Philadelphia vs. New York

[Manassa]

Who had the better fighters?

As of now, I'm going with Philadelphia; look at the greats they've had (all Hall of Famers bar Hopkins):

Ike Williams
Bernard Hopkins
Jack Blackburn
Tommy Loughran
Benny Bass
Joe Frazier
Dwight Muhammad Qawi
Harold Johnson
Philadelphia Jack O' Brien
Jeff Chandler
Lew Tendler
Joey Giardello
Sonny Liston
Bob Montgomery
Matthew Saad Muhammad
Jersey Joe Walcott

Could anyone do a list for New York to compare?

[Jack Dempsey]

Bowe
Braddock
Graziano
LaMotta
Tunney
Tyson
Leonard

[Jack Dempsey]

Jersey Joe was from New Jersey surely?

[Manassa]

Jersey Joe was from New Jersey surely?

You're right. Those bastard Philadelphians were trying to take all the credit.

[Titan1]

Slight Edge to Philadelphia.

[hhascup]

Jersey Joe was from New Jersey surely?

So was Ike Williams, he was from Trenton.

[Surf-Bat]

So was Ike Williams, he was from Trenton.

As was Dave Holly (from Camden)

[hhascup]

Bowe
Braddock
Graziano
LaMotta
Tunney
Tyson
Leonard

Braddock was born in New York But he fought out of North Bergen, New Jersey.

[mrbassie]

Liston was from Arkansas was he not?

[Nicky P]

Ray Robinson claimed New York as his home but he wasn't born in NYC.

[hhascup]

Ray Robinson claimed New York as his home but he wasn't born in NYC.

Yea, But he fought out of Harlem, New York, and even fought in the New York Golden Gloves as an Amateur.

[hhascup]

Also, Dwight Muhammad Qawi fought out of Lindenwold, New Jersey

[hhascup]

New York also has, Carlos Ortiz, Tony Canzoneri, Emile Griffith, Maxie Rosenbloom & Johnny Dundee.

[Nicky P]

Camacho too.

So does Ray Robinson count as NYC?

[di tullio]

More like...

Philly and South Jersey vs. New York and North Jersey.

[burt bienstock]

New York- Baul Berlenbach LH Champion
Maxie Rosenbloom- LH Champion
Bob Olin- LH Champ New York
Solly Krieger - middleweight New York
Roland LaStarza New York Heavy
Al Singer-New York Champ
Tami Mauriello-New York Heavy
Ben Jeby-New York Middleweight Champ
Billy Graham-Uncrowned Welter Champ

[Surf-Bat]

I'd still take Pittsburgh over both cities. Harry Greb, Charley Burley, Billy Conn, Teddy Yarosz, Tommy Yarosz, Sammy Angott, Fritzie Zivic, Jackie Wilson, Billy Soose, Frank Klaus, George Chip, Wee Willie Davies, Jack McClelland.....

[ThinBlack]

Definitely Philadelphia.