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Fenech's the best I saw live.

In his prime, he was a machine.

Unrelenting workrate and never took a backward step. Top stuff.

the standouts in my time are,dave sands, tommy burns, george barnes, tony mundine, paul ferrari, lionel rose ,johnny famechon,micky tollis, jeff fenech ,kostya tszyu,as brad said different times and great fighters, who would back theirselves against the best,i was priviliged to see these fighters , i have probably missed a lot, but these fighters bring back some great memories,all the best

dberry wrote:

Mark pawsey wrote:Kelly brothers Paul Briggs Edgar wymara mundine Peter manesis vs Jason delisle Australian title fight best fight I've seen live in Australia

Good shout for the Kelly Brothers, Particularly Kevin after he one the Commonwealth title from Leo Young Jr. Paul Briggs should have been on my list, seen him live many a time and was always impressed, but he was borne in New Zealand I believe.

That was a good fight. Result might've been different had Leo not suffered a cut inside the mouth in early rounds. Poor bugga was choking on blood thru rounds.

patron wrote:the standouts in my time are,dave sands, tommy burns, george barnes, tony mundine, paul ferrari, lionel rose ,johnny famechon,micky tollis, jeff fenech ,kostya tszyu,as brad said different times and great fighters, who would back theirselves against the best,i was priviliged to see these fighters , i have probably missed a lot, but these fighters bring back some great memories,all the best

i know i included some imports, but if we can adopt [claim] as aussies a few pampered actors and anyone that kisses a koala, surely we can adopt the boys that gave their best in the hardest game of all. all the best

patron wrote:the standouts in my time are,dave sands, tommy burns, george barnes, tony mundine, paul ferrari, lionel rose ,johnny famechon,micky tollis, jeff fenech ,kostya tszyu,as brad said different times and great fighters, who would back theirselves against the best,i was priviliged to see these fighters , i have probably missed a lot, but these fighters bring back some great memories,all the best

Patron, good post and well said, I was not privileged to see either, Dave Sands, Tommy Burns or George Barnes fight in the flesh, but i was blessed to see Fammo, Jeff fenech, Paul Ferrari , Lionel, Tony Mundine and Kostya in the flesh many times and i am truly grateful for the privilge.

The memories of seeing these true champions fight live and then get to talk, and in some cases even spar and train with them, is something that will go to my grave with me, I was 15 & 16 years old when i sparred and trained with Fammo, Paul Ferrari and Lionel, amongst a few other visiting fighters like Toro George, Manny Santos, Hector Thompson, Foster Bibron, Jackson McQuade, Johnny Obrien and there are many more.

George Barnes used to live just around the corner from me in Ashmore here on the Gold Coast. I picked him up a couple of times and took him to our state branch meetings, I also took him to the past and present boxers meetings a couple of times.

I thought he was a terrific bloke who was always a straight shooter, and i'd say if you fought him, win lose or draw, you'd know you were in a fight, he also refereed a bit after retiring from the ring, some said he was too tough as a referee because he would not stop a fight until one fighter was absolutely gone, I was told he would guage whether to stop it, similar to himself where you had to carry him out to beat him.

Sadly, I went to his funeral here in Nerang a few years ago, I can't remember, but it was approx 8 or 9 odd years ago i think, it was really well attended, and was testament to his popularity, many said he was not that skilled as a fighter, but he was just tough and as game as they come, a real fighters fighter.

Whether this is all accurate or not i can't say, but he always treated me with absolute respect, as he did most people, he used to give me a few hints and tips when i first started to Referee and i will never forget him.

Yes i think George Barnes was a true Australian boxing Icon

Cheers,
Brad

kylamy wrote:

bollox wrote:Paul Ferreri must have been quite a fighter in his prime. I saw him at the end of his career in 1986 and you could see he was well past it but he still retained the little tricks of the trade of a once-very-good, experienced fighter. It's a pity he had no power

Bollox, you must have a good memory or were you around in them days?

Paul was an extremey skilled fighter, he was an awkward Southpaw who was hard to hit, extremely fit and while not a big puncher, he could hurt you if he landed flush, he defeated my cousin Harry Hayes twice and was the Australian Bantamweight, Featherweight and former Commonwealth bantamweight Champion who also challenged for the WBC World title.

I knew Paul really well and we boxed hundreds and hundreds of rounds together while he was with Ambrose, I was there when he defeated Alan Presnell for the Australian title at Festival hall, We then later trained together under Gilberto Biondi and were managed by former Fighter magazine Photographer Oscar Minari.

