Top 10 post-war Brits?

[BIG H]

You guys think that Micheal Watson has a place up there? I thought he was a very skilled boxer... a british Winky Wright... was pasting Ebuank till 'that punch'

Fair point - beat Eubank in the first fight too imo.

Strange after saying that, that I still think he just falls short of being "Great" as a boxer.....as a person he is "A FUKCING LEGEND"!!

[LBSCFC]

You guys think that Micheal Watson has a place up there? I thought he was a very skilled boxer... a british Winky Wright... was pasting Ebuank till 'that punch'

Fair point - beat Eubank in the first fight too imo.

Strange after saying that, that I still think he just falls short of being "Great" as a boxer.....as a person he is "A FUKCING LEGEND"!!

yeah I should have mentioned watson in my list. beat benn. beat eubank 1st fight in my opinion and was on the way to win number 2 in the rematch. his greatness has been acheived since the end of his pro career...

[SimonH]

1 Lennox Lewis dominated the heavyweights and beat everyone he faced)
2 Ken Buchanan (lightweight who won respect on both sides of the atlantic and denied rematch by duran
3 Naseem Hamed (longevity beat some respected names over 6 years)
4 John H Stracey (beat a great champion in the lions den)
5 Joe Calzaghe (longevity)
6 Ricky Hatton (could be a bit high but based on a win over a great when people bet against him)
7 Duke McKenzie (3 world titles)
8 John Conteh (on potential alone)
9 Lloyd Honeyghan (see Hatton)
10 Nigel Benn (won both titles abroad and defended)
notable mentions
Chris Eubank, Herol Graham
Randolph Turpin (for one great win alone)
Barry McGuigan (if he was Northern Irish he would definitely be in)
Jim Watt
Dave McAuley (Northern Irish flyweight usually overlooked)

Nice list; my mentions would be Honeyghan, Allen, Andries and Calzaghe.

The Irish thing is nothing to do with is he Northern or Southern? But is to do with the title being best Brit. Britain is Wales, Scotland and England...

Of course I know he means United Kingdom... but still I could not place McGuigan in the list, but McAuley would get a mention, and possibly #10 slot from Watt... Jim not W

[LBSCFC]

1 Lennox Lewis dominated the heavyweights and beat everyone he faced)
2 Ken Buchanan (lightweight who won respect on both sides of the atlantic and denied rematch by duran
3 Naseem Hamed (longevity beat some respected names over 6 years)
4 John H Stracey (beat a great champion in the lions den)
5 Joe Calzaghe (longevity)
6 Ricky Hatton (could be a bit high but based on a win over a great when people bet against him)
7 Duke McKenzie (3 world titles)
8 John Conteh (on potential alone)
9 Lloyd Honeyghan (see Hatton)
10 Nigel Benn (won both titles abroad and defended)
notable mentions
Chris Eubank, Herol Graham
Randolph Turpin (for one great win alone)
Barry McGuigan (if he was Northern Irish he would definitely be in)
Jim Watt
Dave McAuley (Northern Irish flyweight usually overlooked)

Nice list; my mentions would be Honeyghan, Allen, Andries and Calzaghe.

The Irish thing is nothing to do with is he Northern or Southern? But is to do with the title being best Brit. Britain is Wales, Scotland and England...

Of course I know he means United Kingdom... but still I could not place McGuigan in the list, but McAuley would get a mention, and possibly #10 slot from Watt... Jim not W

I always thought andries won his title twice against weak opposition and was up and down like a brides knickers against hearns. the 3 wars against harding maybe a worth a mention at a push, the defences against sibson, merani and waters didnt prove much in my book

[AdamGB]

Watson had the skills of a great boxer and fell short of acheiving great things in his boxing career... outside of boxing is where we saw how powerfull his will was.

[LBSCFC]

the unfortunate thing about watson was in his 3 world title fights he fought opponents whose style didnt suit his. he always pereferred someone who came to him. mccallum and eubank fought a different way

[SimonH]

I always thought andries won his title twice against weak opposition and was up and down like a brides knickers against hearns. the 3 wars against harding maybe a worth a mention at a push, the defences against sibson, merani and waters didnt prove much in my book

Victory over Czyz was impressive, and if in 1982, someone had said Andries would go on to win three World titles... well they would of been locked up.

But you put a fair point across, and this is not a list, for most improved fighter.

[X]

I thought Colin Jones would have been more deserving of a place on this list that Dennis Andries. Nothing against Dennis, but he was always a bit of a journeyman (a bigger Steve Robinson?)

[WWatt]

Michael Watson put on a boxing masterclass against Benn, when nobody gave him a chance.

Unfortunately, he never did much outside of that! He was quite ordinary other than that.

Sure he gave Mike McCallum a hell of a fight and almost outworked Eubank in the second half of their fight, and stepped in at short notice to defeat dangerous switch-hitting Yank Don Lee when nobody gave him a chance. But Benn and Eubank were special, as was Bomber. They seemed to have that extra something, if you what I mean?