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Over the years many great & not so great fighters have had sons who have followed them into boxing with mixed results?

Who do you think is the best father/son boxing combination, in terms of achievement & impact etc.

The achievements don't have to be a 50/50 split so to speak, like for example you could choose Bob & Tony Foster, where Bob was an ATG light-heavy champ but son Tony did very little or in reverse, you could opt for Roy Jones & Roy Jones Jr, where daddy Roy is little known, but baby Roy is arguably the most naturally gifted fighter ever.

In these cases, one of the combatants achieved enough for both of them.

I'm going to be a little more conventional & vote for Floyd & Tracy Patterson.

Both had decent careers & achieved a lot, despite limitations.

Joe and Marvis Frazier for me.

Buster Douglas + father
Ray Mancini +father
At British level Brian London + father Jack London

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and I forgot Leon and Cory Spinks.

J

Harold Johnson & father, both KO'd by the Ol' Mongoose...
Julio Ceasar Chavez & Son
Hector Camacho & Son

on a lesser note Albert Rea, Scotland 1930s & son Bernie Rea, Scotland 1960s...must be many more especially among the lesser known fighters.

British, Mexican & South American fighters, didn't Coetzee's father fight too?

Jim "Spider" Kelly won the British and Commonwealth titles in the 1930s
His son Billy "Spider" Kelly won the Commonwealth title in the 50s ...and probably deserved to win the British title as well, losing to Charlie Hill by a hotly disputed verdict that led to a massive riot.

The McCormack clan from Dublin were also quite capable, though the sons John "Young" McCormack (British Lt Heavy champ) and Pat (British Light Welter champ) were much better (at least IN the ring!) than the father, the legendary Dublin "character" Spike McCormack.

Of course Bernard Dunne, the current hot fighter in Ireland is the son of a leading amateur fighter Brendan dunne, who won several national titles, but I don't think he boxed as a pro (?). Likewise Billy Schwer's dad was a very good (international level) amateur.

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The Guty Espada's.

John Montes Sr. and his sons, Herman & John Jr.

Going way back to the bare-knuckle days here - Barney Aaron and his son Young Barney Aaron.
Both of them are in the IBHOF.

-KOKid-

Tony Mundine and Anthony Mundine come to mind.

..jimglen...it was jersey joe walcott who kayoed both harold johnson and his father.......unless archie did it too...which i've never heard. if so, please confirm. thank you.


and to those who think i am more of an antique than i am, i saw the walcott/johnson SON fight..on tv...not the one with the father....

Floyd Mayweather
and
Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Nuff said

Marcel Cerdan and his son was a good combination; though albiet his son never really fought any big name opponents and never really fought outside of France, but he had a good record.

sorry Jaclem, it was Walcott,

I was thinking Walcott but wrote Moore, easy done though as Moore fought EVERYBODY...wouldn't it be nice if fighters today HAD to fight every 2 months, Champions defending (at least twice in the year), and Contenders in elimination bouts. After all their fighters, it's what they chose to do for a living, it's supposed to be their 'trade' and what they get payed for...by the 'paying' public. Is that asking too much?

Eric "Butterbean" Esch and Brandon "Babybean" Esch

sam and gerry story

1southpaw wrote:sam and gerry story

the pic above that gsm posted, did you see those boys in the Tavern as well? not fighting eachother but it was as a group of dutch fighters that come over? Im sure it was them two in the group...

~ MIKEE ~ wrote:

1southpaw wrote:sam and gerry story

the pic above that gsm posted, did you see those boys in the Tavern as well? not fighting eachother but it was as a group of dutch fighters that come over? Im sure it was them two in the group...

no but id rather feed them for a week than a fortnight

1southpaw wrote:

~ MIKEE ~ wrote:

1southpaw wrote:sam and gerry story

the pic above that gsm posted, did you see those boys in the Tavern as well? not fighting eachother but it was as a group of dutch fighters that come over? Im sure it was them two in the group...

no but id rather feed them for a week than a fortnight

we can get the dad to go aginst hatton in the guiness stakes i reckon

generic screen name wrote:
Nuff said

would father/son brothers or sisters be able to box in britian is there a rule that would stop it

I'm not sure what the best father/son combo would be although the Mayweathers come to mind. But there is no doubt that Muhammad and Laila Ali are the best father/daughter combo of all time. :)

PS Oh come on guys! It's okay to joke around sometimes.

tagjohnson wrote:I'm not sure what the best father/son combo would be although the Mayweathers come to mind. But there is no doubt that Muhammad and Laila Ali are the best father/daughter combo of all time. :)

PS Oh come on guys! It's okay to joke around sometimes.

Muhammad & Laila, you can't beat that!!!! :P

You're right about the Mayweathers, they must be up there for the best boxing dynasty.