Best imported fighter ever to appear in.......

[Loynesy]

Johnny Tapia at York Hall was great ! I went with several posters from this site . ( although I think we were on the British boxing forum at the time - that was a fun forum , Arnie and Wayne Alexander used to to go at it online ;) good guys , good times )

Yes, it was the old days of the Boxing Monthly Forum. Hope all is well mate

[kevo]

Saw Souleymane M'baye and Andriy Kotelnik fight to a draw in a tiny old theatre in Liverpool. That’s about it.

I vaguely remember that. Wasn't Kotelnik royally jobbed that night?

I seem to remember thinking that at the time, although this was around 10 years ago, and I was no doubt hammered.

[Stuarty]

Saw Souleymane M'baye and Andriy Kotelnik fight to a draw in a tiny old theatre in Liverpool. That’s about it.

I vaguely remember that. Wasn't Kotelnik royally jobbed that night?

I seem to remember thinking that at the time, although this was around 10 years ago, and I was no doubt hammered.

[Dirk Kelly]

Winky Wright and Sergio Martinez developed over here, interestingly, before taking their slow burn careers to the next level in America. But they weren’t great actually at the time they were here. And I forget which cities...

Didn’t Martinez fight Stone in Bristol?

[banjo]

Saw Souleymane M'baye and Andriy Kotelnik fight to a draw in a tiny old theatre in Liverpool. That’s about it.

I vaguely remember that. Wasn't Kotelnik royally jobbed that night?

I seem to remember thinking that at the time, although this was around 10 years ago, and I was no doubt hammered.

and yes he was jobbed as was John Simpson against Derry Mathews on the same card.

[orbtastic]

Winky Wright and Sergio Martinez developed over here, interestingly, before taking their slow burn careers to the next level in America. But they weren’t great actually at the time they were here. And I forget which cities...

Didn’t Martinez fight Stone in Bristol?

Yeah, he fought Williams twice in the UK too.

I'm trying to think of the best fighter to visit Sheffield, even past prime. Struggling to be honest. Maybe Glenn Johnson.

I'd have said Hearns for Manchester.

Crawford for Glasgow?

Take your pick for London but Ali would be the obvious choice. Going back a bit further, Joey Maxim. Georges Carpentier and probably a few more big names.

[Dirk Kelly]

Winky Wright and Sergio Martinez developed over here, interestingly, before taking their slow burn careers to the next level in America. But they weren’t great actually at the time they were here. And I forget which cities...

Didn’t Martinez fight Stone in Bristol?

Yeah, he fought Williams twice in the UK too.

I'm trying to think of the best fighter to visit Sheffield, even past prime. Struggling to be honest. Maybe Glenn Johnson.

I'd have said Hearns for Manchester.

Crawford for Glasgow?

Take your pick for London but Ali would be the obvious choice. Going back a bit further, Joey Maxim. Georges Carpentier and probably a few more big names.

Spence?

[Dirk Kelly]

Nottingham - Timothy Bradley

[kevo]

I vaguely remember that. Wasn't Kotelnik royally jobbed that night?

I seem to remember thinking that at the time, although this was around 10 years ago, and I was no doubt hammered.

and yes he was jobbed as was John Simpson against Derry Mathews on the same card.

Actually missed that fight. Decided to go to me mates to carry on drinking. Caught the end of it on telly though!

From what I can recall, Matthews deserved to win, but it was that fight which earned him his ‘Dirty’ moniker

[Verdi]

Winky Wright and Sergio Martinez developed over here, interestingly, before taking their slow burn careers to the next level in America. But they weren’t great actually at the time they were here. And I forget which cities...

Didn’t Martinez fight Stone in Bristol?

Yeah, he fought Williams twice in the UK too.

I'm trying to think of the best fighter to visit Sheffield, even past prime. Struggling to be honest. Maybe Glenn Johnson.

I'd have said Hearns for Manchester.

Crawford for Glasgow?

Take your pick for London but Ali would be the obvious choice. Going back a bit further, Joey Maxim. Georges Carpentier and probably a few more big names.

Maybe Spence Jr for Sheffield.

[Loynesy]

Sugar Ray Robinson also fought in London. Gotta be him or Ali.

[Autobarn]

Barrera vs Paul “Livewire Lloyd”, Royal Albert Hall. 1999, when Barrera was rebuilding after losing his WBO 122-pound title to Junior Jones. Before his epic first fight with Morales & the masterclass over Naz and the perfect displays of boxing against Kevin Kelly and Johnny Tapia.


I guess people would also mention Orlando Canizales, a good fighter whom I regard as the most overrated of the late ‘80s/early ‘90s. Canizales barely beat Billy Hardy up North in a very good fight.

[Autobarn]

Santos Laciar v Charlie Magri. Magri won an exciting fight, by a good few rounds. This was one of those ten rounders wher an imported fighter didn’t seem to quite have their best (see Laporte traveling to fight McGuigan). Laciar went on to become an outstanding world champion - holding titles at 112 & 115 -and one of the all time top 10 greats from Argentina.

[bennie]

Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson fought in Belfast, dropping a decision to Richie Wenton in a four-rounder. Joe Frazier fought in London against a surprisingly competitive Joe Bugner.

[Crazyboy]

GGG O2 - v Brook

loved seeing him live for the first time.....

[prewarboxing]

Jack Johnson boxed a 20 rounder in Plymouth, Devon, England.

Freddie Miller a 12 rounder on the Isle of Man. You won't find it in the record books but he beat Tommy Tune of Barnsley on April 12 1938.

[prewarboxing]

Sorry. Just read the opening post saying major fight cities. Woops.

[Arnie.]

Emmanuel Augustus Norwich

[bingobango]

Emmanuel Augustus Norwich

James Toney in prizefighter at the York hall

[brilo33]

Tommy Hearns fought in Manchester and of course Barrera

I was at the Barrera fight and I forgot all about it

Was going to say Barrera too

[ThereByTheGrace]

Lomachenko - london olympics

[Coco]

Southern Area, pick from Hagler, Arguello, Ali or SRR
Midlands Area, Azumah Nelson, Don Curry
Central Area, Hearns, Tyzu, Barrera
Western Area, Sergio Martinez, Jack Johnson
Northern Area, Canizales, Alfonso Gomez
Scottish Area, Tyson, Howard Davis Jnr, Terrance Crawford
N.Irish Area, Sergio Martinez, Donaire
Welsh Area, Kessler, Salvidar, Joseph Parker, Rigo, Kovalev

[orbtastic]

Forgot about DeLeon in Sheffield.

[the truth]

Hagler & Mike Mcallum

[Greg Houston]

Crawford probably is the best for Glasgow in modern times.
Zab Judah boxed there too, beating Junior Witter.