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Re: your favourite foriegn fighter who never won a world title

Posted: 10 Mar 2024, 15:40
by Controversial
Bert Cooper

Re: your favourite foriegn fighter who never won a world title

Posted: 10 Mar 2024, 16:09
by The Gratest
I liked watching Oba Carr.
Shit out of luck that his challenges for world titles came against Ike Quartey, De La Hoya and Trinidad :KO:

Re: your favourite foriegn fighter who never won a world title

Posted: 10 Mar 2024, 16:30
by wrighty
Avtandil Khurtsidze though he was IBO champion. He could whack and was relentless. I fancied seeing him Vs GGG

Re: your favourite foriegn fighter who never won a world title

Posted: 10 Mar 2024, 17:12
by Fray Bentos
Bernard Taylor
Howard Davis Jr

Re: your favourite foriegn fighter who never won a world title

Posted: 10 Mar 2024, 17:59
by SeanBrennan
wrighty wrote: 10 Mar 2024, 16:30 Avtandil Khurtsidze though he was IBO champion. He could whack and was relentless. I fancied seeing him Vs GGG
good shout, think he is going to fight again now he is out. Remember his stopping the tall Brit for the interim title

Re: your favourite foriegn fighter who never won a world title

Posted: 10 Mar 2024, 18:13
by margaret thatcher
khurtsidze was a wild man, genuinely scary dangerous guy despite being a hobbit. before stopping langford he did a beat down on a hyped american prospect

Re: your favourite foriegn fighter who never won a world title

Posted: 10 Mar 2024, 18:16
by SeanBrennan
margaret thatcher wrote: 10 Mar 2024, 18:13 khurtsidze was a wild man, genuinely scary dangerous guy despite being a hobbit
deffo, good to watch too. Boxing King Media did a great interview with him

Re: your favourite foriegn fighter who never won a world title

Posted: 10 Mar 2024, 18:18
by margaret thatcher
he kinda looks like a condensed, more twisted kovalev :lol:

Re: your favourite foriegn fighter who never won a world title

Posted: 10 Mar 2024, 18:23
by wrighty
I have a feeling he would have given Billy a run for his money if Billy wasn't switched on. He absolutely gave it to Langford who wasn't bad

Re: your favourite foriegn fighter who never won a world title

Posted: 10 Mar 2024, 18:24
by SeanBrennan
wrighty wrote: 10 Mar 2024, 18:23 I have a feeling he would have given Billy a run for his money if Billy wasn't switched on. He absolutely gave it to Langford who wasn't bad
he did, I think he might fight again

Re: your favourite foriegn fighter who never won a world title

Posted: 10 Mar 2024, 18:24
by SeanBrennan
Leonard Bundu another good one

Re: your favourite foriegn fighter who never won a world title

Posted: 10 Mar 2024, 19:12
by wrighty
SeanBrennan wrote: 10 Mar 2024, 18:24 Leonard Bundu another good one
Yeah he was good, Jackson Bonsu was ok. I really rated Yuri Romanov. He looked class in beating Thaxton,

Re: your favourite foriegn fighter who never won a world title

Posted: 10 Mar 2024, 19:12
by wrighty
Khurtsidze looked like a baddie from the Daredevil TV series

Re: your favourite foriegn fighter who never won a world title

Posted: 10 Mar 2024, 19:21
by SeanBrennan
wrighty wrote: 10 Mar 2024, 19:12
SeanBrennan wrote: 10 Mar 2024, 18:24 Leonard Bundu another good one
Yeah he was good, Jackson Bonsu was ok. I really rated Yuri Romanov. He looked class in beating Thaxton,
good shout

Re: your favourite foriegn fighter who never won a world title

Posted: 11 Mar 2024, 02:32
by Taansend
jlh wrote: 10 Mar 2024, 14:35 Got to go with Michael Katsidis... Was a massive fan following the Graham Earl War and had some dedent wins but could never get to a full world champion. Think I heard he got himself involved in drugs later in his life which is a shame
I had no idea. Just went down a rabbit hole researching his brothers death & his spiral into drug use & prison sentence, Very sad.

