I thought of Calzaghe. I suppose, if you go by the numbers. Surely Lewis is a much bigger name. With tougher opposition over the long haul.
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I thought of Calzaghe. I suppose, if you go by the numbers. Surely Lewis is a much bigger name. With tougher opposition over the long haul.
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By his record,it has to be Calzaghe!Though if the question was"Greatest british boxer/fighter of all time"i would say Nigel Benn.God,that guy was and still is a hero of my in the boxing game.There dont make them like Benn anymore.
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Not in any order my top 10.
Lennox Lewis
Joe Calzaghe
Jimmy Wilde
Freddy Welsh
Jim Driscoll
Bob Fitzsimmons
Ted Lewis
Ken Buchanan
Randy Turpin
Jack Berg
Guys like John Conteh, Nigel Benn, Chris Eubank, Lloyd Honeyghan, Naseem Hamed, deserve a mention aswell.
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No Hatton(I have read it about 10 times to make sure)
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No Hatton what ? you honestly think Ricky Hatton is in some of those great British legends leagues ? you need to learn up about some of those fighters. You will be very impressed, some people are forgetting there history here, Ricky Hatton is a good fighter with a few good wins under his belt. But he needs to get a few big wins before i even mention him amongst those legends.
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Of your main top 10 list Hatton was at least as good as Buchanan and has done more than Turpin even though his carrer is not over yet.Also its hard to judge the older boxers against todays fighters.No Hatton what ? you honestly think Ricky Hatton is in some of those great British legends leagues ? you need to learn up about some of those fighters. You will be very impressed, some people are forgetting there history here, Ricky Hatton is a good fighter with a few good wins under his belt. But he needs to get a few big wins before i even mention him amongst those legends.
No Hatton
As for Conteh,Benn and Eubank give me a brake.
They were all well loved exciting British boxers but were never in the p4p top ten or even that close.
Eubank admited at the time there were boxers around that he would not fight because they were to good for him.
I think you must have missed Hatton out just to try and be controvercial and a bit different.
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Uhh mate so your going off because i didn't mention Ricky Hatton in the honourable list ? those were the fighters that come to mind first, im not going to list every single very good/great british fighter in the honourable list am i ? he does deserve a mention but he still doesn't make the top 10 no way happy enough now ?Of your main top 10 list Hatton was at least as good as Buchanan and has done more than Turpin even though his carrer is not over yet.Also its hard to judge the older boxers against todays fighters.No Hatton what ? you honestly think Ricky Hatton is in some of those great British legends leagues ? you need to learn up about some of those fighters. You will be very impressed, some people are forgetting there history here, Ricky Hatton is a good fighter with a few good wins under his belt. But he needs to get a few big wins before i even mention him amongst those legends.
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As for Conteh,Benn and Eubank give me a brake.
They were all well loved exciting British boxers but were never in the p4p top ten or even that close.
Eubank admited at the time there were boxers around that he would not fight because they were to good for him.
I think you must have missed Hatton out just to try and be controvercial and a bit different.
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No Hatton what ? you honestly think Ricky Hatton is in some of those great British legends leagues ? you need to learn up about some of those fighters. You will be very impressed, some people are forgetting there history here, Ricky Hatton is a good fighter with a few good wins under his belt. But he needs to get a few big wins before i even mention him amongst those legends.
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Theres a few ways to interpret this question so for me it has to be Calzaghe at the top really...Just look at how long he's dominated and he just gets better and better and shut EVERY prick up whoever doubted him and the "who he's beat brigade" finally have to bow down and admit the facts or they simply show themselves to be narrow minded fools..... he gets stick from US fans purely because he wipes the floor with the best they can offer time and time again, in his twighlight years and better still in their back yards!
THE best fighter of my era and his record is untouched by anyone in decades. FACT (deal with it)
Lennox would be my second just for doing it in the US time and time again and avenging anyone who beat him and was the last true Heavyweight to dominate ... The way he destroyed Tyson was a great moment in my life!
Nigel Benn simply because he had balls like King Kong and was easily the most exciting fighter to watch to have ever come out of the UK.
Yeah he lost a few but f*ck me could he tear it up when he was hurt.
And i will never ever forget that Mclleland fight for being the most brutal i have ever seen.
How Nigel survived that and came back to smash G-Man to bits just shows what he was all about.
He had the will and heart of a Lion that man.
Randy Turpin gets props for beating the greatest ever fighter to have lived bar NONE (true fans will know who) and No it aint Ali..he did get another shot in 1966 but unfortunately with a gun pointed at his own head!
Don Cockell just for his name also gets props
Henry Cooper also SHOULD have beaten Clay that night but was blatantly cheated out of it by Ali's bare knuckle glove that tore his face apart.
How different the Fight game history would have been eh...?
For me Hatton needs to beat Pac then he leaps up to Lewis status but he's not far behind.
Just my opinion.
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I would have thought that 16 straight victories in world title fights earned Hamed a place in the top 10.
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He has to be in the list mate!Squeeze him in there and i'll rep you,go on make my day mate
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Im not so sure he was one of my favorite fighters, and i've watched most of his fights. And he did have some very good wins abroad, but bad losses to Watson, Eubank, Collins x2, Malinga, hurt his legacy somewhat.He has to be in the list mate!Squeeze him in there and i'll rep you,go on make my day mate
I'll tell you one match up i would have payed to see and thats Julian Jackson vs Nigel Benn, can you imagine how awesome that match up would of been ?
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Yeah that would have been a great fight!Another one i think would have been good too is Calzaghe vs Benn!For me anyhowIm not so sure he was one of my favorite fighters, and i've watched most of his fights. And he did have some very good wins abroad, but bad losses to Watson, Eubank, Collins x2, Malinga, hurt his legacy somewhat.He has to be in the list mate!Squeeze him in there and i'll rep you,go on make my day mate
I'll tell you one match up i would have payed to see and thats Julian Jackson vs Nigel Benn, can you imagine how awesome that match up would of been ?
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Hoko.......not the greatest but very exciting
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