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What world class / world champs have you seen box live?

Posted: 01 May 2016, 18:22
by reggaereggae
And by this I mean future, past and current champs? I was thinking a bout this the other day and it's a lot more than I thought!

- Scott Harrison, losing an early fight against Miguel Mathews on a cut
- Nigel Benn.. Against Lou Gent and Henry Wharton
- Steve Collins (in the same bill against a South African)
- Lennox Lewis against McCall
- Corrie Sanders on the same bill against Ironhead
- Chris Eubank against a South American at Olympia
- Joe Calzaghe against Sheika
- Vinny Paz against Herol Graham

I'll get back with more - but who've you seen? ESP Mike Tyson?

Re: What world class / world champs have you seen box live?

Posted: 01 May 2016, 18:25
by Stuarty
Too many to name but. X

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Posted: 01 May 2016, 18:58
by reggaereggae
- Nikolai Valuev vs Darren Fearn
- Paul Ingle vs Colin McMillan
- Johnny Tapia at York hall
- Ricky Hatton vs Floyd Mayweather
- Jeff Lacy Vs Peter Manfredo (same bill)
- Lloyd Honeyghan vs Kevin Adamson
- David Haye vs Tony Booth (Haye debut)
- Amir Khan bs Paulie Malignaggi
- Vitali Klitschko vs Herbie Hide
- Orlin Norris vs Pele Reid (same bill)

Re: What world class / world champs have you seen box live?

Posted: 01 May 2016, 19:04
by reggaereggae
Robin Reid - Henry Wharton
Naseem Hamed - Billy Hardy
Ronald Wright - Steve Foster
Robbie Regan

Re: What world class / world champs have you seen box live?

Posted: 01 May 2016, 19:36
by josco
Pat mcateer

Re: What world class / world champs have you seen box live?

Posted: 01 May 2016, 22:36
by lefthook82
Anthony Joshua v that Cuban guy in the olympics

Re: What world class / world champs have you seen box live?

Posted: 01 May 2016, 23:50
by magwitch
Barrera .... Khan. Carl Froch.

Re: What world class / world champs have you seen box live?

Posted: 02 May 2016, 00:07
by magwitch
Steve Molitor was bloody good the night he took the IBF belt. Hunter didn’t get turned over like that until that night.

And not the elite level perhaps but Jason Booth boxed brilliantly when he beat Hunter. Booth a little man but he was like a tank.

Re: What world class / world champs have you seen box live?

Posted: 02 May 2016, 02:57
by bigjack
Evander Holyfield
larry holmes
sugar ray leonard
tommy hearns
iran barkley
roger mayweather
bruno
eubank
benn
micheal nunn
gerald mcclellan
vinny pazienza

and many many more.

Re: What world class / world champs have you seen box live?

Posted: 02 May 2016, 03:39
by Mimmy
George Foreman
Thomas Hearns
David Haye
Chris Eubank
George Groves

Re: What world class / world champs have you seen box live?

Posted: 02 May 2016, 04:00
by Stuarty
DeGale
Froch
Calzaghe
Burns
Harrison
Arthur
Naz
Haye
Khan
Witter
Frampton
Brook
Maccarinelli

Probably a lot more but can't think.

Re: What world class / world champs have you seen box live?

Posted: 02 May 2016, 04:08
by Emmseegee
Mayweather
Pacquiao
Hatton
Calzaghe
Khan
Broner
Maidana
Burns
Harrison (Scott not Audley :lol: )
Crolla

Really struggling to remember who was on a lot of the undercard fights on the bigger shows I have attended but there will be some decent names amongst them id imagine such as...
Malinaggi
Collazo
Manfredo Jr :lol:
Joshua

Still hoping to see Frampton at somepoint and want to go to a fight in New York which I havent done. Sadly the timing of the Frampton LSC fight is far too short notice for me.

Re: What world class / world champs have you seen box live?

Posted: 02 May 2016, 04:10
by Syntax Error
Lennox Lewis v Razor Ruddock
Joe Calzaghe v Jeff Lacy
Naseem Hamed v Tom Johnson
David Haye - Jean Marc Mormeck
Mike Tyson -v Julius Francis (not sure if this counts as Tyson was past his best)

Re: What world class / world champs have you seen box live?

Posted: 02 May 2016, 04:21
by Cyclops
Tyson Fury, Carl Froch, David Haye, George Groves, James DeGale, Mikkel Kessler, Nathan Cleverley, Billy Joe Saunders, Enzo Macarinelli, a Anthony Joshua, Micheal Katsidis

On a lower level but still world class I've seen Eubank Jnr, Chisora and Kevin Mitchell all a few times on various stacked undercards/main events. If you watch undercards and don't sit in the bar like a lot of people do you can build up quite a list of past and future world class fighters fairly quickly

There's probably loads more but I just can't remember

I do mind of a time I met a good looking bird at uni I was trying to woo that was into boxing, and telling her we should go and see this young fighter I thought might be going places at York Hall called Kell Brook. Anyway she was washing her hair or something and I didn't go. I regret that one a little bit.

