Greatest British boxer of all time?

[rjj tszyu]

1- Calzaghe
2- Lewis
3- Hatton
4- Cooper
5- Eubank

The list is fine apart from Henry Cooper, who was European level rather than World. Sure he floored Cassius Clay, as he was known at the time, but Clay was young and over confident and got caught by a peach - he got up and won - if you listen to Henry Cooper then Ali had a 10 minute break after the knockdown (The story has been over exaggerated overtime) Ali would have won regardless. Ali never got Ko'd and wasn't goto against the limited Cooper. (Yes, Holmes stopped him but that hardly counts)

It wasn't just Coopers eyes that lost him fights he also had a weak chin and was brutally Ko'd by both Ingemar Johanson, Zora Folley and Floyd Paterson. He also lost to lesser named fighters like the Joe Bygraves, Joe Erskine, Peter Bates, Eric Schoppner and Roger Rischer.

Henry was popular and always tried to give a good account of himself but he is not Top 20 best Brits ever let alone Top 5.

Finally someone who knows the true story! I think the whole glove episode only bought Ali 7 seconds really.

[ICB]

1- Calzaghe
2- Lewis
3- Hatton
4- Cooper
5- Eubank

The list is fine apart from Henry Cooper, who was European level rather than World. Sure he floored Cassius Clay, as he was known at the time, but Clay was young and over confident and got caught by a peach - he got up and won - if you listen to Henry Cooper then Ali had a 10 minute break after the knockdown (The story has been over exaggerated overtime) Ali would have won regardless. Ali never got Ko'd and wasn't goto against the limited Cooper. (Yes, Holmes stopped him but that hardly counts)

It wasn't just Coopers eyes that lost him fights he also had a weak chin and was brutally Ko'd by both Ingemar Johanson, Zora Folley and Floyd Paterson. He also lost to lesser named fighters like the Joe Bygraves, Joe Erskine, Peter Bates, Eric Schoppner and Roger Rischer.

Henry was popular and always tried to give a good account of himself but he is not Top 20 best Brits ever let alone Top 5.

Finally someone who knows the true story! I think the whole glove episode only bought Ali 7 seconds really.

Yes but Muhammad Ali also had smelling salts, which wasn't allowed in the UK at that time i believe. So technically he should of been DQ.