* Who is the Greatest African fighter? *

[CutMeMick]

Real good list. Agreed with Nelson at #1. I might have had Harry Simon a little higher, but I admit I'm kinda biased as Im a big fan of his

Thanks for the input....
Harry def. had some really good wins in his career.

It's the Professor for sure, Nelson was a superb champion throughout his career, i would consider Quartey up next just ahead of Tiger.

Right on THIRD MAN on Nelson.
What are you going by when you say Ike over Tiger? (curious)
I feel that Tiger was very skilled, fought the better opposition and the wins-loses and titles are more then what Ike did.

Ike Quartey is from Ghana. I remember this. I had a professor from Ghana and we talked about it. We also spoke of something like %40 of Ghanians smoke reefer all day, everyday. For a while after that I wanted to do a study abroad in Ghana. It is supposed to be a beautiful country too. I had dreams of doing nothing but boxing and smoking weed all day and all night in Ghana

Accra, Ghana to be exact.... Thanks for the input Cortez.
Smoking the and must be something.....

I have spent some time reading about Tiger as there is little footage of him in action, his record is certainly impressive with big wins over Torres and Benvenuti, I have seen more of Ike and i like watching his fights, I think he was given a raw deal in the DLH and Forrest fights. You are probably right that Tiger is number 2 though. Tiger fought all the big names in that era and sometimes twice. Shame he died so young.

Cool, Third Man let me know on a update thru PM if you like when you've read up well on Tiger and to further speculate here I've seen Tiger listed at#1 in lists of African Greats.