Greatest Fighters From Your Town/City

The city has too many, but the side of town I grew up in: Famous (more recent) Oscar de la hoya Genaro hernandez Chris Arreola Paul gonzales Frankie gomez Sergio mora Some old timers: Raul rojas Art aragon Alberto davila Arturo frias Joe rivers Not so famous Javier molina Shawn estrada Carlos molina Ties (lived at one point,.have family, spent time there): Bert Colima Jesse vargas Bobby chacon Mando Ramos I'm sure I missed a few....most of us actually went to Roosevelt high school, a few in there from garfield.

Vinny Pazienza Harold "Chubby" Gomes Miguel Cotto was born in Providence but I don't think we can claim him. Lots of other very good but lower tier fighters from the area.

Currently from New Haven Ct. are Chad Dawson and Tremaine "Midget" Williams Back in the late 70's there was a heavyweight named Kenny Schmidt who fought on the under cards to Marlon Starling. Far back were the Compo's Eddie & Johnny along with George Fitch, Nathan Mann, Tony Gillo, Kid Chocolate. Just prior to retiring Gaspar "El Indio" Ortega moved to New Haven were he still resides to this day. His son Mike is a well established referee that works world wide now. On the amateur side my son was a 5 time State champ, 5 time Regional champ and 3 time National Champ. Probably one of the most decorated amateur from the state. New Haven was a fight town in the 20's through the 60's and then was revived in the late 70's into the mid 80's. The old New Haven Arena was the home of pro boxing back in the day. Ray

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/James_%22Quick%22_Tillis-_The_Fighting_Cowboy.jpg/800px-James_%22Quick%22_Tillis-_The_Fighting_Cowboy.jpg The fighting cowboy, James "Quick" Tillis! Allan Green too. Both went to my High School.

Saying Hearns is from Memphis is like saying Jordan is from Brooklyn You mean Jay-Z lied when he said Jordan was from Brooklyn :lol1::lol1::lol1:

Past fighter: Mike Tyson current fighter: Amir Imam

James Braddock Glen Tapia :lol1: Joe Walcott Oh duh Hagler was from NJ wasn't he?

Memphis,Tenn=Tommy Hearns

brian castaño is from a isidro casanova, my neighborhood.