Greatest British boxer of all time?

[porkypara]

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.

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.


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.

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 ?

Dont be so sensitive fella.

Ok then because of your great and super boxing brain tell me how Buchanan is a greater fighter than hatton.

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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.


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.

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 ?

Dont be so sensitive fella.

Ok then because of your great and super boxing brain tell me how Buchanan is a greater fighter than hatton.

Im not being sensitive at all your the one being sensitive. You had a pop at me in your first post about Ricky Hatton not being there, then i replied back in a respectful way and my last comment was a joke comment which is why i winked at the end of my post, to let you know that my last comment was a joke.

Now you have to have a dig at me and take it too the next level ? too be honest i don't want a debate with you after a comment like that. I have never claimed to know more than anyone on here, nor do i make out im a boxing historian. But i do read up alot of boxing and i do boxing myself, so i would like to think i do know quite a bit about boxing. But nowhere near as much as some guys/girls on here.

Infact the only thing i've done wrong here was give my opinion which obviously riled you up, because you rolled your eyes on my first post then had a dig at me in your 2nd post. If you don't like my opinions, don't reply to me or don't make such subjective threads because everyone has a different opinion.

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Jimmy Wilde for me, he had such great longevity and fought so many guys much bigger than himself .... kayoed most of them as well.

If we want to go right back, there was people like Tom Cribb and Jem Mace, but they were prizefighters and not boxers.

I'd have Calzaghe up there - a long career showing he was no flash in the pan and stayed at the top throughout, great chin, professionalism, good skills, OK poncher. Lennox would be there too, but I can't help thinking that he REALLY learned to box in Canada. Loved Nigel Benn, rated Conteh as probably our best talent but he wasted much of it.

I would have to say that I would rate Buchanan higher than Hatton - better skills, less susceptible to cuts, all round technician and tough as nails too, possibly better punch resistance than Ricky (who's all action style will lead to a shorter career a la Smokin Joe)

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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 ?

Dont be so sensitive fella.

Ok then because of your great and super boxing brain tell me how Buchanan is a greater fighter than hatton.

Im not being sensitive at all your the one being sensitive. You had a pop at me in your first post about Ricky Hatton not being there, then i replied back in a respectful way and my last comment was a joke comment which is why i winked at the end of my post, to let you know that my last comment was a joke.

Now you have to have a dig at me and take it too the next level ? too be honest i don't want a debate with you after a comment like that. I have never claimed to know more than anyone on here, nor do i make out im a boxing historian. But i do read up alot of boxing and i do boxing myself, so i would like to think i do know quite a bit about boxing. But nowhere near as much as some guys/girls on here.

Infact the only thing i've done wrong here was give my opinion which obviously riled you up, because you rolled your eyes on my first post then had a dig at me in your 2nd post. If you don't like my opinions, don't reply to me or don't make such subjective threads because everyone has a different opinion.

Can u answer his question tho? I mean Buchanan was a good fighter but i cannot see how he could be rated as a much better fighter than Hatton? You said Ricky doesnt deserve to be mentioned with these 'legends' but i believe his record is already better than Buchanans or at the least just as good.

I think u are falling into the trap of rating older fighters higher just cos they are older. Freddy Welsh had a pretty good record but a lot of losses, and he fought around WWI, how do u know how good he was?

[porkypara]

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 ?

Dont be so sensitive fella.

Ok then because of your great and super boxing brain tell me how Buchanan is a greater fighter than hatton.

Im not being sensitive at all your the one being sensitive. You had a pop at me in your first post about Ricky Hatton not being there, then i replied back in a respectful way and my last comment was a joke comment which is why i winked at the end of my post, to let you know that my last comment was a joke.

Now you have to have a dig at me and take it too the next level ? too be honest i don't want a debate with you after a comment like that. I have never claimed to know more than anyone on here, nor do i make out im a boxing historian. But i do read up alot of boxing and i do boxing myself, so i would like to think i do know quite a bit about boxing. But nowhere near as much as some guys/girls on here.

Infact the only thing i've done wrong here was give my opinion which obviously riled you up, because you rolled your eyes on my first post then had a dig at me in your 2nd post. If you don't like my opinions, don't reply to me or don't make such subjective threads because everyone has a different opinion.

I was just supprised because you left out Hatton.

He is one of our greatest boxers and that is my opiion which is one shared by a lot of other peolpe.

As my school teacher used to tell me,if you cant take it,dont give it.

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Dont be so sensitive fella.

Ok then because of your great and super boxing brain tell me how Buchanan is a greater fighter than hatton.

Im not being sensitive at all your the one being sensitive. You had a pop at me in your first post about Ricky Hatton not being there, then i replied back in a respectful way and my last comment was a joke comment which is why i winked at the end of my post, to let you know that my last comment was a joke.

Now you have to have a dig at me and take it too the next level ? too be honest i don't want a debate with you after a comment like that. I have never claimed to know more than anyone on here, nor do i make out im a boxing historian. But i do read up alot of boxing and i do boxing myself, so i would like to think i do know quite a bit about boxing. But nowhere near as much as some guys/girls on here.

Infact the only thing i've done wrong here was give my opinion which obviously riled you up, because you rolled your eyes on my first post then had a dig at me in your 2nd post. If you don't like my opinions, don't reply to me or don't make such subjective threads because everyone has a different opinion.

I was just supprised because you left out Hatton.

He is one of our greatest boxers and that is my opiion which is one shared by a lot of other peolpe.

As my school teacher used to tell me,if you cant take it,dont give it.

Well thats your opinion just like its my opinion, no reason to have a pop at me just because i have a different opinion. Lastly your the one that gave it out, i just defended myself thats it. But i couldn't really careless it was a stupid argument to begin with, so lets just leave it at that.

[porkypara]

Im not being sensitive at all your the one being sensitive. You had a pop at me in your first post about Ricky Hatton not being there, then i replied back in a respectful way and my last comment was a joke comment which is why i winked at the end of my post, to let you know that my last comment was a joke.

Now you have to have a dig at me and take it too the next level ? too be honest i don't want a debate with you after a comment like that. I have never claimed to know more than anyone on here, nor do i make out im a boxing historian. But i do read up alot of boxing and i do boxing myself, so i would like to think i do know quite a bit about boxing. But nowhere near as much as some guys/girls on here.



Infact the only thing i've done wrong here was give my opinion which obviously riled you up, because you rolled your eyes on my first post then had a dig at me in your 2nd post. If you don't like my opinions, don't reply to me or don't make such subjective threads because everyone has a different opinion.

I was just supprised because you left out Hatton.

He is one of our greatest boxers and that is my opiion which is one shared by a lot of other peolpe.

As my school teacher used to tell me,if you cant take it,dont give it.

Well thats your opinion just like its my opinion, no reason to have a pop at me just because i have a different opinion. Lastly your the one that gave it out, i just defended myself thats it. But i couldn't really careless it was a stupid argument to begin with, so lets just leave it at that.

Just like my misses,always has to have the last say.

No hard feelings butt,if everybody agreed on the same thing it would be a boring fourm.

[Dean Duke]

In my lifetime.

Lewis
Joe C
R Hatton
N Benn
L Honeyghan
K Buchanon
D Mackensie
N Hamed
J Watt
P Hoko Hodgkinson

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J Conteh
T Sibson
M Watson
A Minter
C Eubank
C Magri