How good were these British fighters that I watched growing up.

[Master]

Dave 'Boy' McAuley - Agreed loved his fights with Fidel Bassa and beating Duke McKenzie.

Paul 'Hoko' Hodkinson - Agreed very under rated fighter, unlucky to lose to Marcus Villisana the first time, was a good European champion and lost to a brilliant Goyo Vargas, when everyone was telling him not to fight him.

Duke McKenzie - did not rate him but boxed brilliantly against Canizales.

Tony 'Sibbo' Sibson - wanted Herol Graham to kick his ass.

Lloyd Honeyghan - great nights when he re-captured the title.

[johnmaff36]

Dave McAuley, although limited, had balls to burn and was as brave a man as anyone who stepped into the ring. Funnily enough he was robbed in spain when his title was stolen on him. I was at the 2nd Bassa fight and was standing in his corner when he was interviewed after it, just to try and get on tv ha ha! I was only turned 17 and you can see barney eastwood turning to look at me as if to say f**k off.
Tony sibson was a tough enough customer at european level. Think he won the british title after just a couple of fights.
Hoko was good but prone to cuts.
i remember going into Eastwoods gym one time and it was amazing the stable that was there. Crisanto Espana was world welterweight champ at the time, Victor Cordoba was super-middleweight champ also. Hodkinson was being took on the pads and a relatively unknown steve collins was on the heavybag. All world champs

[Master]

Dave McAuley, although limited, had balls to burn and was as brave a man as anyone who stepped into the ring. Funnily enough he was robbed in spain when his title was stolen on him. I was at the 2nd Bassa fight and was standing in his corner when he was interviewed after it, just to try and get on tv ha ha! I was only turned 17 and you can see barney eastwood turning to look at me as if to say f**k off.
Tony sibson was a tough enough customer at european level. Think he won the british title after just a couple of fights.
Hoko was good but prone to cuts.
i remember going into Eastwoods gym one time and it was amazing the stable that was there. Crisanto Espana was world welterweight champ at the time, Victor Cordoba was super-middleweight champ also. Hodkinson was being took on the pads and a relatively unknown steve collins was on the heavybag. All world champs

Good camp, Espana beat Meldrick Taylor and lost to Quartey
Cordoba (lost to Nunn?)

[Dean Duke]

Dave 'Boy' McAuley - Agreed loved his fights with Fidel Bassa and beating Duke McKenzie.

Paul 'Hoko' Hodkinson - Agreed very under rated fighter, unlucky to lose to Marcus Villisana the first time, was a good European champion and lost to a brilliant Goyo Vargas, when everyone was telling him not to fight him.

Duke McKenzie - did not rate him but boxed brilliantly against Canizales.

Tony 'Sibbo' Sibson - wanted Herol Graham to kick his ass.

Lloyd Honeyghan - great nights when he re-captured the title.

I loved to watch those fighters when I was a youngster, I really thought Charlie Magri would of done a lot more than he did but when he got his chance at world honours unfortunatly his punch resistance had gone, tbh I thought he was ready for a shot 5 or 6 fights earlier than he did, shame really as entertainment wise he was as good or better than the fighters above.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbZf_pxQYWM

[Master]

Agreed Dean Duke, Charlie was good but he lost to the great Sot Chitlada.

These were primarily BBC fights and really we have missed 2 generations worth of boxing. This forum would be a lot bigger.

[El Kabong]

How about Frank Bruno? How would he do in today's division?

[ryanman]

How about Frank Bruno? How would he do in today's division?

Undisputed champ of course!!
Seriously though, i think he could be 'best of the rest' after the Klitschos.
Actually, scrap that, i think Chagaev gives him nightmares too.

[Master]

How about Frank Bruno? How would he do in today's division?

Bruno was another who was on the BBC and got a big fan base. Wish the BBC would start showing some boxing, any boxing. Bruno was not world class, the Klit brothers would eat him. Bruno v Haye would be interesting.

[johnmaff36]

How about Frank Bruno? How would he do in today's division?

Bruno was another who was on the BBC and got a big fan base. Wish the BBC would start showing some boxing, any boxing. Bruno was not world class, the Klit brothers would eat him. Bruno v Haye would be interesting.

Ive argued this point for ages. The BBC has a huge liberary of boxing from the 60s up to the 90s which they own, so im assuming they dont have to pay anyone any rights. So instead of showing us how to cook pretentious food 5 times a day, or how a strategically placed curtain can add £5,000,000,000 to the value of your house, how about showing some great fights. I would be confident that the viewing figures would be no worse than half those shitty shows