We both fought on the same card many times, including my last fight in 1971 in Briunswick, that night, Paul defeated Fernado Sotelo, who had previously beaten my cousins Baby Cassius and Lionel Rose. Also on this night, Rocky Mattiolli sustained his first loss to Queenslander Paul Moore, who was clearly the better of the Moore brothers.

I just checked his record and he had 96 fights for 78 wins, check his record here, its worth seeing, he also never fought too many fighter's with losing records:

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer

Paul fought in a very competitive era, his skill level was great, in 1976 he went 12 rounds with Mexican great Carlos Zarate at the Los Angeles forum, Zarate was undefeated in 43 fights and had only gone the distance once to 10 rounds, no-one at that stage had ever seen round 12 against Zarate.....so it was a terrific performance by Paul.

He is a good bloke Paul, we were mates and along with Rocky Mattioli, we all trained together on and off for few years.

It's great to see someone remember this tough sicilian born little Aussie who i think still resides in or around the Maribynong area of Melbourne, not 100% sure of that, but i have seen Paul recenty at Charlie Liparota's shows in Coburg.

gee it's great to relive some of these times, that threads like this often bring back.

Cheers,

Brad Vocale

I was around in those days, having taken an interest in boxing in the early 80's. The long term memory is very good, it's the 'what I did yesterday' part of the memory that's slightly wonky

I was there at the Tony Miller - Paul Ferreri fight. A mate and I had decided to go as it was at the Preston Town Hall, just a short drive from where I lived. We bought the tickets through an ad the Ferreris had placed somewhere and picked them up from Paul's place in Avondale Heights (yep, near the Maribyrnong river). He was asleep so we spoke to his wife. She seemed a very nice lady

I know Ferreri tried to get Fenech into the ring but I'm glad it didn't happen. The result would have been an easy win for Fenech and especially around that time. Barry also tried to get a fight with Fenech

Around 82/83 I worked for Telecom. There used to be a room in a city building where the money from payphones was counted up and taken away. Paul Ferreri was sometimes one of the guards that would come along to collect the coins

You're related to Lionel Rose???? In the 70's and early 80's about 90% of the Aboriginal kids from Melbourne claimed Lionel as their cousin. I know Aborigines have extended familes but.......

Any idea what became of Tony Miller? He was a good scrapper who always had a go. I know he came to Melbourne from WA as the fight scene here was pretty red hot and hung around for a few years

I was around in those days, having taken an interest in boxing in the early 80's. The long term memory is very good, it's the 'what I did yesterday' part of the memory that's slightly wonky

I was there at the Tony Miller - Paul Ferreri fight. A mate and I had decided to go as it was at the Preston Town Hall, just a short drive from where I lived. We bought the tickets through an ad the Ferreris had placed somewhere and picked them up from Paul's place in Avondale Heights (yep, near the Maribyrnong river). He was asleep so we spoke to his wife. She seemed a very nice lady

I know Ferreri tried to get Fenech into the ring but I'm glad it didn't happen. The result would have been an easy win for Fenech and especially around that time. Barry also tried to get a fight with Fenech

Around 82/83 I worked for Telecom. There used to be a room in a city building where the money from payphones was counted up and taken away. Paul Ferreri was sometimes one of the guards that would come along to collect the coins

You're related to Lionel Rose???? In the 70's and early 80's about 90% of the Aboriginal kids from Melbourne claimed Lionel as their cousin. I know Aborigines have extended familes but.......

Any idea what became of Tony Miller? He was a good scrapper who always had a go. I know he came to Melbourne from WA as the fight scene here was pretty red hot and hung around for a few years


Bollox, I also was raised in and around Preston/Reservoir, later I often went to Preston Town Hall for fights, My other cousin Porky Brooke fought Dale Artango there, gees what a fight that was. Also you are absolutely correct, Paul Ferrari did, and still does live in Avondale Heights, Buggered if i could remember the name, but i knew the Maribynong river was not far away.

When Paul was fighting, he worked as a security guard, i remember it well, he also had a new Monaro when they first came out, everyone was impressed, so much so that i eventually bought a second hand one as my very first car. Anyway, i worked part time for Rogray Panels and towing in Weston Street Brunswisk, one day i came in and there was Paul's car, it had been whacked up the bum outside his house.

