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I remember reading about 4 years ago in Boxing News about a fight in I think Thailand were there was a fight between two brothers, I think the elder brother won in about 6 rounds. I can't recall any other information.

But this got me thinking, has there been any other fights were relatives have boxed each other?

I know there has been many exhibitions between relatives such as Rocky Marciano and his brother but I was wondering have relatives ever fought in a full on fight?

Any info fight fans?

Ron and Reg Kray fought for money in a boxing booth once.

Haven't really heard of any proffesional contest. Of course its happened in toughman shows.

Plenty of best mates have faught each other though - Maurice Blocker vs Simon Brown springs to mind.

EARLY ARTICLES ABOUT FORMER CHAMP LAURO SALAS STATED THAT HE HAD STARTED BOXING WHEN HE SUBSTITUTED FOR A FIGHTER THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO FIGHT HIS OLDER BROTHER, THEN LAURO PROCEEDED TO ANGER HIS FATHER BY STOPPING HIS BRO IN THE FIRST ROUND. WHETHER THE STORY IS TRUE OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW. IT COULD BE A PR PIECE TO GET SOME NEWSPAPER INK.

KOJOE90 wrote:I remember reading about 4 years ago in Boxing News about a fight in I think Thailand were there was a fight between two brothers, I think the elder brother won in about 6 rounds. I can't recall any other information.

But this got me thinking, has there been any other fights were relatives have boxed each other?

I know there has been many exhibitions between relatives such as Rocky Marciano and his brother but I was wondering have relatives ever fought in a full on fight?

Any info fight fans?

Husuo Eguchi vs Katsuaki Eguchi at straweight (Tokyo, 1993)

Not fights, but the Finnegan brothers, Chris and Kevin, used to beat the hell out of each other in sparring. I believe Jerry and Mike Quarry used to do the same thing.

Marty and Eric Jakubowski fought each other as pros.

My late uncle, Paul Negri, a San Francisco boxer (1907-1993), used to fight his brother, Frank Negri, who fought under the name of Frankie Thomas, and their other brothers, Rocco Negri and Dummy Thomas. This was in the late 1920's-early 1930's.

It does seem strange.

It's very rare for brothers to fight each other in a legit fight. Marciano's brother fought under an alias, so that one was kind of shady.
I don't know if other brother pairs ever squared off. Did Leon Spinks ever spar with Michael? If so, I imagine Mike kicked his ass. I don't think Muhammad Ali ever got in the ring with Rahman. Ray Leonard had brother Roger and cousin Odell to take on. Don't know if they ever did in the gym. I know Marvin Hagler squared off with half-brother Robbie Simms in training. How about Kaokor and Kaosai Galaxy? Or Gaby and Orlando Canizales?

crooked nose wrote:I Did Leon Spinks ever spar with Michael? If so, I imagine Mike kicked his ass.

I don't know if the Spinks brothers ever sparred with each other.

But as for who would have come out on top, I think that all depends on when the sparring occured. As amateurs I would heavily favour the older Leon as he was bigger, stronger and had a much higher workrate. At that time the heat and pressure would have been to much for the younger, smaller Michael.

During the Olympic trails and Box-Offs etc many experts saw Leon as the better prospect.

From about 1980 onwards I would favoure Michael, by then Leon was still dangerous but starting to fade mostly due to lack of dedication and wayward lifstyle. Buy then Michael had physically grown and matured and perfected his awkward 'herky jerky' style.

For various reasons but mostly mental, Michael improved as a profesional a great deal whereas Leon basically stayed the same fighter.

I agree, mate. The Leon who dealt to Sixto Soria in the Olympics would have more than held his own with Michael.

Having said that, Michael came into his own as a pro and is up there with the best ever at 175.................. and there's been a lot of great champs in that division.

It'll never happen but imagine Wladmir vs Vitali Klitschko for the world heavyweight title.

What a draw that'd be. It'll never happen though.

I just read that Lamon Brewster and Chris Byrd (IBF heavyweight champ) are cousins. A possible match is not unlikely given the topsy turvy status of the heavyweight scene!
Its at the end of this article on secondsout.com
http://www.secondsout.com/USA/news.cfm?ccs=229&cs=16422

Never knew the internet existed in 2002

khaya14 wrote: ↑16 May 2020, 17:42 Never knew the internet existed in 2002

Yep. Electricity was discovered the year before.

khaya14 wrote: ↑16 May 2020, 17:42 Never knew the internet existed in 2002

And your point is?

Miles Templeton

Pinklon Thomas and Mike Weaver were inlaws i think through a cousin?

Surprised nobody mentioned the epic clash between Harry Duiven Jr who knocked out his father Harry Duiven Sr!

https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Harry_Duiven_Jr.

steve689 wrote: ↑22 May 2020, 13:46 Surprised nobody mentioned the epic clash between Harry Duiven Jr who knocked out his father Harry Duiven Sr!

https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Harry_Duiven_Jr.

Well most posts in this thread were made before that fight happened

plus not sure many dudes in this section follow boxing from 2006 on lol

steve689 wrote: ↑22 May 2020, 13:46 Surprised nobody mentioned the epic clash between Harry Duiven Jr who knocked out his father Harry Duiven Sr!

https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Harry_Duiven_Jr.

Thank you. I was trying to remember who this was!