I've got:
Danny Williams (Brixton)
Howard Eastman (Battersea)
Anthony Small (Deptford)
David Haye (Bermondsey)
Julius Francis (Peckham)
Henry Cooper (Lewisham)
Henry Akinwande (Walworth)
Plenty more from the rest of London, i.e Lennox, Bruno, but i am including only my immediate areas in South London.
sorry Eddie Croft (former top featherweight contender, kickboxing champion)
I actually met and wrote a story on Eddie Croft. He went to my junior college years ago. He's a great guy. He's still training fighters out of San Carlos/San Mateo area. Nice to see that someone remembers him. He fought some hall of famers in his day - Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales.
Tyrel Biggs
Charles brewer
Steve Cunningham
Eric Harding
Sonny Liston
Tommy Loughran
Mathew Saad Muhammad
Dwight Muhammad Qawi
David Read
Meldrick Taylor
Angelo Dundee (most famous trainer)
Joe Frazier
bernard hopkins
A lot more, but these are only a fraction.
We run shit my dude :fing02:
Tyrel Biggs
Charles brewer
Steve Cunningham
Eric Harding
Sonny Liston
Tommy Loughran
Mathew Saad Muhammad
Dwight Muhammad Qawi
David Read
Meldrick Taylor
Angelo Dundee (most famous trainer)
Joe Frazier
bernard hopkins
A lot more, but these are only a fraction.
From the Bay-Area CA
Anna Julaton
Glen & Nonito Donaire
Andre ward
Ghost Guerrero
Luisito Espinosa also lives now in Daly City.
From The Rizal Province philippines
Bernabe Concepcion
I'm from Philly :lol1:......if I wrote down ALL the fighters from my city it might take a few pages....Real Talk!!.......so I'll just mention the fighters from the part of Philly I'm from......which is North Philly!!
Bernard Hopkins
Meldrick Taylor
James Schuler
Bobby "Boogaloo" Watts
David Reid
Eric Harding
Rasheem Jefferson
George Benton
Tyrell Biggs
Charles Brewer
Ivan Robinson
Najai Turpin
Willie "The Worm" Monroe
Joe Frazier
Marvis Frazier
Demetrius Hopkins
thats enough!!......thats JUST NORTH Philly!!
and none of them really won the big major fights :nonono:
Detroit produces a lot of athletes that cant perform when it gets tough
(hearns, chris webber, jalen rose)
Im from Daly City,Ca. It's a couple miles south of San Francisco. Here's a list of some boxers the Bay Area has produced.
Pat Valentino (San Francisco - fought Ezzard Charles for the Heavyweight title in 1949. He lost by 8th round KO. Also drew twice with former light heavyweight Champ Joey Maxim.)
"Irish" Pat Lawlor (San Francisco - Fought and beat Roberto Duran and Wilfredo Benitez, both of whome were well passed their prime. Notable losses have come to John David Jackson, Terry Norris, Hector Camacho, Joe Calzagh, Vinny Paz and Librado Andrade.
James J. Corbett (San Francisco - Knocked out John L. Sullivan in the 21st round to claim the Heavywieght title in 1892. Was later knocked out by Bob Fitzsimmons for the crown in 1897. He later challened the man Jack Johnson conquered, James Jeffries, in 1900, but lost in the 23rd round. He landed a return bout with Jeffries three years later, but lost in 10 by tko.)
*More to come