Yes I am related to Lionel, one of the many thousands, also Lawrence Austin (Baby Cassius) Graeme "Porky" Brooke, Harry Hayes and another good boxer from the 60's named Arthur Thomas who went down to Melbourne with Lionel, I was born and raised in Orbost in east Gippsland, just up the track from Bairnsdale, and Lionel as you know was from Drouin, but most of the time was in Warragul.

Lionel & Arthur went to Melbourne in early 1963 i think, and we moved down to Preston/Reservoir in 1964. Arthur if you can remember fought the main event in one of the early first TV Ringside shows that was ever televised from Channel 7 studios in Dorcas street before they later moved to Festival Hall.

On that evening, Arthur was stopped in one round by a bloke from Accra in Ghana, his name was Kimpo Amarfio, Kimpo was a very good fighter, he had been based in the UK for a while i think and had fought all over the world, he fought and beat some of our very best, he was an absolute gentleman both in and out of the ring, he had a few wars with one of my old Trainers Gilberto Biondi, he fought Gentleman Don Johnson, and many other top line Aussie boxers, I saw him beat former Australian Lightweight Champion Bullet Bradley at Festival Hall in Melbourne.

I met with Kimpo many many years later at a warehouse somewhere in Port Melbourne i think it was, where they were doing auditions for the tele movie on Lionel, "Rose against the Odds",

I assisted the Producers a little and also it was me that got Damian Membrey, now the Victorian Timekeeper and son of Brian from Victoria the part of Alan Rudkin. I also had Paul Williams, who played Lionel in the movie staying with me and we often went through punches and could not stop chatting about Slim and his style, I helped him with lots of the little idiosyncrasies and things Lionel did.

Bit of worthless trivia, I lived in Preston and Baby Cas also lived there as well, but i was more north, in Regent, i used to go to Collingwood youth club every sunday to box with Baby Cas, Wayne Bannister, Leo Young and many others, the gym was run by Leo Cole, Cas used to punch the sh*t out of me every Sunday, week after week after month after month, then I ended up fighting Cas at Ringwood Town hall, I lost a close decision, "I waz robbed as they say", LOL.

Cas as you would know, eventually went on and had a terrific career, he defeated Hector Thompson and while he was never committed as he should have been, my god what skills that kid had.

I guess out of the whole family, I was the failure, I only won three Victorian state amateur titles and fought on Golden Gloves on Channel 9, then later turned pro at just fifteen and a half years old, While Lionel, conquered the world, Porky won Commonwealth and Australian titles, the same for Harry Hayes and Baby Cas also won two Australian and Commonwealth titles and was extremely successful, he fought and beat some really good fighter's in his time.

If you check my record here in Boxrec you'll see just a few of my fights, I know i had at least ten or twelve more fights than is listed, but who or when & where, only God could tell you, the so called expert record keepers don't even have them, but to be fair, there were no faxes, or computers etc and they only ever got their results by reading the papers etc.

on a separate note, I travel to Japan a lot for fights, i have been there something like 30 odd times, I first met Fighting Harada here at the stars gym in Fitzroy in 1985 i think, I began officiating in Japan in 1998 and have been there at least twice every year, but not all for fights.

I am good friends with Harada and we often have dinner with him and the head of the Japan boxing Commission, the last time was in November 2010. Ive got some great photos with Harada and he is an absolute gentleman, on another note, he recently signed the 6 ounce Winning gloves that Lionel wore when they fought, i still have them here in my home and will be returning them to Lionel & Jenny on February 19th, the day after a show in Melbourne i will be down for, I intend to drive to Warragul to catch up with them and then onto Sale and Bairnsdale for a day or so R & R.

Anyway, i am rambling on a bit, you asked about Tony "Mad Dog" Miller, last i heard, he is training some fighters in Melbourne, not sure i think it's over Sunshine area or in the area where Keefy is, i know him and Keith Ellis are still close.

I think Tony was one of the most underated fighters we had, I was there the night he fought Jeff Fenech at the olympic pool i think it was, Jeff just overwhelmed him in the first and had him down, I thought this is it, gees the end is here already, but I will never forget this, I saw Jeff smile at Tony while the count was on and Tony looking more embarrassed than hurt, just shrugged his shoulders and boxed on and eventually went the distance with Fenech, some mean feat considering in his next fight i think, Fenech destroyed Samart Payakaroon in Sydney to win his first WBC title.

