Best British boxer ever?

Discussion in 'British Boxing Forum' started by AliShuffle, Dec 30, 2012.


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  1. AliShuffle

    AliShuffle Active Member Full Member

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    Who is the best?

    To be honest, my knowledge doesn't really go any further back than Lennox Lewis so it would be interesting to know who everyone thinks is the best ever.
     
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  2. atberry

    atberry Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Herol Graham. The greatest with historians probably Ted Kid Lewis.
     
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  3. Earl-hickey

    Earl-hickey Boxing Junkie banned

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    yeah it's Fitzy

    won the heavyweight title weighing 165lb lol
     
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  4. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    England/Britain has no real claims to Fitz who is not the best anyway.

    many would say kid lewis on his many acheivements & era, but he wasn't alone there... some would argue Wilde or Lynch or Berg or Welsh and such

    Graham wasn't even the best MW nevermind best fighter. McAvoy, Gilroy, Randy Turpin, Benn, Watson and so on...

    some might say LL, but does Canada have more right to him? maybe.

    Truth is there are many, Jim Driscoll, Owen Moran, Joe Bowker, Alex Lafferty all equally great fighters. Point is it's damn near impossible to claim one over an other at the Very Top.

    but if one boxer truly embraces it ALL for British fighters, for me that's LEN HARVEY!
     
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  5. tezel8764

    tezel8764 Boxing Junkie banned

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    Brian O'Driscoll
     
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  6. brown bomber

    brown bomber 2010 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    It's impossible? The best h2h? The best achievement wise? The best being most consistent? The best being most high class wins?

    The answer is different depending on the parameters of the question.
     
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  7. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    born here, moved away as an infant.

    learned to box in NZ & Aus, fought much of his career in America - We have No Claim to him!!!
     
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  8. Lunny

    Lunny Guest

    9 years old isn't really an infant.
     
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  9. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I've read as young as 2, so what was it then... still his boxing has FA to do with Britain we have no claim to him!
     
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  10. PaulieMc

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    Naseem Hamed should definitely be involved in the discussion. Amazing fighter when he was motivated and in love with the sport.
     
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  11. billy nelson

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    Kirkland Laing brilliant fighter
     
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  12. Bill C84

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    Too patchy for me, on his day he was a real handful, sadly those days were few and far between.
     
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  13. Bill C84

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    John Conteh has to be up there for me.
     
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  14. Trecco bay

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    Kirkland Lang? What's that make Colin jones who sparked him twice lol
     
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  15. Unforgiven

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    Ted 'Kid' Lewis.

    I don't count Bob Fitzsimmons as a Brit.
     
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