peter Jackson for starters.
Cap
Gd'day, eh?
Aus and NZ heavies are big slow pondering fighters, always have been. A couple of our top middleweights of years gone by in Dave Sands and Tony Mundine even managed to hold the local MW, LHW and HW titles simultaneously
It's a pity that the Aboriginals are not a large race as they have excellent speed, reflexes and hand/eye co-ordination
It's a pity that the Aboriginals are not a large race as they have excellent speed, reflexes and hand/eye co-ordination
Are all your potential cruisers and heavies playing football and rugger? Seems to me that some of those guys might make good fighters. They seem pretty tough and nimble.
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