I recall the referee for that fight was the late Denzel Creed from Brisbane, a guy who's place i eventually took as a Referee here when he retired, ironical isn't it, Funny thing, Denzel quit the Queensland branch over a dispute over sponsorship on the officials uniform and never refereed another fight, i replaced him there.

Late last year, I also quit the Queensland branch over a dispute over sponsorship when i placed a 2" patch for fightworld boxing equipment on my sleeve, they ordered me to remove it and i refused and quit, end of story, it is ironical that same thing happened to both Denzel and myself.

All the best Champ, it would be good to catch up if your ever at a fight in Melbourne when i'm down there, I just love reminiscing about the old fighters and about some of the best times in our sport in this country.

regards
Brad Vocale

kylamy wrote:Hey Guys, I know i'll cop it for this, because I am a bit biased cos we're family, but the best Aussie i have seen live has to be "Slim" yes our very own Lionel Rose, even in his pre world title fight days at Festival hall Melbourne where he beat some terrific fighters, he was spectacular to watch and i'm sure if anyone in here is old enough to have seen him live, you would agree?

Who can forget on Dec 11, 1967 in Sydney when he just demolished the Rock, for the Australian 118 pound (8st-6lb) title, this was a fight that everyone said was a 50/50 fight.

Just a little side story, Gattellari a couple of years prior, really ripped into Lional & Jack at Leo Berry's gym in Richmond after Lionel had the better of him in a spar, Lionel at that stage could still make Flyweight, so they challenged the Rock for his Australian Flyweight title, but the following tirade of abuse and threat he will never be in the same league as him etc etc, meant the fight would not happen, well for another couple years at anyway, but this time it was for Lionel's bantamweight title, and Gattellari was the Challenger, the rest is history.

Johnny Lewis, who was in Lionel's corner that night, tells some terrific stories about the lead-up to the fight, at weigh-in etc etc and what went on and where he thinks the fight was won and lost etc, if you ever get the chance to ask Johnny about it, do so, cos it's really interesting stuff.

Lionel was spectacular to watch live, his hand & foot skills were something else, and then on February 27, 1968, he lost his best kept secret tag by travelling to Tokyo and doing what many thought was the impossible, by defeating the human thrashing machine in Masahiko "Fighting" Harada.

Then his defence against Alan Rudkin at Kooyong was pretty special, I am sure that many would agree with me, also many would not, and as i said, I know im a little bias, but for those who did see Lionel live, I'm sure you would agree, he was something special.

I am not saying Lionel was the best fighter, (even tho i think he was) I'm saying he was the best to watch live, also he fought some damn good fighters like Olivares who was 51-0 with 50 ko's, he also went to Olivares backyard to fight him, that's courage.

check his record: http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer

Now as i said, whether Lionel was the best to watch live? is debatable and who amongst us really is qualified enough to know, but in my eyes he was.

Also, In the same era, I think Fammo was maybe even more skilled than Lionel, I boxed Fammo hundred of rounds at Ambrose Palmer's gym underneath Festival Hall, and his skill level was something special as well, He was just so hard to hit and his immaculate fitness mean't that he could fight at that pace all night, whether it be 10 or 15 rounds back then, but sadly, his fighting style was not as popular as Lionel's because of his defensive style of "hit and not be hit" but he was one of the most skillful boxer's i have ever seen.

Another two who come to mind were Tony Mundine and Graeme "Porky" Brooke, Porky is also family and again, I may be showing some favoritism, but his skills and style were really good to watch.

While Tony Mundine was explosive and spectacular to watch, i know someone in here said that Anthony was the best they'd seen, and this maybe so for this day and age, but he was not as spectacular as his Father, nor did he ever fight the level of fighter's his dad did, but to be fair,we are in different era's.

We also need to remember the level of comeptition between these guys, back in the 70's the level of opposition (in my opinion) was far greater then than it is today, there were more registered fighter's and no shortage of anyone to fight.

Tony Mundine fought some really good fighters and while he was beaten a few times, he had a go and avoided no-one, unlike some of the fighters today where, they will not fight anyone who's in their way, on the way up, they will often wait until they are not in their way and on their way down, Tony only fought 9 or 10 blokes with a losing record, out of 96 fights, that's not too bad, and shows the level of competition wa stronger with more fighters available.

Tony's record of 96 fights, 80 wins, 15 losses was over a 15 year span in probably one of the hardest and best era's of the sport in Australia, and Choc's is presently at 10 years, Will he get to 15 years? I doubt it, but he helped create another very good era for our sport, whether it was as competitive, i dont know, one thing i do know, Choc was marketed better and made huge more dollars than Tony ever did.

