Best Ever British Performances.

[Tins06]

Although he lost he almost had it...so so close

Joe Louis - Billy Conn.

But neither were British

I think he meant Tommy Farr.

No i was thinking of Billy conn...just swore he was british for some reason.

[beerjelly]

OK on a serious note:

Lewis Vs Tyson and Benn Vs vs McClellan

Williams Vs Tyson was nothing to get too excited about, Tyson at that point was washed up and nothing more than a name.

Read the title prick , best ever performances, it was a great performance by a British fighter regardless whether the opponent was washed up or not.

Was Lacy not one dimensional
was Tzsyu not too old

You could also say those two but it's not a thread of the opposition it's on the performance of the Brit if you read the title.

And you dont think the level of the opposition should play a part on how you view the performance? Beating Tyson 10 years ago would have been impressive - beating him now means about as much as beating Ali now. Look what happened to Williams in his next fight when he went up against decent opposition.

[leftylee]

OK on a serious note:

Lewis Vs Tyson and Benn Vs vs McClellan

Williams Vs Tyson was nothing to get too excited about, Tyson at that point was washed up and nothing more than a name.

Read the title prick , best ever performances, it was a great performance by a British fighter regardless whether the opponent was washed up or not.

Was Lacy not one dimensional
was Tzsyu not too old

You could also say those two but it's not a thread of the opposition it's on the performance of the Brit if you read the title.

And you dont think the level of the opposition should play a part on how you view the performance? Beating Tyson 10 years ago would have been impressive - beating him now means about as much as beating Ali now. Look what happened to Williams in his next fight when he went up against decent opposition.

williams was willing to fight the best in his next fight and showed heart and character and lost to the best heavy out there, there's no shame at that.

As I say Lacy was one-dimensional in reality when he fought JC but it was the press that built him up so you could say Calzaghe's great performance was expected against a one-dimensional fighter

[Dark Lord Al]

Williams v Tyson = Tyson was washed up.
Honeyghan v Curry = top 2 , by a british fighter , but Curry had weight problems.
Lewis v Tyson = Tyson wasnt anywere near his prime , but top win
Eubank v Watson = Watson was exposed by Mike McCallum , at top level , so not a great win.
Eubank v Benn = great fight , great win.
I think Benn's win over McClellan ranks along side if not better than Honeyghans win , because G-man had hammerd Jackson and many others at middle , Benn showed great fighting heart that night , pity he was injured as the fight doesnt get watched as much as it should.

top 5 for me not in any order

Honeyghan v Curry
Benn v McClellan
Stracey v Napoles
Turpin v Robinson
Hatton v Kostya