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So we are talking about white Americans or Europeans I’m assuming. Russians don’t count? Or do they?
It’s tough so I will have to do new and old. In the modern era, I would say Calzaghe is best. Olden era Greb definitely takes it resume wise, but I’ve obviously never seen him fight. Benny Leonard would be next. If it’s someone I’ve seen a lot of film on, it would be Marciano.
Is Monzon not " White"?
Modern era - Sven Ottke
Pep, Ross, Canzoneri, McLarnin. Does Basilio count?
Jack Dempsey. You happy now.Quote:
Originally Posted by X
Brian Nielsen
I totally forgot about Pep! How did that happen? He is easily #1 for me. He is my #3 p4p ever.
Age gets to us all.Quote:
Originally Posted by powerpuncher
Should Jewish fighters count?
Harry Greb went 45-0, totaling 452 rounds... in 1919 alone!
Greb is not only the best white boxer, he may be the greatest boxer of all time. He never avoided black boxers, unlike many during his time. He was a middleweight who fought everybody including heavyweights. He was robbed by judges a few times, so his record should be even better. His only real losses came to bigger men.
Honorable mention to Rocky Marciano, Gene Tunney, Tony Canzoneri, Wladimir Klitschko, Mickey Walker, Joe Calzaghe, Jimmy McLarnin, Willie Pep, Tommy Ryan, and Young Corbett III.
I'm going to go Ricky Hatton, don't forget this is 'My' greatest white fighter.
I used to love Friday Fight Nights on Sky Sports 1 and I'd watch them with my old man when I was at home and not in the pub, one night they showed a young lad called Ricky Hatton, now at the time I wasn't overly educated in boxing but something about this cheeky little Manc caught my eye, it got to the point where when Ricky was fighting my mates would phone me up and say 'we are all out on the piss tonight, are you coming' and I'd have to say 'nah I can't Ricky Hatton is fighting' now you need to remember that at this point I was in the pub pretty much 7 days a week so when I said I wasn't going out my mates thought there was something seriously wrong with me that I wasn't telling them about, they couldn't understand it, no one had ever heard of him, they didn't have a fucking clue who I was talking about and they couldn't understand why I would turn down a night of beer and class A's to watch some sweaty little Mancunian.
when he had the fight against Kostya everyone was well on board with him, he may not be the greatest or the best but he is the fucker that got me into boxing in a big way, I got to know all the domestic names because I watched them come through with Ricky when he was on the undercards for the bigger fights.
If it wasn't for Ricky Hatton and Friday Fight Nights I'd probably be dead in a gutter after one too many sessions or even worse I would be so uneducated that I would believe Sky's hype and I'd think that Tony Bellew was the second coming.
Ricky got me into boxing, for that reason alone he wins the prize for me.
Well, Duh. Here is a Joke that is about as Jewish as it gets (by a Jew). Weirdly made me think of you :-XQuote:
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Should Irish fighters count, they are the blacks of the whites?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_aO9pv0Y7I
Jeff Fenech , had a short prime because of his style . Top fighter.
I’m keep coming up with more. Gene Tunney should definitely get a mention. Easily the best white LHW ever but one of the greatest HWs too. Tommy Laughran is another great pick.