European Greats...

[jim glen]

found this on the internet, a pretty good and inclusive attempt at many Europian Greats... I don't know a lot of them, but the historians here at the CBZ will. A great list for posterity and resoursing.

EUROPA Boxing Greats.

Norge: Peter Sanstøl, Terry Martin, Otto von Porat.

Sverige: Ingemar Johansson, Harry Persson, Olle Tandberg, George Scott, Armand Kranjc.

Danmark: Battling Nelson, Kid Williams, Johnny Bredahl, Dick Nelson, Mikkel Kessler, Tom Bogs, Harry Pierce, Waldemar Holberg, Pete Hartley, Knud Larsen, Jørgen Hansen, Gert Bo Jacobsen, Børge Krogh, Søren Søndegård, Brian Nielsen.

England: Bob Fitzsimmons, Ted "Kid" Lewis, Owen Moran, Lennox Lewis, Jack "Kid" Berg, Len Harvey, Freddie Mills, Peter Kane, Lloyd Honeyghan, Ricky Hatton, Naseem Hamed, Chris Eubank, Nigel Benn, Terry Downes, Clinton Woods, Matt Wells, Jock McAvoy, Alan Minter, Joe Bowker, John Stracey, John Conteh, Randy Turpin... mange flere her.

Wales: Jimmy Wilde, Freddie Welsh, Jim Driscoll, Howard Winstone, Joe Calzaghe, Tommy Farr, Johnny Basham, Johnny Owen.

Irland: "Nonpareil" Jack Dempsey, Jack McAuliffe, Peter Maher, Rinty Monaghan, Barry McGuigan, Tom McCormick, Steve Collins, Mike Donovan.

Skottland: Ken Buchanan, Benny Lynch, Jackie Paterson, Murray Sutherland, Tommy Milligan, Jim Watt, Bert Gilroy, Scott Harrison, Walter McGowan, Elky Clark, Peter Keenan, Alex Arthur, Pat Clinton, Gary Jacobs.

Tyskland: Max Schmeling, Walter Neusel, Eric Seeling, Henry Maske, Sven Ottke, Graciano Rocchigiani,Eckhard Dagge, Adolf Hauser, Gustav Scholz, Karl Mildenberger, Lothar Abend, Rudy Unholz, Gustav Eder, Jupp Besselmann, Young Mahoney, Felix Sturm.

Franrike: Georges Carpentier, Marcel Cerdan, Lurent Daunthuille, Marcel Thil, Eugene Criqui, Robert Villemain, Andre Routis, Bruno Girard, Laurent Boudouani, Jean Baptiste Mendy, Jean Marc Mormeck, Fabrice Tiozzo, Julien Lorcy.

Italia: Nino Benvenuti, Young Corbett III, Duilio Loi, Primo Carnera, Mario D'Agata, Patrizio Olivia, Gianfranco Rosi, Vito Auntofermo, Sumbu Kalambay, Sandro Lopopolo, Sandro Mazzingi, Francesco Damiani, Rocky Mattioli, Antonio Puddu.

Spania: Paolino Uzcudun, Baltasar Sangchili, Jose Duran, Javier Castillejo, Miguel Velasquez, Pedro Carrasco, Fred Galina, Juan Melero, Roberto Castanon.

Polen: Darius Michalchzewski, Andrew Golota, Thomaz Adamek, Krystov Wlodarczyk.

Russland: Kostya Tszyu, Louis "Kid" Kaplan, Yuri Arbachakov, Oleg Maskaev, Nikolai Valuev, Roman Kazmarin.

Ukraina: Wladimir Klitchko, Benny Bass, Vitali Klitchko, Vladimir Sidorenko.

Ungarn: Laszlo Papp, Zsolt Erdei, Istvan "Ko-ko" Kovacs.

Belgia: Karel Sys, Gustave Roth, Jean Marc Renard, Arthur Wyns, Rene DeVos, Jean Sneyers, Pete Hoban, Henri Scille, Felix Wouters, Francois Sybille.

Finland: Gunnar Barlund, Amin Asikainen, Ellis Ask.

Sveits: Frank Erne, Mauro Martelli.

[Senya13]

Ukraina: Wladimir Klitchko, Benny Bass, Vitali Klitchko, Vladimir Sidorenko.

Kiev was a city in Russia in 1904, there was no country or republic Ukraine back then, so Benny Bass should be listed as Russian. Based on place of birth both Klitschkos aren't Ukranians either, as some of the fighters seem to be listed according to their place of birth, rather than the country they attributed themselves with.

[gazot]

If these lists are based on place of birth then Jimmy McClarnin should be added to Ireland and Mike Donovan removed. Also Lloyd Honeyghan was born in Jamaica.

[MATTDONNELLON]

VonPorat was born in Sweeden.

[Surf-Bat]

Toss in Ike Weir, Tom Sharkey, Mike McTigue and Jimmy McLarnin for Ireland.

Anton Raadik for Estonia

Spider Pladner and Eugene Huat for France

Casper Leon for Italy

Soldier Bartfield for Austria (or Poland. I forget who had that region at the time).

[jim glen]

if this thread continues with imput on other great Euro's overlooked, maybe one of you dilligent gents can "update" the lists(?).

[GorDoom]

I don't know if he qualifies as a great but the Scot, Chic Calderwood was a good fighter.

GorDoom

[KOJOE90]

England.

Len Johnson.
Nel Tarleton


Wales.

Percy Jones.

[MATTDONNELLON]

Jack Root was Austrian or Hungarian.

[Mike DeLisa]

I thought Root was a Czech?

[jim glen]

I don't know if he qualifies as a great but the Scot, Chic Calderwood was a good fighter.

GorDoom

yeah Calderwood qualifies as does, Alex Lafferty and European Bantamweight champion, Dundee's little Jim Brady.

[MATTDONNELLON]

I thought Root was a Czech?

Yeah, your correct. Technically the Czeck Republic did not exist at the time, having only come into being recently as a result of the break-up of the old eastern block when it was part of Czecksloavakia, which in turn was formed with the break-up of the AustroHungarian empire in 1918 after WW1. But Root was born in what is now the Czeck Republic. BTW I rate Root very highly.