Greatest British victories abroard

Of that list, probably #3.

I'd say Vitali/Lewis belongs, but Saunders/Canelo would be bigger.

Fitzsimmons/Corbett should be a #1 lock.

 

Lloyd Honeygan , I was buzzing in work after hearing Floyd had won .

 

I think Lewis vs Holyfield belongs to this list. Yes, Holyfield was clearly past his prime and he was much smaller than Lewis, but Evander was still a reigning heavyweight world champion and he still gave MUCH more resistance to Lewis than much younger guys like Golota and Tua who were good fighters. You can compare 1999 version of Holyfeild to 1978 version of Ali - well past his prime but still very good opponent

 

Jock McAvoy blasting out World Middleweight Champ Babe Risko inside a round at Madison Square Garden in 1935 in a non title bout.
Now Risko was no ATG but he twice went the distance with Freddie Steele and other good men.
Needless to say Jock never got his title shot.

 

Alan Minter beating Vito Antuofermo in the USA for the middleweight crown should get a mention. This was during the time when very few overseas fighter got a points victory across the pond at all.

 

You need to add Calazage-Hopkins/Jones, Lewis-Holyfield/Tyson

I don't think I'd include Benn-Dewitt, maybe Benn-Barklay although Barklay wasn't near best in the division.

 

I agree on Calzaghe - Hopkins and Lewis - Holyfield. Jones and Tyson though were totally shot

 

Fury beating Wladimir Klitschko in Germany could be included as it was a big win. His victory over Wilder, yes, so that's two very good wins abroad for Fury.
I think Buchanan beat Laguna twice abroad iirc.
Minter and Honeyghan got those big wins against Antuofermo and Curry respectively.
Lewis beating Holyfield belongs.

Haye stopping Mormeck was a decent win.

If BJS beats Canelo, that would belong.

 

Freddie Welsh against Benny Leonard (or any of the other five Hall of Famers he beat stateside)

Paul Ingle's win over Junior jones wasn't too shabby either.

 

I think with a lot of the Brits you’ve almost got to go with pre and post war because the true golden eras where so far apart. As @BeerGut mentioned, Welsh beating (hammering) Benny Leonard is a great win. Jim Driscoll’s newspaper decision over Abe Attell was huge as well. Of course it gets murky with newspaper decisions.

Post war I think Lewis-Holyfield gets a little overlooked. Maybe because it was a formaility after the robbery in fight I or because Holyfield was past his best but to be the first undisputed heavyweight champion in over 100 years is big.

Honeyghan-Curry, Buchanan-Laguna I, Napoles-Stracey are big because they were also unexpected. Calzaghe-Hopkins was expected and an ugly fight (thanks Hopkins) so probably doesn’t belong but Fury-Wladimir though boring probably does belong.

 

Yeah at the time it was considered a poor performance. I’m not sure Vitali’s standing grew large enough to elevate it that much.