Britain's Second Greatest Heavyweight

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Who is Britain's Second Greatest Heavyweight?

  1. Don ****ell

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  2. Tommy Farr

    1 vote(s)
    2.3%

  3. David Haye

    1 vote(s)
    2.3%

  4. Anthony Joshua

    6 vote(s)
    13.6%

  5. Bob Fitzsimmons

    10 vote(s)
    22.7%

  6. Tyson Fury

    11 vote(s)
    25.0%

  7. Frank Bruno

    4 vote(s)
    9.1%

  8. Henry Cooper

    4 vote(s)
    9.1%

  9. Joe Bugner

    6 vote(s)
    13.6%

  10. Other...

    1 vote(s)
    2.3%
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  1. Howitzer1888

    Howitzer1888 Active Member Full Member

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    Lennox Lewis is considered by most to be Britain's Greatest Heavyweight, although some would say otherwise. If Lennox is considered to be first, who is second?

    Note: This is not based on H2H ability, but on achievement and legacy.
     
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  2. thistle

    thistle Boxing Junkie

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    LL is a Super-Heavyweight as are some of the others...
    so Joshua/Fury are your 2cn & 3rd, but Joshua may in fact prove to be No.1

    as too Heavyweight, I'd say Bugner & Farr, Woodcock, Cooper, Bruno... Haye is among these, though where it's a hard one.

    Fitz credit goes to NZ/Aus

    Don ****ell - a L-HW
    Tommy Farr
    David Haye
    Anthony Joshua
    Bob Fitzsimmons
    Tyson Fury
    Frank Bruno
    Henry Cooper
    Joe Bugner
     
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  3. Howitzer1888

    Howitzer1888 Active Member Full Member

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    Yeah some of these aren't natural HWs by today's definition, but I wanted a nice spread of fighters from the past as well as recently.
     
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  4. Legend X

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    Tyson Fury is 2nd all-time, at the moment.
     
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  5. lloydturnip

    lloydturnip Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Bugner is second best with more drive not many beat him.
     
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  6. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Bugner fought some of the best of the 70's.
     
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  7. Ken Ashcroft

    Ken Ashcroft Boxing Addict Full Member

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    By that reckoning, wouldn't Lennox Lewis's credit go to Canada?
     
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  8. thistle

    thistle Boxing Junkie

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    Yes LL learned his craft in Canada and they should be credited for that, and many people do make that claim about him, that he belongs to Canada, boxing wise. but LL came back to Britain, campaigned here long enough that Britain too can lay claim to his boxing...

    the same is not at all true for Fitz.
     
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  9. Stevie G

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    Let's not forget that Lennox was born,and spent the first 12 years of his life,in London.
     
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  10. HerolGee

    HerolGee Loyal Member banned Full Member

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    Fitz, no doubt. wtf with the Aussie thing, hes Cornish.
    after that it gets tough, but I'd go with Farr or Bruno.
     
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  11. Fergy

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    Joe bugner gets my vote. No one else on that list goes the distance with Ali twice and Joe frazier.
     
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  12. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member

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    Now he is.
     
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  13. mcvey

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    If we classify Fitz as a Brit, he gets my vote.
     
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  14. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member

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    Four little letters , but very vital ones.
     
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  15. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member

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    Four little letters , but very vital ones.
    Fitz took out US citizenship.
     
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