Re: your favourite foriegn fighter who never won a world title

Posted: 11 Mar 2024, 07:14
by olij999
Love Allotey
Floyd Robertson
Roy Ankrah

In about three years' time, I should have a book on them and a few more globetrotting Ghanaians from 1950s to early 1970s who paved the way for David Poison Kotey and Azumah Nelson. What those guys went through is ridiculous. Will post a bit more about it in a few months.

Re: your favourite foriegn fighter who never won a world title

Posted: 11 Mar 2024, 07:22
by dookus
olij999 wrote: 11 Mar 2024, 07:14 Love Allotey
Floyd Robertson
Roy Ankrah

In about three years' time, I should have a book on them and a few more globetrotting Ghanaians from 1950s to early 1970s who paved the way for David Poison Kotey and Azumah Nelson. What those guys went through is ridiculous. Will post a bit more about it in a few months.
:TU: look forward to it!

Re: your favourite foriegn fighter who never won a world title

Posted: 11 Mar 2024, 09:17
by Spud
Micky Ward

I remember going to his fight with Shea Neary in London.

He was a tough un

Re: your favourite foriegn fighter who never won a world title

Posted: 11 Mar 2024, 10:36
by jameswilson
On the subject of boxers who look like people you wouldn’t dare f yck with.

Sergei Khomitsky.

Knocked Adam Etches into next week. Screamed at the crowd. Needless to say nobody from the crowd jumped up to call him a c unt.

Re: your favourite foriegn fighter who never won a world title

Posted: 11 Mar 2024, 14:55
by THEBUTCH
I'm liking Fray Bentos' shout....Bernard Taylor :OhYes:

A wonderfully skilled boxer. Possibly Barry McGuigan's best win.

Re: your favourite foriegn fighter who never won a world title

Posted: 11 Mar 2024, 15:09
by KiwiRider
gregregegg wrote: 09 Mar 2024, 21:31Tua.
:yay:
Not foreign to me, but definitely a shout to the Tuaman.
Truly a wonderful man, probably too nice for the evils of the boxing game, and Kevin 'bloody' Barry.

Re: your favourite foriegn fighter who never won a world title

Posted: 11 Mar 2024, 16:21
by MightyWarrior
olij999 wrote: 11 Mar 2024, 07:14 Love Allotey
Floyd Robertson
Roy Ankrah

In about three years' time, I should have a book on them and a few more globetrotting Ghanaians from 1950s to early 1970s who paved the way for David Poison Kotey and Azumah Nelson. What those guys went through is ridiculous. Will post a bit more about it in a few months.
Make sure you don’t use the phrase, teak tough

Re: your favourite foriegn fighter who never won a world title

Posted: 11 Mar 2024, 16:22
by MightyWarrior
KiwiRider wrote: 11 Mar 2024, 15:09
gregregegg wrote: 09 Mar 2024, 21:31Tua.
:yay:
Not foreign to me, but definitely a shout to the Tuaman.
Truly a wonderful man, probably too nice for the evils of the boxing game, and Kevin 'bloody' Barry.
Yes, but wasn’t very nice the way he took out John Ruiz :lol:

Re: your favourite foriegn fighter who never won a world title

Posted: 11 Mar 2024, 16:45
by SeanBrennan
wrighty wrote: 10 Mar 2024, 19:12
SeanBrennan wrote: 10 Mar 2024, 18:24 Leonard Bundu another good one
Yeah he was good, Jackson Bonsu was ok. I really rated Yuri Romanov. He looked class in beating Thaxton,
Romanov, there is a good blast from the past. He retired young (31), anyone know why? Had 3 years off after Thaxton fight too.

Re: your favourite foriegn fighter who never won a world title

Posted: 11 Mar 2024, 16:47
by SeanBrennan
KiwiRider wrote: 11 Mar 2024, 15:09
gregregegg wrote: 09 Mar 2024, 21:31Tua.
:yay:
Not foreign to me, but definitely a shout to the Tuaman.
Truly a wonderful man, probably too nice for the evils of the boxing game, and Kevin 'bloody' Barry.
loved one of him, freakish punching power. And not tall yet could spark people half a foot taller than him. Good am too, medalled at Worlds and Olympics whilst still a teenager. Hope he's doing well now.