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Posted: 28 Jul 2004, 08:06
by MightyWarrior
DavidPayne wrote:Which overseas fighter has faced the most British fighters in 'title' contests?
Winky Wright?
Posted: 28 Jul 2004, 08:07
by bennie
DavidPayne wrote:Which overseas fighter has faced the most British fighters in 'title' contests?
Rothmann?
Posted: 28 Jul 2004, 08:11
by DavidPayne
I guess I should know the answer BEFORE posing the question, right?
I was thinking Rothman or Djelti or Wright though.
Posted: 28 Jul 2004, 08:14
by DavidPayne
Rothman and Djelti are 5 each as far as I can see, Wright 3.
Posted: 28 Jul 2004, 08:15
by DavidPayne
How many of Ali's fights were title fights.
Cooper x 1, Bugner x 2?, Dunne x 1, London x1...
Posted: 28 Jul 2004, 08:52
by bennie
DavidPayne wrote:How many of Ali's fights were title fights.
Cooper x 1, Bugner x 2?, Dunne x 1, London x1...
First Bugner one was non-title. What about Sarmiento?
Posted: 28 Jul 2004, 09:39
by ed r
This one's been hurting my head.
What about Baby Jake. He fought Clinton, Ampofo, Culshaw, McAuley, Cantwell (twice) and Weir (twice) in title fights.
Posted: 28 Jul 2004, 09:43
by DavidPayne
That'll take some beating I guess.
Posted: 28 Jul 2004, 09:46
by bennie
ed r wrote:This one's been hurting my head.
What about Baby Jake. He fought Clinton, Ampofo, Culshaw, McAuley, Cantwell (twice) and Weir (twice) in title fights.
Looks good. Looks very good. Another who fought six Brits in title fights was this guy:
http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=005736
Posted: 28 Jul 2004, 09:49
by DavidPayne
Funny because I was looking through Snarksi and Mingaleev's record because they've fought for some spurious belts along the way too.
Posted: 28 Jul 2004, 09:51
by bennie
Nardiello also fought six Brits in title fights.
Posted: 28 Jul 2004, 09:52
by DavidPayne
When you say 'fought' you mean it in the loosest possible way right?
Posted: 28 Jul 2004, 09:54
by DavidPayne
Similar chain of thought Sugar Boy Malinga - 5 fights versus Brits.
Posted: 28 Jul 2004, 10:01
by Old bones Ian
not agianst different fighters, but Jack Britton fought Jack "kid" Berg about 18 times for the welterweight title,
Posted: 28 Jul 2004, 10:02
by Old bones Ian
sorry it was Ted "kid" Lewis , not Berg
Posted: 28 Jul 2004, 10:39
by MightyWarrior
A pair of ringside seats to Tyson/Williams go to whoever can give me the correct answer to this one:
Who killed Freddie Mills?
Posted: 28 Jul 2004, 10:47
by ed r
I'm guessing Freddie Mills did, one way or another
Posted: 28 Jul 2004, 10:49
by J
http://www.antekprizering.com/millswhokilled.html
some bloke called tony apparently.
u paying the flights too?

Posted: 28 Jul 2004, 10:53
by MightyWarrior
ed r wrote:I'm guessing Freddie Mills did, one way or another
He might have Ed, but if he did, he shot himself in the right eye, while it was open, which seems a bizzare way to go about it.
Must've been the Krays I reckon
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Posted: 28 Jul 2004, 10:55
by J
Well its rumoured he shot himself after death threats form the krays.
Posted: 28 Jul 2004, 10:59
by MightyWarrior
J wrote:Well its rumoured he shot himself after death threats form the krays.
Yes that's one of the many rumours, the others were the triads, as his club was in the Chinatown area of Soho.
Posted: 28 Jul 2004, 10:59
by ed r
Good point, but I meant by messing with wrongens
Posted: 28 Jul 2004, 11:01
by J
both feasible , though its rumoured = everyone was too shit sacred to testify. Though suppose once they had gone down the truth might have come out you may have thought.
Suppose its that east end code of silence thing going on .
Posted: 28 Jul 2004, 11:01
by MightyWarrior
ed r wrote:Good point, but I meant by messing with wrongens
Yep I think that's what it probably boils down to.
He has a tiny memorial in Bournemouth, in a park in the centre of town. It was always getting vandalised by idiots a few years back, but I think they gave it a revamp recently. Hope so anyway.
Posted: 28 Jul 2004, 11:04
by bennie
Another bone of contention is that the gun was in an upright position when the body was discovered, as if someone had placed it there. Still, like Ed, I firmly believe Freddie took his own life. His world was unravelling. He was no longer in demand, was suffering recurring headaches, was worried about a homosexual affair with Ronnie Kray being made public and was in a lot of debt.