gnasher16 30,103 Posted November 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 (edited) Why Wigan ? What about Sunderland or Newcastle ? Boxing, Hartlepool a town of 100,000 has produced the Feeney Brothers, The London Brothers Brian and Jack, George Bowes, Michael Hunter and loads of others ie Mark Smith, Rooney, Cooper, Wright who is fighting Alex Arthur on Dec 5th, Lady boxers Amanda Coulson, Savannah Marshall, There are many more. Other good boxers have came from north of the capital ie Hatton, Dave Boy Green, Kirkland Laing this bloke could of been GREAT. Gomez, Khan, think your blinded by the smoke lol Why wigan....because the 2 lads i was originally having the debate with were from the manchester and liverpool areas.....manchester and liverpool being a similar sized area to london id say thats fair......but if you want to chuck the north east in as well thats fine......so world champions ?? If you think michael gomez or brian/jack london were world class fighters thats up to you.....im not blinded by the smoke mate im dealing with FACTS.....i named a whole bunch of boxing world champions out of london ....name me the same amount or more of world champions from manc/liverpool areas and then lets talk oh sorry.....manc/liverpool.....and the north east ?..... Edited November 26, 2009 by gnasher16 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YOKEL 2,234 Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 dave boy green was from chatris, cambs fens, granted not london, but hardly a northener...lol Yokel... p.s. gnasher16, a quare question but do you have big ears? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gonetoearth 5,144 Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 LIVERPOOL WORLD CHAMPIONS JOHN CONTEH PAUL HODGKINSON JIMMY SHEA NEARY MANCHESTER WORLD CHAMPIONS HITMAN HATTON NEWCASTLE WORLD CHAMPIONS GLEN MCGORY SHEFFIELD WORLD CHAMPIONS HERROL BOMBMER GRAHAM NASSIAM HAMMED BOLTON WORLD CHAMPIONS AMIR KHAN GLASGOW WORLD CHAMPIONS JIMM WATT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest mrpit Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 bomber graham was never a world champion mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,103 Posted November 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 dave boy green was from chatris, cambs fens, granted not london, but hardly a northener...lol Yokel... p.s. gnasher16, a quare question but do you have big ears? What a strange question....not that i know of why...and what a " quare " question is im not sure Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,103 Posted November 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 (edited) [quote name='maxhardcore' date='26 November 2009 - 10:57 PM' timestamp='1259276223' post='1337031 The population of the 32 boroughs of london is actually just over 7 million.....if you take east london alone with a population of around 1.5 million you cannot compare the amount of WORLD FAMOUS sportsman.....to hartlepool !!....sorry and all that,you make a good argument and yes for population hartlepool probably adds up ok....but we are talking about sportsman who have competed at world level.....i stick my neck out and say when it comes to football and boxing no other area in britain has produced as many world quality sportsman.....theres an old saying here...." if you cant sing or dance you fight or kick a ball "......and i think the facts prove this area might be a shithole but it has produced a good amount of british sporting greats for an area covering less than 10 square miles ! Edited November 27, 2009 by gnasher16 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,103 Posted November 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 (edited) LIVERPOOL WORLD CHAMPIONS JOHN CONTEH PAUL HODGKINSON JIMMY SHEA NEARY MANCHESTER WORLD CHAMPIONS HITMAN HATTON NEWCASTLE WORLD CHAMPIONS GLEN MCGORY SHEFFIELD WORLD CHAMPIONS HERROL BOMBMER GRAHAM NASSIAM HAMMED BOLTON WORLD CHAMPIONS AMIR KHAN GLASGOW WORLD CHAMPIONS JIMM WATT shea neary won the wbu title.....if we are counting the wbu i can probably add at least another 6/7 londoners to the list ! herol graham never won a world title.....and jim watt/ken buchanan were scottish !!....... this has gone from manc/liverpool.....to manc/liverpool and the north east.......to manc/liverpool the north east scotland......in fact anywhere north of watford ....and you still cant compete with london incidentally you forgot froch and clinton woods..... im even trying to help out myself Edited November 27, 2009 by gnasher16 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 26,122 Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 bomber graham was never a world champion mate and he was from nottingham, but later fought out of brendon ingles gym, in shef Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest mrpit Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 gnasher you forgot mark kaylor gary delaney and his brother not champions but come out of the east end. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,103 Posted November 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 Kirkland Laing was also from Nottingham IMO The Best Boxer this Land has EVER had representing it , Shame he went into most fights probably half dizzy. If Laing lived the life imo he would of been unstoppable on the World Stage, he would of been a Genuine True GREAT. kirkland might have been from nottingham but he did his fighting out of the royal oak gym in canning town under terry lawless........ incidentally my list also forgot a few other london world champions.... maurice hope....and one chris eubank Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,103 Posted November 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 (edited) gnasher you forgot mark kaylor gary delaney and his brother not champions but come out of the east end. didnt forget them mate they just were not world champions.....if i went through all the london british champions id be here all day..... could of added mo hussein,gary mason,kaylor,jimmy batten etc etc etc right back to john gardner....im not going through all the british champions as well as world champions....think i proved my point thats good enough just a little footnote to this post from 2 of the names.....a good advert not to have ex boxers working as doorman.....both mo hussein and gary delaney both killed men with 1 punch while working.... delaney is currently serving a life sentance....both were out of the west ham gym.....you get taught to throw correct punches round here .....no not funny Edited November 27, 2009 by gnasher16 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YOKEL 2,234 Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 dave boy green was from chatris, cambs fens, granted not london, but hardly a northener...lol Yokel... p.s. gnasher16, a quare question but do you have big ears? What a strange question....not that i know of why...and what a " quare " question is im not sure you have p.m. Yokel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
diggerman 0 Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 It doesn't mean shite! No offense I know its a bit o' banter but. Neither the North or london can claim to be representative of their area. Arsenal once fielded a team in europe with not one English player let alone a Londoner Rgds Swampy Thats a fair point....but then if you want to just go by players instead of teams....then sorry but east london win hands down,in fact my west ham wins hands down half the england team either started off or made their name at west ham.....dafoe,lampard,carrick,johnson,james,ferdinand,cole x 2.....the list go,s on right back to paul ince !....even john terry is out of east london !....if it wasnt for west ham england would never have won the world cup for crying out loud Also west ham field week to week a higher number of english players than any other premier league team....not as many as before the little italian come along but still more than others. Michael Carrick is a product of Wallsend boys club, in North Tyneside. Wallsend boys club has produced legends like, Alan Shearer, Peter Beardsley, Steve Bruce, ect. Thats not to mention other footballers that have played at the top level like, Steve Watson, Lee Clark, to mention just two. Have a look at the link for the list of pro's this little amatuer club has produced http://www.wallsendboysclub.co.uk/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,103 Posted November 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 (edited) Michael Carrick is a product of Wallsend boys club, in North Tyneside. Wallsend boys club has produced legends like, Alan Shearer, Peter Beardsley, Steve Bruce, ect. Thats not to mention other footballers that have played at the top level like, Steve Watson, Lee Clark, to mention just two. Have a look at the link for the list of pro's this little amatuer club has produced http://www.wallsendboysclub.co.uk/ Excellent....interesting read that mate thanks ....clearly a great little club with great tradition. Similar to Senrab boys club in east london......produced jermain dafoe,john terry,ashley cole,ledley king,lee bowyer,sol campbell,zamora and loads more......even old ray wilkins if im not mistaken.....might even have had alan curbishley at one point though i wouldnt swear to it Didnt know they had a website i just googled it..... www.senrab.co.uk if you fancy a look. Edited November 27, 2009 by gnasher16 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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