Some of us are guilty of over hyping our own country men and VD, some of us are incapable of ever giving a British fighter any credit
So this is literally a 10 minute post to highlight some of the great British fighters through the years and give some objective views on their place in history. I'm sure I could do a better job on this if I had spent more time, so let me know who and what I've missed

Heavyweight - Lennox Lewis

I think Lewis had the tools to be beat any heavyweight in history, but I also think plenty could've knocked him out! I'd back Prime Tyson and Prime Larry Holmes to beat him

Light Heavy - Freddie Mills or John Conteh (can't split them)

Conteh had a great losing battle battle against Mathew Said Muhammad, but in truth neither he or Mills were anywhere near the class of the likes of Michael Spinks or Archie Moore

Super Middle - Joe Cazlaghe

I think Calzaghe vs Nunn would've been a 'pick em' and I think RJJ would've beaten him, but apart from that I don't see anybody in the division beating him

Middleweight - Randy Turpin

Has to go in here just for beating SRR, but he wouldn't have lived with Hagler or Monzon or many others in my opinion

Welterweight - Lloyd Honeyghan

Maybe the most underrrated British fighter in recent times imo. Something happend to him after the 1st Vaca fight and he looked like a shot fighter from then on. Good wins against Curry, Blocker and Bumphus, I think the Honeyghan that fought Curry, beats Breland and Starling, hard to say how he would fair against the likes of Kosta Tszyu, I suspect Tszyu beats him

Lightweight - Ken Buchanan

Up there with Honeyghan as one of the most underrated British fighters ever in my opinion. Wins against Ismael Laguna, Carlos Hernandez and Carlos Ortiz. Met the greatest Lightweight ever in Roberto Duran and was stopped after an illegal shot to the nuts, but despite being amazingly brave in that fight he was getting savaged. No shame in losing to an undefeated prime Duran in 13 rounds though!

Featherweight - Howard Winstone or Naseem Hamed

Only had 2 full fingers on his right hand, which must have impared him hugely. Went toe-to-toe 3 times with the great Vincente Sadivar. I think the modern greats like JMM, MAB and Morales would all have proved to much for Howard though! I think Hamed would've beaten JMM circa 97-200 (before JMM was the fighter he is today) and I think Hamed v Pac would be a case of who lands firts. Morales and Barerra were a different class though!

Flyweight - Jimmy Wilde

Probably has the biggest shout of any British boxer as being the greatest ever in his division. The closest contender is probably Pancho Villa, who beat an ageing Wilde in Wide's final fight. I haven't seen enough of Wilde to be sure, but I am crowning him the greats Flyweight of all time!!


There are lots of fighters that I have left out becuase I really haven't seen enough to make a judgement i.e Bob Fitzsimmons, , Jim Driscol, Ted 'Kid' Lewis & Freddie Welsh to name a few