Who do you regard as Britian's greatest ever boxer?

[porkypara]

Got asked this down the boozer over x-mass so I thought I would throw the question out to everyone.

Take the term "greatest" any way you want.



I would say Lennox Lewis acheved the most but dont know if that makes him the best boxer or not?

[ICB]

umm its tough one

jimmy wilde randolph turpin lennox lewis nigel benn ken buchanan its really toss up mate i cant decide

[Preme]

Jimmy wilde hands down;

Calzaghe and hatton still have enough time and talent to stake a claim, but who they fight in the next few years will depend.

[jbirdy]

it would have to be lewis. he achieved the most and beat the best competition. but i dunno if i personally would regard him as british cos he's too much of a mongral from all over the place. didn't he represent canada in the olympics? and i thought he grew up mostly in the states cos he played american football? most of the british public never really considered him british either in my opinion cos they never got behind him the way they did for bruno who we all considered properly british.

[Scrap]

Jack Kid Berg has to be up there fought the best the first man to beat Kid Chocalate he boxed the best.

[boozeboxer]

Isnt Prince Naseem British??

[Drago]

LENNOX LEWIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Hacienda]

Lennox Lewis for sure.

He beat Tyson & Holyfield and Bowe ran away...

Plus he headlined many a big showdown in vegas - which is something a lot of guys thus so far are aiming to achieve.

I believe only retired fighters can be considered in this thread - as Hatton & Calzaghe etc are still fighting and we dont know how far they will go until the end.

[cockey cockney]

Jimmy wilde hands down;

Calzaghe and hatton still have enough time and talent to stake a claim, but who they fight in the next few years will depend.

Agreed, Jimmy Wilde hands down. Calzaghe has left it too late now, he should of fort the cream opposition instead of Bika and Manfredo, and he aiming for a few more before hes mentioned with that calibre.

[GAME]

Lennox Lewis for sure.

He beat Tyson & Holyfield and Bowe ran away...

Plus he headlined many a big showdown in vegas - which is something a lot of guys thus so far are aiming to achieve.

I believe only retired fighters can be considered in this thread - as Hatton & Calzaghe etc are still fighting and we dont know how far they will go until the end.

LENNOX LEWIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it would have to be lewis. he achieved the most and beat the best competition. but i dunno if i personally would regard him as british cos he's too much of a mongral from all over the place. didn't he represent canada in the olympics? and i thought he grew up mostly in the states cos he played american football? most of the british public never really considered him british either in my opinion cos they never got behind him the way they did for bruno who we all considered properly british.

All correct . It is definately Lennox Lewis without a doubt !

[X]

Jimmy Wilde has a vastly superior record to Lennox. He is still regarded as the finest flyweight of all time.

Lennox was very very good, so were Berg, Turpin, Benn etc. I also thought Honeyghan was inspired against Curry (but he was never able to perform at that level consistently - maybe a bit like Calzaghe?)

Bratain has been producing boxers for some time - what about James Figg, Daniel Mendoza or Tom Cribb (for those with unbelievably long memories)

[Scrap]

X tell me that again

[BIG H]

I'd go with Wilde, Buchanan and Lewis as top 3

Honeyghan's win over Curry and Turpin's win over SRR are the 2 best wins imo

[Syntax Error]

Definitely Jimmy Wilde.

The next is a toss up between Ken Buchanan & Lennox Lewis.

[erics44]

lewis is canadian

calzaghe?