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To citys famous in the Boxing world for producing wonderfull fighters but which town produced the best?

Philadelphia
Which produced the likes of Joe Frazier, Jimmy Young, Tommy Loughran, & Matthew Saad Muhammad amongst many others.


Detroit
Had Joe Louis, Thomas Hearns, Holman Williams, Tom Johnson etc etc.

So which city is the greatest fight fans?

Philly has the best fighters by far, philly fighters are soo good that there are some that u never even heard of bc they were ruined in those notorious sparring wars that Philly is known for. I was at the legendary Blue Horizon on Friday and there is some really good local talent here in Philly...and also to Raheem Zahir, he's a Philly guy also.

Look at the fighters of today that are from Detroit as well.

Mayweather
Byrd
Toney

A few others but these are very good fighters.


Detroit produces the best talent by far.

Grimm wrote:Look at the fighters of today that are from Detroit as well.

Mayweather
Byrd
Toney

A few others but these are very good fighters.


Detroit produces the best talent by far.

I thought the question pertained to cities only not states, not only are they not from Detriot but they dont even train there.

I'll tell ya what, Philly has the edge in terms of prestige and perceptions.
You can ask that question all around the world and Philadelphia gets the nod as the pinnacle of boxing geographics.

I'd say its has to be Philly... so many great fighters from there its untrue!...

Philly just has such a large quanity of fighters, especially from the first fifty years of the 1900s that few could compare to their numbers, except New York of course! Overall I would say Philadelphia as well!

Philly fighters always seem to have a certain mindset as well. In much the same way as Mexican fighters do. They really seem to have been born to fight.

Philly has quantity Detroit has quality.

Grimm wrote:Philly has quantity Detroit has quality.

How can you say Philly doesn't have quality???...... I'd say that Philly beats Detroit for both quantity and quality..... look at the fighters that have come out of Philly...

ShoeShine wrote:Philly has the best fighters by far, philly fighters are soo good that there are some that u never even heard of bc they were ruined in those notorious sparring wars that Philly is known for.

I really wish somebody would write a good book on this subject.

elmersalsa wrote:Philadelphia has more all time greats and world class fighters than any city in the globe.

Just to mention champions like Joe Frazier, Meldrick Taylor, Bernard Hopkins, Jeff Chandler, Tommy Loughran, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, Matthew Saad Muhammad, and great contenders like Gil Turner, Willie Monroe, Bobby Watts, Bennie Briscoe, and many others that I cannot remember because they were many, it's IMPOSSIBLE to see a city that tops Philly.

Yeah, probably the only other city that comes close to Philly is NewYork... but Philly is the main man... too many greats to list!...

Im proud to love boxing and also be from Philly 8) , for this to be a fight town there isnt much talk about boxing here as it use to be, people here mainly talk about the Eagles. I mean you still get a good card at the Blue every month but for all of the history that boxing in philly has it seems to be dieing a little.

ShoeShine wrote:Im proud to love boxing and also be from Philly 8) , for this to be a fight town there isnt much talk about boxing here as it use to be, people here mainly talk about the Eagles. I mean you still get a good card at the Blue every month but for all of the history that boxing in philly has it seems to be dieing a little.

Thats a shame... maybe it'll pick up again. Boxing seems to be indecline everywhere though......

elmersalsa wrote:Philadelphia has more all time greats and world class fighters than any city in the globe.

Just to mention champions like Joe Frazier, Meldrick Taylor, Bernard Hopkins, Jeff Chandler, Tommy Loughran, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, Matthew Saad Muhammad, and great contenders like Gil Turner, Willie Monroe, Bobby Watts, Bennie Briscoe, and many others that I cannot remember because they were many, it's IMPOSSIBLE to see a city that tops Philly.

Since you bring up Jack O' Brien how about a great Detroiter that beat him around the ring for 10 rounds that goes by the name of stanley ketchel.

Leave it to Grimm to bring up all the best of the Motown Maulers and remind us that in fact the question is up for debate. Just when we thought we skunking the Motor City.

Far more great fghters have come out of Philly than Detroit... its a mathematical fact!... 8)

silkov wrote:Far more great fghters have come out of Philly than Detroit... its a mathematical fact!... 8)

Shut up you don't even know where those places are.

What about the greatest heavyweight of all time.

Joe Louis.

No one that came out of Philly was even close to his greatness.

ShoeShine wrote:

Grimm wrote:Look at the fighters of today that are from Detroit as well.

Mayweather
Byrd
Toney

A few others but these are very good fighters.


Detroit produces the best talent by far.

I thought the question pertained to cities only not states, not only are they not from Detriot but they dont even train there.

Toney and Byrd are.

I don't care what they're listed as they came from here.

BoxBuzz wrote:I'll tell ya what, Philly has the edge in terms of prestige and perceptions.
You can ask that question all around the world and Philadelphia gets the nod as the pinnacle of boxing geographics.

As a Mexican I have to say Philadelphia is the pinnacle of boxing geographics in the U.S. More so than Detroit. Philadelphia has always had at least one great fighter in the last 4 decades. So my vote goes to Philadelphia. Although currently i'd have to say Detroit has a few greats.

Grimm wrote:

silkov wrote:Far more great fghters have come out of Philly than Detroit... its a mathematical fact!... 8)

Shut up you don't even know where those places are.

Do you always stoop to insults when your views on the world are challenged?. You can't have much confidence in them......

vagabundo55 wrote:

BoxBuzz wrote:I'll tell ya what, Philly has the edge in terms of prestige and perceptions.
You can ask that question all around the world and Philadelphia gets the nod as the pinnacle of boxing geographics.

As a Mexican I have to say Philadelphia is the pinnacle of boxing geographics in the U.S. More so than Detroit. Philadelphia has always had at least one great fighter in the last 4 decades. So my vote goes to Philadelphia. Although currently i'd have to say Detroit has a few greats.

Ofcourse great fighters have come out of Detroit but more have come out of Philly... far more... you only need to go through the lists of champions to see that.
After Philly I'd put NewYork.

Byrd did not grow up nor train in the Detroit school of boxing.

He was born and started his career in the city of Flint. Same state, different place.

Toney on the other hand did not grow up in Detroit but learned boxing in Detroit gyms, thus you could call him a Detroit fighter.