British Boxing Greats

Look at his CV before that mate and very few have won all 4 belts in their division, in a short number of fights and in 50/50 fights.

 

One off night.

Undisputed champion inside 18 fights is pretty special if you ask me. More or less unheard of in fact.

And he did it the hard way too.

 

No love for Wicky in this thread?

- Unified champion at 140 along with winning the Ring Magazine title. Beat a top p4p fighter Tszyu along the way.
- 2 weight world champion
- Basically only lost to the 2 best fighters of his generation in Pac and Floyd. Don't really count the Senchenko comeback...
- Ridiculous popularity. Took 10's of thousands of fans over to the states on numerous occasions.
- 2005 ring magazine fighter of the year

Got to at least be in with a shout.

 

Ricky Hatton would be nailed on in mine

 

I don't think Hatton's cv has aged well at all. Tszyu win has a slight asterisk against it (shot fighter, home ref) then theres not alot of depth to his cv. Malignaggi probably his second best win. Castillo was a shot lightweight. I thought Hatton lost against Collazo but was being lined up for Mayweather at the time so got the decision so they could sell him as a "two weight champion", very dubious. Then he was proven to be levels and levels below the two elite fighters he faced.

Maussa? Urango? decent at the time but historically irrelevant.

Hatton was my favourite fighter, the build up to Mayweather was amazing, seemed like the whole of the UK was gripped by it. But since his retirement he's become a chronic alcoholic and looks like a sixty three year old rather than forty three. I hope this next comeback gives him some level of health which he can maintain longterm. Could be an amazing trainer if he wasn't on the booze.

 

He was in a classic fight against Mark Potter, dislocating his shoulder, fighting with one arm and winning by KO, beat Audley Harrison who many thought would win, beat McDermott twice and of course beat Mike Tyson ( I remember it in real time, NO-ONE thought Danny would win).
In his fight with Vitali he showed he had a big heart and courage, he took that beating and kept coming forward.

Listen like I said he's in my list, couldn't care less what anyone else thinks. Danny Williams is a British boxing legend to me.

 

Although I know he's not top 10 material for a list like this, I like the idea of an early to mid 90's Herbie Hide being in here, The Dancing Destroyer was one hard man and one that got me interested in boxing more than any other fighter back then.

 

Tszyu was certainly past his best, but a shot fighter ! No way. He was still world class.

 

Exactly. He was p4p number 2 at the time!

on boxing forums there's too much dismissing great wins AFTER the fight

 

Benn not making these lists?

his win over McClellan alone is a greater win than most British fighter has in the last god knows how many years.

 

Benn
Eubank
Calzaghe
Josh Taylor
Lennox Lewis
Ken Buchannan
Ted kid Lewis
Ricky Hatton
Tyson Fury
Carl Froch

was going to add Naz but then remembered he’s a fat bell end

 

100% agree

 

I would keep this modern era, very few on here actually know much about the early greats accept what is passed on through word of mouth or news articles. Also depends on your interpretation of 'great' and whether this should include their impact on British society or just their boxing resume. If so then Frank Bruno is definitely up there and very honourable mentions to Barry Mcguigan, Lloyd Honeygan, even the often overlooked Duke Mckenzie.

 

Duke McKenzie and Honeyghan are always overlooked, it's criminal. They are both legends imo

 

Eubank
Benn
Kid Lewis
Wilde
Berg
Moran
Buchanan
Lynch
Driscoll
L Lewis