Greatest All British Boxing Matches

[Beanz]

A fight where both fighters are from these islands. So no Joshua/Klitschko, Calzaghe/Kessler, Turpin/Robinson etc. Can be a British Title Fight, a grudge match or even a small hall classic.


Benn/Eubank

Lewis/Bruno

Bugner/Cooper

Groves/Froch

ETC

Four days ago was the anniversary of the Hatton -Thaxton fight, and it got me thinking, not one for the purists maybe, but a memorable fight nonetheless.

[Primo Carnera]

Minter and Kevin Finnegan had 3 close 15 rounders if memory serves me right.

[Dark Lord Al]

Andy Holligan v Tony Ekubia British . 1 AND 2

[Jambo]

Froch/Groves I for me.

[Master]

Andy Holligan losing to Shea Neary in a domestic Liverpool dust up under a huge tent was an all out war.

Kevin Lueshing v Chris Saunders 2 was an epic contest both getting knocked down and hurt.

Benn v Eubank 1 was pure blood and guts!

AJ v Whyte was a top contest.

[Kirkland Laing]

Does Macklin count as British? Sounds British. Macklin against Moore was good. Benn versus Eubank the best in my time though.

[Dark Lord Al]

Hamilton Rocky Kelly v Tony Brown was a classic. Small hall classic

[Syntax Error]

Ryan Rhodes V Jamie Moore.
Matty Clarkson V Travis Dickinson - check this one out, you will not be disappointed.

[smashup]

David Haye v Carl Thompson was fun while it lasted.
Haye went all out, nearly Kod him then burnt out and the hard as nails Thompson beat him down.

[Vibesin Don]

Alex Arthur vs Michael Gomez
Chris Eubank vs Michael Watson 1&2
Carl Froch vs George Groves 1
Jamie Moore vs Ryan Rhodes
Dillian Whyte vs Dereck Chisora 1
Liam Walsh vs Paul Appleby
Anthony Crolla vs Derry Matthews 1
Sam Eggington vs Frankie Gavin
Lee Purdy vs Peter Mcdonagh 1 & 2
Gavin Rees vs Gary Buckland 1
Matty Askin vs Travis Dickinson

[X]

You lot all think boxing was invented in 1980's at the earliest

Bob Gregson v Tom Cribb, 1808. A proper barnstormer, that was.

[Spicoli]

This is a tough one. We don't see much all British bouts in the States. I do recall..ok I had to look it up..the first all British card I watched was Herol Graham v Paul Ashton. It was weird because they randomly aired it over here on a Tuesday (?) on HSE to fill time because some monster truck show was cancelled . It was definitely different as we were so used to all boxing being 'all American' around that time and it was interesting to see another view.

[palmerq]

Best al British trash talk was when Alex Arthur was trying to get a world title fight or something ong those lines and Michael Gomez tells him"if you want to get beaten up by someone with a foreign name then just fight me again"..

Well I thought it was funny.

[SlimTrae]

Alex Arthur vs Michael Gomez
Chris Eubank vs Michael Watson 1&2
Carl Froch vs George Groves 1
Jamie Moore vs Ryan Rhodes
Dillian Whyte vs Dereck Chisora 1
Liam Walsh vs Paul Appleby
Anthony Crolla vs Derry Matthews 1
Sam Eggington vs Frankie Gavin
Lee Purdy vs Peter Mcdonagh 1 & 2
Gavin Rees vs Gary Buckland 1
Matty Askin vs Travis Dickinson

Thx now I got a whole net set of fights to check out!!


For me it was Benn-Eubank, but after watching what @Beanz put up Hatton-Thawton, yikes! That's a fight!

So Froch vs Kessler would that fall under best European matchups?
& how would Lewis vs Bruno be classified as?

[Beanz]

Alex Arthur vs Michael Gomez
Chris Eubank vs Michael Watson 1&2
Carl Froch vs George Groves 1
Jamie Moore vs Ryan Rhodes
Dillian Whyte vs Dereck Chisora 1
Liam Walsh vs Paul Appleby
Anthony Crolla vs Derry Matthews 1
Sam Eggington vs Frankie Gavin
Lee Purdy vs Peter Mcdonagh 1 & 2
Gavin Rees vs Gary Buckland 1
Matty Askin vs Travis Dickinson

Thx now I got a whole net set of fights to check out!!


For me it was Benn-Eubank, but after watching what @Beanz put up Hatton-Thawton, yikes! That's a fight!

So Froch vs Kessler would that fall under best European matchups?
& how would Lewis vs Bruno be classified as?

Lewis v Bruno is whatever way you look at it an all British Affair . After all he was born here, spent the first 12 years of his life here and said himself at the time, and since, that he considered himself to be British.

Best European match ups is intriguing, (you could just as easily have Calzaghe /Kessler in that mix) Thanks for the idea Slim


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