Ken Buchanan
Barry McGuigan
Herol Graham
Lennox Lewis
Nigel Benn
Chris Eubank
John Conteh
Lloyd Honeyghan
John H Stracey
Naseem Hamed
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Ken Buchanan
Barry McGuigan
Herol Graham
Lennox Lewis
Nigel Benn
Chris Eubank
John Conteh
Lloyd Honeyghan
John H Stracey
Naseem Hamed
Henry cooper fit their anywhere? quiet well rounded his bad eyes where his main handycap.
Deserves a mention atleast ;)
What about Calzaghe?
Definetly. unless we're talking about retired guys... Cos lets face it Naseem Hamed has basicly retired.
Getting knocked out and outpointed was his main problem, the cut eye thing is a bit of a myth... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by AdamGB
McGuigan is from Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland, depending on who you are. Either way, he is not British, he can only be on the list if you title a thread top 10 UK or top ten British/Northern/Southern Irish. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by WWatt
My Top Ten Brits (post war) are:
10 Jim Watt
9 Duke McKenzie
8 Randy Turpin
7 Ricky Hatton
6 Chris Eubank
5 Nigel Benn
4 Naseem Hamed
3 Jackie Paterson
2 Ken Buchanan
1 Lennox Lewis
True, though you can't denie that he cut like a mach 3 razor :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Britkid
Yes of course he did (try, changing the blade! ;)). But with two notable exceptions aside, a cut did not cost him a fight post 1956, but in that time, until his retirement he was TKO/KO'd 4 times, outpointed 4 times and Dq'd as well... ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by AdamGB
What was he disqualified for? sticking the nut on people? I'm guessing repeated Low blows or clinching? Or did his unlce climb in the ring and throttle the other guy? :D
He was in Germany, and he was hammering the local favourite. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by AdamGB
Offically, he was Dq'd for a rabbit punch knockout...
Bar stewards :P
1 Lennox Lewis dominated the heavyweights and beat everyone he faced)
2 Ken Buchanan (lightweight who won respect on both sides of the atlantic and denied rematch by duran
3 Naseem Hamed (longevity beat some respected names over 6 years)
4 John H Stracey (beat a great champion in the lions den)
5 Joe Calzaghe (longevity)
6 Ricky Hatton (could be a bit high but based on a win over a great when people bet against him)
7 Duke McKenzie (3 world titles)
8 John Conteh (on potential alone)
9 Lloyd Honeyghan (see Hatton)
10 Nigel Benn (won both titles abroad and defended)
notable mentions
Chris Eubank, Herol Graham
Randolph Turpin (for one great win alone)
Barry McGuigan (if he was Northern Irish he would definitely be in)
Jim Watt
Dave McAuley (Northern Irish flyweight usually overlooked)
Lennox Lewis
Ken Buchanan
Howard Winstone
Joe Calzaghe
Naseem Hamed
Freddie Mills
Lloyd Honeyghan
Randy Rurpin
Nigel Benn
Chris Eubank
Conteh, Watt, Stracey, McKenzie, Bruno all come close.
I think had it not been for injury that Coliin McMillan could’ve been an all time Britrish great
......4got Bomber Graham :o
You guys think that Micheal Watson has a place up there? I thought he was a very skilled boxer... a british Winky Wright... was pasting Ebuank till 'that punch'
Fair point - beat Eubank in the first fight too imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by AdamGB
Strange after saying that, that I still think he just falls short of being "Great" as a boxer.....as a person he is "A FUKCING LEGEND"!!
yeah I should have mentioned watson in my list. beat benn. beat eubank 1st fight in my opinion and was on the way to win number 2 in the rematch. his greatness has been acheived since the end of his pro career...Quote:
Originally Posted by BIG H
Nice list; my mentions would be Honeyghan, Allen, Andries and Calzaghe.Quote:
Originally Posted by LBSCFC
The Irish thing is nothing to do with is he Northern or Southern? But is to do with the title being best Brit. Britain is Wales, Scotland and England...
Of course I know he means United Kingdom... but still I could not place McGuigan in the list, but McAuley would get a mention, and possibly #10 slot from Watt... Jim not W ;)
I always thought andries won his title twice against weak opposition and was up and down like a brides knickers against hearns. the 3 wars against harding maybe a worth a mention at a push, the defences against sibson, merani and waters didnt prove much in my bookQuote:
Originally Posted by Britkid
Watson had the skills of a great boxer and fell short of acheiving great things in his boxing career... outside of boxing is where we saw how powerfull his will was.
the unfortunate thing about watson was in his 3 world title fights he fought opponents whose style didnt suit his. he always pereferred someone who came to him. mccallum and eubank fought a different way
Victory over Czyz was impressive, and if in 1982, someone had said Andries would go on to win three World titles... well they would of been locked up.Quote:
Originally Posted by LBSCFC
But you put a fair point across, and this is not a list, for most improved fighter. ;)
I thought Colin Jones would have been more deserving of a place on this list that Dennis Andries. Nothing against Dennis, but he was always a bit of a journeyman (a bigger Steve Robinson?)
Michael Watson put on a boxing masterclass against Benn, when nobody gave him a chance.
Unfortunately, he never did much outside of that! He was quite ordinary other than that.
Sure he gave Mike McCallum a hell of a fight and almost outworked Eubank in the second half of their fight, and stepped in at short notice to defeat dangerous switch-hitting Yank Don Lee when nobody gave him a chance. But Benn and Eubank were special, as was Bomber. They seemed to have that extra something, if you what I mean?