Wednesday, January 27, 2010

BRITISH BOXING - yesterday and today



FORMER CHAMPIONS and CONTENDERS

Looking back, Great Britain has produced some great champions and contenders from JIMMY WILDE to JOE CALZAGHE.
Who could forget the likes of Bob Fitzsimmons, Terry Downes, Nigel Benn, Terry Spinks, Johnny Owen, Randy Turpin,
Freddy Mills, Lennox Lewis and others including Errol Christie, Terry Marsh, Henry Cooper and Howard Winstone.

Today there are are some exciting and interesting boxers such as Joe and John Murray, Liam Canonball Cameron, Nathan Cleverly, Billy Joe Saunders and Ashley Sexton. But we can't overlook champion David Haye.

Of interest, LENNOX LEWIS was born in England boxed for Canada in the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, then turned pro and fought in England.

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