Where is the Capital of British Boxing these days ?

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Where is the Capital of British Boxing these days ?

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Manchester
London
Cardiff
Glasgow
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not been a world title fight in london for a while
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Manchester has taken over has it ?
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Post by Phenomenal-Nutrition »

viciousmaussa wrote:not been a world title fight in london for a while
Are wetalking hosting or development?

Manchester/North West - Hatton, John Murray, Amir Khan
Sheffield - Witter, Woods, Nelson
London - Williams, Skeleton, Audley, Sprott, Haye, Cook, Alexander, Earl, Mitchell
Wales (ok not a city) - Calazage, Mac
Scotland - Harrison, Arthur, Anderson
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York Hall and Ally Pally are still the spiritual home of British boxing, you cannot beat the atmosphere of those venues.
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Hartlepool... World title fight soon 8) :lol: :lol:
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Razor wrote:Hartlepool... World title fight soon 8) :lol: :lol:
and soon lose the world title if he gets the balls to fight Bernard Dunne!
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Re: Where is the Capital of British Boxing these days ?

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Evander wrote:Manchester
London
Cardiff
Glasgow
Vegas :TU:
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liverpool has produced a lot of goot ametres of late, this may well be because they have a boxing coordinater there or because the irish are violent... I wouldn't like to say.
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josh fg wrote:liverpool has produced a lot of goot ametres of late, this may well be because they have a boxing coordinater there or because the irish are violent... I wouldn't like to say.
At least we can spell. :box:
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sligobhoy67 wrote:
Razor wrote:Hartlepool... World title fight soon 8) :lol: :lol:
and soon lose the world title if he gets the balls to fight Bernard Dunne!
Dunne's record sucks, don't know how he's a threat to Hunter?
liverpool has produced a lot of goot ametres of late, this may well be because they have a boxing coordinater there or because the irish are violent... I wouldn't like to say.
There used to be alot of good pros in the old days too and some world challengers. :box:

Still not bad though, two english champs and top 5 at light middle domestically.
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Terence wrote:Don't forget Andy Morris, Jamie Moore, Matthew Macklin and Steven Foster mate :TU: They're just as good as Murray and four of the above are squaring off to take that next step-up!
Last time I spoke to Macklin, he still had his Brummie accent :wink: but I know what you mean - he went up to Manc land because he wanted the best gym/trainer/sparring he could found and I think he found a great set uo at Pheonix camp.

Manchester gets my vote as the countrys prem fight town, followed by London and Sheffield.

What happened to the good ole days, when Eubank and Benn and the like fought at the NEC...*sob sob sniff* :cry:
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Evander wrote:Manchester has taken over has it ?
Yes!!!!!! 8) :TU:
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Where Is The Capital Of British Boxing These Days?

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Last time I checked, Matt Skelton came from Bedford, not London. :)
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stujones wrote:York Hall and Ally Pally are still the spiritual home of British boxing, you cannot beat the atmosphere of those venues.
York Hall does have quite the atmosphere. Was there for the second Francis/Holden fight. I must say you Brits know how to cheer at your sporting events. What is Ally Pally?
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RobD wrote:
stujones wrote:What is Ally Pally?
Alexander Palace - nr Muswell Hill North London.
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