Was Conteh the greatest British fighter ever?

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  1. The Funny Man 7

    The Funny Man 7 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    1.) Bob Fitzsimmons
    2.) Jimmy Wilde
    3.) Jim Driscoll
    4.) Ted Lewis
    5.) Lennox Lewis
    6.) Freddie Welsh
    7.) Benny Lynch
    8.) Joe Calzaghe
    9.) Ken Buchanan
    10.) Ricky Hatton
    11.) Jackie 'Kid Berg
    12.) Carl Froch
    13.) Randy Turpin
    14.) Naz Hamed
    15.) Jim Watt
     
    The Funny Man 7, Dec 29, 2018
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  2. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    I Feel Conteh was better than Watt and maybe Hamed who was awful v Barrera, Conteh`s balance was far better than Naseem`s, Naz was too easy to counter.
     
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  3. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Conteh was very good, and might just make the top 10, but he was still a bit of a would’ve , could’ve, should’ve.
     
    Cecil, Dec 29, 2018
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  4. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Nice list. I like the Hatton and Naz placements although I feel some will disagree
     
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  5. Cobra33

    Cobra33 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    What bout showed Conteh at his best with the jab?
     
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  6. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Len Harvey and Jock McAvoy should be in there somewhere.
     
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  7. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Could be the fight on the vid I posted but I saw a study on Conteh`s jab and he was so smarrt with it, he had to be he had a damaged right hand so used it latently compared to his lead.
     
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