Re: What world class / world champs have you seen box live?

Posted: 02 May 2016, 04:30
by Stuarty
Emmseegee wrote:Mayweather
Pacquiao
Hatton
Calzaghe
Khan
Broner
Maidana
Burns
Harrison (Scott not Audley :lol: )
Crolla

Really struggling to remember who was on a lot of the undercard fights on the bigger shows I have attended but there will be some decent names amongst them id imagine such as...
Malinaggi
Collazo
Manfredo Jr :lol:
Joshua

Still hoping to see Frampton at somepoint and want to go to a fight in New York which I havent done. Sadly the timing of the Frampton LSC fight is far too short notice for me.
Frampton in Belfast is the best atmosphere I've experienced. Different class.

Re: What world class / world champs have you seen box live?

Posted: 02 May 2016, 04:54
by keithmoonhangover
I'm looking forward to Horse's answer.

Re: What world class / world champs have you seen box live?

Posted: 02 May 2016, 04:58
by Supremo
Roman Gonzalez
Juan Manuel Marquez- seen him an Gonzalez in a show in Cancun on 2011 think it was JMM's fight prior to KOing Pacquio
De gale
Froch
Frampton
Bute
Joshua
Burns
Roman Martinez
Terence Crawford
Calum Smith
Scott Harrisson

Re: What world class / world champs have you seen box live?

Posted: 02 May 2016, 04:59
by Stuarty
keithmoonhangover wrote:I'm looking forward to Horse's answer.
I'll be surprised if he's ever attended a fight :maybe:

Re: What world class / world champs have you seen box live?

Posted: 02 May 2016, 05:43
by stujones
The only world championship bill I have been to was Robinson vs Hamed, but actually most of the bill contained at least one fighter who would either be a world champion or contest for a world title.

World champions Naz, Robinson, Jason Matthews and Glenn Catley.
World title challengers - Justin Jukko, Tony Pep, Nicky Piper, Daniel Alicea, Kevin Lueishing.

Also Had Noel Magee (Commonwealth champion) on the bill.

Re: What world class / world champs have you seen box live?

Posted: 02 May 2016, 05:49
by Stuarty
stujones wrote:The only world championship bill I have been to was Robinson vs Hamed, but actually most of the bill contained at least one fighter who would either be a world champion or contest for a world title.

World champions Naz, Robinson, Jason Matthews and Glenn Catley.
World title challengers - Justin Jukko, Tony Pep, Nicky Piper, Daniel Alicea, Kevin Lueishing.

Also Had Noel Magee (Commonwealth champion) on the bill.
Good card. I don't get to as many fights as I'd like. I usually go to a few a year depending in what's on but I enjoy watching on the telly just as much to be honest.

Re: What world class / world champs have you seen box live?

Posted: 02 May 2016, 05:51
by keithmoonhangover
Stuarty30 wrote:
keithmoonhangover wrote:I'm looking forward to Horse's answer.
I'll be surprised if he's ever attended a fight :maybe:
How dare you say such a thing. :OhYes:

Re: What world class / world champs have you seen box live?

Posted: 02 May 2016, 06:35
by Stuarty
keithmoonhangover wrote:
Stuarty30 wrote:
keithmoonhangover wrote:I'm looking forward to Horse's answer.
I'll be surprised if he's ever attended a fight :maybe:
How dare you say such a thing. :OhYes:
I know. That was a bit bitchy for a Monday morning. He's a bit of a pain in the arse but he's a damn fine poster. Sorry Horse :salut:

Re: What world class / world champs have you seen box live?

Posted: 02 May 2016, 06:39
by freddydoesdallas
I can't remember the full list but one that always springs to mind was that after watching a lot of the top British fighters in early 2000s, I saw sharmba Mitchell fight on a Hatton undercard and he stood out a mile from everyone I'd seen movement wise.

Re: What world class / world champs have you seen box live?

Posted: 02 May 2016, 06:43
by Syntax Error
I forgot to say I watched Tommy Hearns live once in Manchester, but he was way past it then.

Re: What world class / world champs have you seen box live?

Posted: 02 May 2016, 06:44
by keithmoonhangover
Stuarty30 wrote:
keithmoonhangover wrote:
Stuarty30 wrote:
I'll be surprised if he's ever attended a fight :maybe:
How dare you say such a thing. :OhYes:
I know. That was a bit bitchy for a Monday morning. He's a bit of a pain in the arse but he's a damn fine poster. Sorry Horse :salut:
It's a bank holiday mate, so it's allowed. I'm at work, but at least I've got some Salesmen to shout out. :evil: