Who were the top 10 Brit fighters of all time and how well would they do if active in today`s game?

Funny, I don't recall ever claiming Robinson was a British ATG. He did defend the WBO World Title 7 Times, on the way defeating Colin Mcmillan, Paul Hodkinson and Duke Mckenzie. Also won and defended the EBU title after defeat to Hamed.

Also the majority of his defeats were at the beginning and another half dozen at the end. He, as a part time journeyman he got a break and made the best of it hence the ring monika 'The Cinderrella Man'.

I agree that Frampton would have defeated Robinson but, defeating Hamed is another story entirely. Watch how Hamed dismantled and humiliated Robinson and then tell me Frampton defeats Hamed with certainty.

 

Warrington strongest attribute is his defence al8ngside his work rate. He didn't really start taking any clean punches until the Frampton fight. Try list me a fight prior to frampton where warrington was lacking in defence and took a lot of clean punches. There isnt one. The frampton fight is Where he stood toe to toe cos he felt that he can negate defence because the risk reward on the punches he was trading with Frampton were worth more than adding defence in which would of encouraged Frampton to do the same.
Go back and watch his fight with Selby,
It was his defence that won him the IBF title.
Warrington has good defence

 

Fair point but, is that down to his level of comp not exactly being world class up to the Frampton fight?

I'm not dissing Warrington at all, he's a constantly improving, entertaining fighter but, his best opponents have been Frampton and Selby, both past their best and a prime Hamed was a wrecking machine who had a good chin, very good levels of recovery and for the most part, very good reflexes.

His style often made him look ungainly and off balance but, in reality, he had hugely strong legs and very good foot work.

Warrington has never even seen a style like Hameds up close and has never felt anything like the power.
Hamed had world class fighters on ***** street with a single punch and I know that Warrington would get caught more than once.

The other thing with Hamed was his willingness to brawl and against a relatively light puncher in Warrington, I could see Warrington eventually getting hurt and overwhelmed.

 

I wasnt questioning your opinion on whether hamed could beat Warrington, you may well be right, I just don't know Tbh. Off the top of my head it would certainly be a tough fight for Josh and the thing with nazs style more than anything, was that it was so hard to solve the puzzle for any of his opponents within the 36 minutes that they get to beat him. Couple that with he could bang and punish you for any mistakes you made, made for a nightmare fight for any opponent.
I could see why you would pick Naz to beat him. And maybe your correct in doing so.
joshs defence is good against the standard boxing shots, trajectory and lines of attacks of most opponents versed in the orthodox techniques. However Naz was unorthodox and would give Josh something to think about. Whether he could solve the puzzle in time, I would of loved to be able to see that.

I was questioning your statement that Josh didn't have a decent defence.
Warrington has a good defence, and before Frampton he hardly took a clean shot in about 28 fights and about 15 of them were championship fights. Also some of those fights he was the underdog. It was his good defence along with his work rate that without these qualitys he wouldn't of probably won any titles.

 

There have been many ridiculous remarks made on this forum.But to suggest Warrington and Frampton beat Naz takes the biscuit.And i am not a Hamed fan

 

I will repeat a post I made and another poster made earlier. At the time Naz fought Barrera he was suffering from severe hand injuries, struggled to get in a full camp, struggled to make weight and was making it clear to everyone around him at the time that he was ready to quit boxing and had been for some time. Poor prep. for going into the toughest fight of your career...

 

Boxrec doesn't tell the full story when it comes to Steve Robinson's career. Robinson spent most of his early days fighting part-time on top of a full time job as a warehouseman, often every couple of weeks at short notice. His world title win was a fight he took as a substitute at two days notice after the original opponent tested positive for HIV. Once he won it and actually started taking boxing seriously, he was a different fighter, beating Colin McMillan, Paul Hodgkinson and Duke McKenzie amongst others. After the Hamed loss, he rebounded and became European champ again and was on the verge of another world title shot before his loss to Juan Carlos Ramirez. Like many who never became millionaires from boxing, he stuck around too long and lost his last six, hence distorting his record even further.

 

@Tankatron those excuses sound as pathetic as Wilders excuses after the Fury loss. He was simply beaten by the far better man.

 

It's all pretty common knowledge, was then and is now and I'm no superfan or anything like that and indeed, likely Barrera would beat Hamed 100 out of a 100, I'm just of the opinion that the best Hamed beats Warrington and Frampton..... Clear enough for ya?

 

I would only make a prediction on Warrington vs Hamed at the end of Warringtons career, too early to say now.

But Hamed is seriously overrated by some on here. He was a very flawed boxer, the second he stepped up to the top level against Barrera he was beaten with ease in a big mismatch.. totally one sided fight. Then he retired at an early age cause he knew he could never compete with the elite. Imagine him versus Mayweather, Pacqauio, Morales, Marquez. They'd have all destroyed him