Most dominant and impressive performance by a British fighter winning a world title?

Not really a big fan of his but Joe Calzaghe dismantling Jeff Lacy and relieving him of his IBF strap springs to mind. I think Lacy was the betting favourite too which made it even more impressive.

 

Hard to see past Honeyghan beating the crap out of p4p nr 1 Don Curry.

 

Lacy was waayyy overrated when he came on scene, and he was lazy. A very bad combination to be. I thought he'd lose sooner in his career then later. Calzaghe just happened to be the man. But the Curry loss to Honeyhan a total shocker. Ranks up their with Robinsons loss to Terpin.

 

I remember Gil Clancy keeping the commentary honest. He was on the button from the outset, immediately picking up on Honeyghan’s confidence in round 1, as if “it was just another fight.” Honeyghan was simply not awed by Curry’s reputation.

I'd also suggest Turpin's victory over Robinson, in their first meeting, is right up there.

 

One thing we almost never mention. In his first career which spanned a dozen years Ray went 131-3-2. His other two losses were to fighters who outweighed him by 15 and 16 pounds respectively, two modern weight classes. So for the better part of a decade that included well over 100 fights against numerous hall of famers and dozens of top 10 contenders, Turpin is the only fighter who beat Robinson without a significant weight advantage.

 

The Turpin fight was SRR's 9th fight in 3 months, including 7th in 2 months during his "European Tour". Turpin was just a Bridge Too Far regarding a reasonable fight schedule.

 

Calzaghe-Lacy....I still watch that fight with a sense of awe and amazement.

 

I know most picks will be a foreigner getting spanked by a brit but i'll add Benny Lynch vs Jackie Brown II in Manchester. Lynch absolutely pasted Brown over two rounds knocking him down multiple times showing tremendous skill, strength and power. The fight often gets completely overlooked in discussion like this which is a shame as the footage exists for all to see and it captures the very best of one of the 10 greatest boxers to hail from Britian and one of the ATG flyweights.