Greatest British boxer of all time?

Originally Posted by Nonito Donaire

Originally Posted by porkypara

Originally Posted by Nonito Donaire

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.

Hoko.......not the greatest but very exciting

Originally Posted by Spicoli surfs 'Nawlins

Hoko.......not the greatest but very exciting

Do you mean Paul "Hoko" Hodkinson? WBC featherweight champ?

Originally Posted by porkypara

Originally Posted by Spicoli surfs 'Nawlins

Hoko.......not the greatest but very exciting

Do you mean Paul "Hoko" Hodkinson? WBC featherweight champ?

You know it.Loved his frontal style.Took his share of licks though,Villasana comes to mind but he got him back.

Lennox Lewis for me - the man did it all.

Originally Posted by WelshDevilRob

Lennox Lewis for me - the man did it all.

Short and sweet!Well said.I agree,he was awesome!

Originally Posted by Spicoli surfs 'Nawlins

Originally Posted by porkypara

Originally Posted by Spicoli surfs 'Nawlins

Hoko.......not the greatest but very exciting

Do you mean Paul "Hoko" Hodkinson? WBC featherweight champ?

You know it.Loved his frontal style.Took his share of licks though,Villasana comes to mind but he got him back.

Was ringside for his fight with Steve Robinson.Think it was voted domestic fight of the year.

Total war!

Originally Posted by yvonne

Originally Posted by WelshDevilRob

Lennox Lewis for me - the man did it all.

Short and sweet!Wll said.I agree,he was awesome!

Haha Yes abit lazy on my part.

Heres my list of best in each weight

Heavyweight Lennox Lewis
Cruiserweight David Haye
Light Heavyweight Dennis Andries
Super Middleweight Nigel Benn
Middleweight Randolph Turpin
Jnr Middleweight Maurice Hope
Welterweight Lloyd Honeyghan
Jnr Welterweight Jackie Kid Berg
Lightweight Freddie Welsh
Jnr Lightweight Jim Mcdonnell
Featherweight Barry McGuigan/Jim Driscoll
Super Bantam Naseem Hamed
Bantamweight Duke Mckenzie
Flyweight Jimmy Wilde

Clearly Lennox Lewis

Originally Posted by porkypara

Originally Posted by Nonito Donaire

Originally Posted by porkypara

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.

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)

Originally Posted by yvonne

Originally Posted by WelshDevilRob

Lennox Lewis for me - the man did it all.

Short and sweet!Well said.I agree,he was awesome!

yes defo fought so many times in the other mans backyard as well, people dont give him enough credit for that!

Originally Posted by Nonito Donaire

Originally Posted by porkypara

Originally Posted by Nonito Donaire

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?

To me it's Lennox hands down! Then, and this may seem unfair but his one huge achievement surpasses so many other brits great careers, Randy Turpin.

Originally Posted by Nonito Donaire

Originally Posted by porkypara

Originally Posted by Nonito Donaire

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.

No Hatton(I have read it about 10 times to make sure)

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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