is John Conteh the most talented British boxer ever??

[rjj tszyu]

Well I know when I first read the title to this thread the first man that came into my head was Randy Turpin, but really, he produced the greatest upset over SRR, and then beat some very good fighters like Don Cockel. But reall for me that does not warrant the most talented british fighter.

As for John Conteh yes he was good but to me fell short of my vote by a long way and to be honest I think there are a few brits between them including Hamed, Lewis and that annoying little shit Jim Watt.

My vote though goes to Joe Calzaghe. I don't always perhaps give him the credit he deserves but he is IMO the greatest Brit of them all, I just wish he'd have taken Jones in 2002 when he was offered the fight. He would not have retired undefeated then, but if he could have come back from defeat and then have the same career with the wins against Lacy, Kessler and an old Hopkins it would have shown him to be even more of a great than he is regarded as now.

[BIG H]

Nobody has mentioned Ken Buchanan yet

[rjj tszyu]

Nobody has mentioned Ken Buchanan yet

I was thinking of Buchanan when I said there were a few between my choice and Conteh.

[ICB]

Nobody has mentioned Ken Buchanan yet

Haven't seen much of him there isn't much footage of him is there ? but yes for certain a great boxer and he slipped my mind totally.

[Dark Lord Al]

I was always a fan of Dave McAuley his battles with Fidel Bassa ,his win over Duke McKenzie and his easy win over Jake Matlala proved he was a very good fighter. Both Duke and Jake went on to win some important fights .
Not a great by any means but a very good fighter.

[johnmaff36]

ken buchanan
john conteh-when he wasnt gargling and riding other peoples wives
howard winstone
barry mc guigan
jimmy wilde
benny lynch

[sumkalambay]

chris eubank a crude fighter?? are you kidding?? he had some of the smoothest upper body movement i've seen at SMW(none of which you see from current fighters) and against the right kind of opponent he'd look like an extremely smooth technician. he sucked being the aggressor and looked sloppy at times, but otherwise he was a smooth technician.

btw i meant conteh was the most skilled boxer i've seen from britain and one of the better technicians to have fought in the LHW division.

[Master]

Joe Galzaghe has natural boxing skill and also suffered from bad hands. Turpin was skilled if he beat SRR.
Tommy Farr went to points with Joe Louis.
Lennox was very talented.
Errol Christie was talented and skill full.