Greatest Jamaican boxers

[TheGreatA]

I'd have to say that Brown was possibly even better than Johnson, despite Johnson being one of my favorites and having some big names on his resume. Unfortunately Brown is mostly known for punching in his sleep after being KO'd by Pettaway while past his true prime but that just shows what a warrior he was...

I believe he was pound for pound ranked until McGirt defeated him and ended his 3 year welterweight reign which included 8 title defenses and unification of the IBF and WBC titles. He then went up in weight, knocked out Terry Norris in 4 rounds and later worked his way to two unsuccessful middleweight title shots.

If Johnson manages to beat Dawson in their rematch though, that would be huge for him.

[PRPOWERPUNCHES]

no. his mother, came to england from jamaica were she had lennox with a englishman. he was married and was never part of lennox' life. lennox moved to canada when he was about 8-14, something like that. point is he lived in england for a while. he started boxing in canada after getting in trouble at school, fighting. and later represented them in the olympics, when he turned pro he moved back to england since there was more money, big fights, promotion etc.

Yo, your telling me Lennox fought for Canada in the Olympics?


Ok,

[TheGreatA]

Yo, your telling me Lennox fought for Canada in the Olympics?


Ok,

He did. .

[PRPOWERPUNCHES]

He did. .

The following year Lewis represented Canada at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles at the age of 18.


I stand corrected.

[oldgringo]

I'd have to say that Brown was possibly even better than Johnson, despite Johnson being one of my favorites and having some big names on his resume. Unfortunately Brown is mostly known for punching in his sleep after being KO'd by Pettaway while past his true prime but that just shows what a warrior he was...

I believe he was pound for pound ranked until McGirt defeated him and ended his 3 year welterweight reign which included 8 title defenses and unification of the IBF and WBC titles. He then went up in weight, knocked out Terry Norris in 4 rounds and later worked his way to two unsuccessful middleweight title shots.

If Johnson manages to beat Dawson in their rematch though, that would be huge for him.

Yeah often regarded as the best performance of McGirt's career....rightfully so too. Buddy gave another great one when he exacted revenge on Frank Warren in their second fight too. Such an underrated fight.

The Pettway shot was savage.

[TheGreatA]

Yeah he was a rugged dude. I wonder how he'd fare in todays Welterweight picture. He could be out boxed (McGirt, Norris II, Starling), but he did pretty well when he was exchanging power shots with his opponents. I guess the Starling fight was something of a 'boy vs. man' situation too.

The funny thing is that McGirt outboxed Brown rather easily while Meldrick Taylor dominated McGirt, but I'd give Brown a decent chance of winning against Taylor.

[Roger Mellie]

Simon Brown.

[Dynamite Kid]

I'd have to say that Brown was possibly even better than Johnson, despite Johnson being one of my favorites and having some big names on his resume. Unfortunately Brown is mostly known for punching in his sleep after being KO'd by Pettaway while past his true prime but that just shows what a warrior he was...

I believe he was pound for pound ranked until McGirt defeated him and ended his 3 year welterweight reign which included 8 title defenses and unification of the IBF and WBC titles. He then went up in weight, knocked out Terry Norris in 4 rounds and later worked his way to two unsuccessful middleweight title shots.

If Johnson manages to beat Dawson in their rematch though, that would be huge for him.

Brown also scored a come from behind KO of his mate Maurice Blocker.

[oldgringo]

The funny thing is that McGirt outboxed Brown rather easily while Meldrick Taylor dominated McGirt, but I'd give Brown a decent chance of winning against Taylor.

Yeah, Brown would possibly be too big for Mel, although Mel did manage to beat another big, rugged Welterweight in Aaron Davis.

I would have liked to see Davis/Brown in their primes. Too bad their fight happened when both guys were well past it.

[Dynamite Kid]

The funny thing is that McGirt outboxed Brown rather easily while Meldrick Taylor dominated McGirt, but I'd give Brown a decent chance of winning against Taylor.

Yeah Buddy was a good fighter.

Taylor was just too quick for Buddy imo.

He gave Pea a good fight 1st time around but got dominated second time.