11 World Champions and rising - UK fighters on a mission

[Fenster]

There's 17 weight divisions. Ignoring interim champs there's around 70 "world" champs. Of those 70 no more than a tiny handful can claim to be the best in the division, regardless of where they come from.

So to say the Brits "need to fight the best to prove they're a true champion" is irrelevant. As the same applies to every other current "world" champion.

Fury - Heavyweight
Kovalev - Light Heavy (Stevenson could argue)
Canelo - Middleweight (pathetic, as every hardcore fan knows Golovkin is the best middleweight)
Rigo - Super Bantam
Chocalito - Flyweight

That's it. There's not a standout champion in any other division.