This is just an opinion, i'm not saying i'm right, but check the records of Tony and Choc, and make your own conclusion

Tony: http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer

Anthony: http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer

I'm not taking anything away from Choc, because it's in a different era, also there was no grubby little manager who controlled Tony and everything he said and did.

Tony just did the fighting and left the other stuff to Ernie, huge difference between the two.

Just my two bobs worth guys.

Brad

Great post.

Brad once you start talking that stuff SHIT all of a suder im thinking YES l remember that, for my sake keep it up makes me look good when talking with my kids

Johnny Famechon in the late 80's could sometimes be found at The Standard hotel near the Vic market. He'd sit in the front bar sitting on one or two beers for ages, reading a newspaper and minding his own business. He looked like he was having a in a good place whether people came up to him to say hello or whether he was there on his lonesome

Alan Rudkin was asked whether Lionel Rose was the biggest bantamweight he'd fought. He replied "no. he's the biggest featherweight I've fought"

Brad...do you remember a fighter named Kid Preston? I think his name was Adrian Coombes. I don't think he ever learnt to drive so he could be spotted riding his pushie all over Northcote / Thornbury / Preston

Johnny Famechon was borne in France. Great boxer, but a frog, not a skip.

bollox wrote:Johnny Famechon in the late 80's could sometimes be found at The Standard hotel near the Vic market. He'd sit in the front bar sitting on one or two beers for ages, reading a newspaper and minding his own business. He looked like he was having a in a good place whether people came up to him to say hello or whether he was there on his lonesome

Alan Rudkin was asked whether Lionel Rose was the biggest bantamweight he'd fought. He replied "no. he's the biggest featherweight I've fought"

Brad...do you remember a fighter named Kid Preston? I think his name was Adrian Coombes. I don't think he ever learnt to drive so he could be spotted riding his pushie all over Northcote / Thornbury / Preston

Bollox, Yes mate I knew Kid Preston, I'm sure he went to Northcote High, I went to Preston Tech and while I never got to box him, he was a friends with another of my mates, he went pretty well and i just checked his record, he lost a few on DQ, and i think he was a better fighter than his record suggests.

Interesting little note: He fought Andy Broome twice, the first was a draw, and in the second he was Dq'd again, this was for the national 140 pound Light Welter strap which was refereed by the late Norm Foster, you may remember Norm, he was the Matchmaker for Stadiums Ltd, for Channel 7 TV Ringside, he matched all my fights and I was good freinds with his son David, they lived in Coburg just around behind pentridge Goal and near the old Kodak factory, about a long 2 iron from the Town Hall where there are lots of fights these days Lol

Norm was an officer at Pentridge jail and looked after Slim (Lionel) a few times when he was looking for somewhere to stay for the night (Lol) Norm's character also was well featured in the tele movie on Lionel's life, he was a decent bloke and i still see his wife up here every now and then, mainly at the past and present do's when i get the chance to go, While i haven't seen her for while, i think her name was Norma, they were a good family, and Norm was instrumental for making some of the best matchups of the golden TV ringside era.

Its funny, because i have not seen or heard of Kid Preston, Aka Adrian Coombs now for yonks, and i wonder where he would be now, I recall a few years ago, someone mention he was training some fighter's in the northern suburbs, but i can't say thats for sure, if anyone in here knows or hears from him, please pass on my best.

Cheers,
Brad

Alan Rudkin was asked whether Lionel Rose was the biggest bantamweight he'd fought. He replied "no. he's the biggest featherweight I've fought"


Alan Rudkin was ever the gentleman, I think he was just referring to the fact that Slim was having all sorts of trouble to make the weight, and by the time he entered the ring, would have been more like a Welterweight 66-68kg rather than 53-52kg Bantamweight???

dberry wrote:Johnny Famechon was borne in France. Great boxer, but a frog, not a skip.

DB, yes your'e right, Fammo was born in France and his father Andre was a well credentialled fighter as well, Fammo may have been born in France, but he was basically an Aussie, here since he was a real youngster, still, if your'e born in france, then your'e a frenchman, but i would like to have claimed him as an Aussie and i know Fammo thinks the same.

I can report that Glenys and John are doing well down in Frankston, Johnny still get's to the fights every now and then and its funny, every year the very first christmas card i ever open is from Glenys & Johnny, this is absolutely the truth and has been happening now for 20 years, since ive been here in Qld, she is a real darling and Fammo was blessed when she came into his life, just prior to his tragic accident in 1990.

