Pick a city (any country) and name its 3 best fighters all time

[1SILVA]

Pick a city and name its all time 3 best fighters. I suspect this thread may cause some debate when it gets to certain cities like Brooklyn, L.A., Detroit, and others.

I'll start with Pittsburgh.

1. Harry Greb
2. Billy Conn
3. Charley Burley

No doubt in my mind Greb is the greatest fighter this city ever produced, but I am really up in the air about Conn and Burley. I rate both very high all time and give a slight edge to Conn based on my opinion he would win a close head to head fight at their respective best.

Feel free to debate this and name some cities and fighters of your own.

Jacksonville, FL
Nate Campbell
Ray Mercer
Corey Wallace

[1SILVA]

Pick a city and name its all time 3 best fighters. I suspect this thread may cause some debate when it gets to certain cities like Brooklyn, L.A., Detroit, and others.

I'll start with Pittsburgh.

1. Harry Greb
2. Billy Conn
3. Charley Burley

No doubt in my mind Greb is the greatest fighter this city ever produced, but I am really up in the air about Conn and Burley. I rate both very high all time and give a slight edge to Conn based on my opinion he would win a close head to head fight at their respective best.

Feel free to debate this and name some cities and fighters of your own.

Hartford, CT
Willie Pep
Marlon Starling
Chad Dawson

[DeepSleep]

Cleveland, Ohio
Joey Maxim
Lloyd Marshall
Jimmy Bivins
Johnny Kilbane

I can't decide what three to pick.

Buffalo, NY
Jimmy Slattery
Rocky Kansas
Tommy Paul

To be honest I have never seen any of these Buffalo guys above and don’t know a ton about them. Most of the old fighters/trainers in the area regard them along with George Nichols as the best fighter's from the city and it's never questioned so I'll keep parroting what I have heard since I was a little kid.

[JAB5239]

Cleveland, Ohio
Joey Maxim
Lloyd Marshall
Jimmy Bivins
Johnny Kilbane

I can't decide what three to pick.

Buffalo, NY
Jimmy Slattery
Rocky Kansas
Tommy Paul

To be honest I have never seen any of these guys above and don’t know a ton about them. Most of the old fighters/trainers in the area regard them along with George Nichols as the best fighter's from the city and it's never questioned so I'll keep parroting what I have heard since I was a little kid.

All the guys I put in bold were excellent fighters. Can't say I know of Tommy Paul though.

[DeepSleep]

All the guys I put in bold were excellent fighters. Can't say I know of Tommy Paul though.

I guess I should clarify that a bit. I have seen Maxim, Marshall and Bivins. I haven't seen any videos of the Buffalo fighter's though, all I have to rely on about them is stories from old-timers from the gyms I have been to.

[JAB5239]

I guess I should clarify that a bit. I have seen Maxim, Marshall and Bivins. I haven't seen any videos of the Buffalo fighter's though, all I have to rely on about them is stories from old-timers from the gyms I have been to.

I haven't seen Slattery or Kansas fight, but if you do a little research and go over their records (as well as old time testimony) you can get an idea just who good they were. Im almost positive both are in the IBHOF.

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I haven't seen Slattery or Kansas fight, but if you do a little research and go over their records (as well as old time testimony) you can get an idea just who good they were. Im almost positive both are in the IBHOF.

Chicago
Barney Ross
Jimmy Barry
Montell Griffin

[CCobra]

Grand Rapids Michigan.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Tony Tucker
Buster Mathis

No love for James Toney?

[Frank Martin]

from Philladelphia, Pennsylvania:

Joe Frazier
Bernard Hopkins
Benny Bass

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All the guys I put in bold were excellent fighters. Can't say I know of Tommy Paul though.

Can someone explain to me how Bivins never received a shot at the Heavyweight title or Light Heavyweight title? I remember an article in Ring magazine proclaiming him the unofficial champ when Louis was at war, and he beat Ezzard Charles, Lloyd marshall and Archie Moore, yet no title shots. Unbelievable!!!!!!!