Top 10 post-war Brits?

[WWatt]

Ken Buchanan

Barry McGuigan

Herol Graham

Lennox Lewis

Nigel Benn

Chris Eubank

John Conteh

Lloyd Honeyghan

John H Stracey

Naseem Hamed

[AdamGB]

Henry cooper fit their anywhere? quiet well rounded his bad eyes where his main handycap.

Deserves a mention atleast

[New Wind]

What about Calzaghe?

[AdamGB]

Definetly. unless we're talking about retired guys... Cos lets face it Naseem Hamed has basicly retired.

[SimonH]

Henry cooper fit their anywhere? quiet well rounded his bad eyes where his main handycap.

Getting knocked out and outpointed was his main problem, the cut eye thing is a bit of a myth...

[SimonH]

Barry McGuigan

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.

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

[AdamGB]

Henry cooper fit their anywhere? quiet well rounded his bad eyes where his main handycap.

Getting knocked out and outpointed was his main problem, the cut eye thing is a bit of a myth...

True, though you can't denie that he cut like a mach 3 razor :P

[SimonH]

Henry cooper fit their anywhere? quiet well rounded his bad eyes where his main handycap.

Getting knocked out and outpointed was his main problem, the cut eye thing is a bit of a myth...

True, though you can't denie that he cut like a mach 3 razor :P

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...

[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?

[SimonH]

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?

He was in Germany, and he was hammering the local favourite.

Offically, he was Dq'd for a rabbit punch knockout...

[AdamGB]

Bar stewards :P

[LBSCFC]

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)

[BIG H]

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

[BIG H]

......4got Bomber Graham

[AdamGB]

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'