You may remember that Fammo was the referee of the highly anticipated and now historic Ash Wednesday fight between Barry "boy" Michael and Frank "the tank" Ropis, fought in 50' heat at the Melbourne town hall, While Melbourne's outer and surrounding areas was burning, Barry boy captured the Australian Jnr Welterweight title when he stopped the tank in the 11th round in an epic National title fight.

Some years later, i was honoured to present Barry with the belt he never received after that fight, It was in centre ring at Knox with Fammo, during a break while calling for Foxsports at one of Murray Thompson's shows, for me, it was an honor to stand in the ring with two of the icons of Australian boxing.

Brad

kylamy wrote:

dberry wrote:Johnny Famechon was borne in France. Great boxer, but a frog, not a skip.

DB, yes your'e right, Fammo was born in France and his father Andre was a well credentialled fighter as well, Fammo may have been born in France, but he was basically an Aussie, here since he was a real youngster, still, if your'e born in france, then your'e a frenchman, but i would like to have claimed him as an Aussie and i know Fammo thinks the same.

I can report that Glenys and John are doing well down in Frankston, Johnny still get's to the fights every now and then and its funny, every year the very first christmas card i ever open is from Glenys & Johnny, this is absolutely the truth and has been happening now for 20 years, since ive been here in Qld, she is a real darling and Fammo was blessed when she came into his life, just prior to his tragic accident in 1990.

You may remember that Fammo was the referee of the highly anticipated and now historic Ash Wednesday fight between Barry "boy" Michael and Frank "the tank" Ropis, fought in 50' heat at the Melbourne town hall, While Melbourne's outer and surrounding areas was burning, Barry boy captured the Australian Jnr Welterweight title when he stopped the tank in the 11th round in an epic National title fight.

Some years later, i was honoured to present Barry with the belt he never received after that fight, It was in centre ring at Knox with Fammo, during a break while calling for Foxsports at one of Murray Thompson's shows, for me, it was an honor to stand in the ring with two of the icons of Australian boxing.

Brad

I think that's about right I meant no disrespect saying that Fammo wasn't borne here, merely being pedantic about the 'Aust. born, seen live' theme of the thread. I'm a bit young to remember the Ash Wednesday Fights, but I remember Ash Wednesday as if it happened yesterday, I was about eight when my Grandparents had a run in with it at Airies Inlet.

I was there that night when Fammo was presented with that belt, I was always at Murry's shows then. Good to hear Fammo and family are doing well.

Touch off topic - Not directing question at anyone in particular.
Would you now class Vic Darchinyan Aussie or Armenian??

For the purpose of this thread?! Are you kidding?!/ Was he born here!?!
He's less Aussie than Kostya.

I wasn't born here either, but am a proud Aussie & more than happy to be recognized as such.

Da Voice wrote:I wasn't born here either, but am a proud Aussie

Yes a fair call too, Many boxers proudly representing Australia weren't born here, but the thread asked for Aussie born boxers, seen live, or did you miss those qualifiers?

dberry wrote:

Da Voice wrote:I wasn't born here either, but am a proud Aussie

Yes a fair call too, Many boxers proudly representing Australia weren't born here, but the thread asked for Aussie born boxers, seen live, or did you miss those qualifiers?

Not quite. Some, including me, lost the plot....nothing unusual in forums
Read the topic header again

Da Voice wrote:

dberry wrote:

Da Voice wrote:I wasn't born here either, but am a proud Aussie

Yes a fair call too, Many boxers proudly representing Australia weren't born here, but the thread asked for Aussie born boxers, seen live, or did you miss those qualifiers?

Not quite. Some, including me, lost the plot....nothing unusual in forums
Read the topic header again

ben k wrote:I was just thinking to myself who is the best Australian Born Fighter ive seen live.

I thought id put it up on here, as there a lot of guys that have seen far more boxing over the years than I have. And im interested to know who the best they have seen would be.

Mine would have to be Mundine id say, Followed by the Hussien boys and Green.
Im trying to think about fighters ive seen live, I may have forgotten someone.

What part of this don't you understand?

Ya frigging goose
Topic header is "Best Aussie Fighters You have Seen Live"
Hence the reason I said I and a few others lost the plot

Who's the goose now?

dberry wrote:Who's the goose now?

Ultimately YOU

I see.