Some very good British/Irish fighters, of the last 25-30 years

[Kimmy]

Oh, what a tosser.

But Mugabi shut him up, Gary had a long sleep after that sparring session.

C`mon, he fought Eubank. To grace the ring with such a legend...that must deserve something?

[JuicyJuice]

C`mon, he fought Eubank. To grace the ring with such a legend...that must deserve something?

I'm jealous of the guy to be honest, he can't act to save his life but is living the American dream and is loaded.

Remember when he used to date a lot of glamour girls and British celebrities? - before he even turned pro.

[Kimmy]

I'm jealous of the guy to be honest, he can't act to save his life but is living the American dream and is larry loaded.

Remember when he used to date a lot of glamour girls and British celebrities? - before he even turned pro.

Yeah, he was a model or something like that. But Juy juy, Eubank played with him for six rounds and then took him out. he didn`t belong in that right that night!

[grayfist]

I suggest that Barry McGuigan hovers around, or pretty close to, the top of any list of great Irish/Brit fighters. His victory over the great Eusebio Pedroza does it for me. Pedroza faced McGuigan on his 20th defense, and up to now 19 is the record to beat at that weight.

Charlie Magri failed to defend his crown successfully as I can recall. He lost by TKO to Frank Cedeno on his very first defense. Cedeno, facing weight problems, also lost the WBC crown on his first defense to Koji Kobayashi by TKO2. Cedeno, a Filipino, migrated to the US soon after a failed bid to recapture lost glory (he went up to SuperFly) in the hands of Gilberto Roman (UD12- but a truly very U type of D!). Cedeno is now a moderately successful businessman and lives with his family in LA after spending some of his early post-retirement American adventure as a baker in Jersey City.

Herol Graham! He gave Julian Jackson fits, and was leading on all cards before Jackson unleashed a right that hit Graham with such force that Herol was visibly out before he hit the canvass in the fourth! He TKOd Ayub Kalule, who had just won a brawl (by SD) against Sumbu Kalambay (Kalule went down once and Kalambay twice!).

Kalambay was Graham's chimera: he inflicted Graham's first loss and did it again in a subsequent meeting. Both losses were on points.

Between the two Kalambay sessions, Graham knocked down Mike McCallum before losing on a Split D.

And there's Ken Buchanan indeed whose loss to Roberto Duran remains a controversy with Ken's faithful insisting it was an illegal blow that ended the fight.

Note on Kalambay: He was at the wrong end of the punch that created the RING MAGAZINE'S KNOCK OUT OF THE YEAR-1989. The lethal blow was unleashed by Michael Nunn in a fight in Las Vegas. It would have been a unification match, but the WBA stripped Kalambay of the title before the bout. Consequently, only Nunn's IBF belt was put at stake.

[JuicyJuice]

Kalambay was Graham's chimera: he inflicted Graham's first loss and did it again in a subsequent meeting. Both losses were on points.

Nobody gave Kalambay a chance in hell against Bomber Graham. But unfortunately, Bomber split with Brendan Ingle before the fight and decided to attack Kalambay (he'd never been on the front foot in his life before that, and was without Ingle for the first time ever).

It was a disgraceful robbery in the Graham-Kalambay rematch, Graham schooled him on the back foot with Ingle in his corner. That was a terrible robbery, Kalambay was clearly beaten.

[grayfist]

Nobody gave Kalambay a chance in hell against Bomber. But unfortunately, Bomber fell out with Brendan Ingle and decided to attack Kalambay (he'd never been on the fron foot in his life before that, and was without Ingle for the first time ever).

It was a disgraceful robbery in the Kalambay rematch, Graham schooled him on the back foot with Ingle in his corner. That was a terrible robbery.

Saw both fights the same way you do. Graham did not have only Kalambay to contend with, he had many others: that problem with Ingle, judges with poor eyesight, etc.

Kalambay, effectively became the personifaction of bad things that happened to Herol. In the first fight, he changed his style and that was bad. In the second, he got a raw deal. Sad but...