Best British Boxer Never To Win A World Title

Herol Graham

 

Herol Graham and it aint close,he was magic at times..

 

:good spot on

 

Herol Graham.

Then Farr. Then Cowdell/Watson.

 

I think the fighters with the "what if?" careers, ie. Laing/ Watson are getting more credit than the guys that were better fighters but fell short against great fighters, ie. Rudkin/ Driscoll.

 

Michael Brodie in his prime

 

Hard to say but Michael Watson sticks out for me.

 

Driscoll didn't exactly fall short though, he schooled Abe in his back yard and turned down the rematch because he had already arranged a charity do.

 

Charley White

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So close but yet so far. Not sure if he can be counted as British though.

 

With all due respect, Watson's win over Benn was not 'great', it was a pretty easy pick, in a clash of excellent domestic talent looking to take it to the next level. Benn was not 'world class' at the time. With hindsight, beating Don Lee was more impressive on Watson's resume at the time.

Graham beat Kalule, Holmes, Pazienza and Johnson, all of whom probably would of beaten the Benn, Watson fought.

 

Agree with this. Up there but not the best.

No love for Billy Hardy? :hey

 

Yeah, thats some story isn't it? Wouldn't get it these days. Still though, no world title....but I take your point!

 

Don Lee, Kalule and Pazienza were all shot or close to it at the time these fights took place though.Benn would beat all of them.

Graham vs Pazienza was an embarassing fight.One of the worst ever.It's amazing he did so well against Brewer after what he seemed to have left there.

 

I would agee Lee et al were past it, but it was not known at the time. Watson/Lee was at the time a huge upset, but not least because of that fight, anyone in the know was picking Watson over Benn.

 

I don't remember Watson-Lee as a hugh upset mate. It was a 50/50 ish fight which is an unusual way to match propects but not a big upset that Watson won IMHO.