Which modern day British fighter do you regard as the least greatest?

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  1. TFFP

    TFFP The Eskimo

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    Hang on, he's against a guy that "started 5 weights lower". Does that mean you will be giving Hatton little credit should he win? Of course! :lol::patsch

    Now back to the real world...Pacquiao is the favourite and the p4p #1.
     
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  2. 46and0

    46and0 It's irrefutable. Full Member

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    Nonsense thread. How about posting something positive for a change, eh?
     
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  3. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    I think what losing to Pac would do is place a very strict "upper" boundary on how Hattons career is judged. He'll have beaten some decent fighters but losing to Mayweather and then Pac will clearly show where he stood in the grand scheme of things.

    If he beats Pac it will only add fire to the debate of course.
     
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  4. onourway

    onourway Haye KTFO1 Wlad Full Member

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    The 'he started 5 weights lower' viewpoint is exactly why this isn't a no lose fight as you said.
     
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  5. El Cepillo

    El Cepillo Baddest Man on the Planet Full Member

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    Hid out in Wales defending his WBO title for ten years against bums and nobodies. Beat a hype job, another belt holder, lost to Hopkins and went the distance with a shot to **** legend.

    Yeah, fantastic.
     
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  6. biglads

    biglads Climbing the WBO Rankings Full Member

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    Right now, I pick Haye. If he wins his next fight, that's different. I'd probably then go for Hamed.
     
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  7. UndisputedUK

    UndisputedUK Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hamed, he lost to Barrera who moved up in weight.
    He never came back from that defeat.
    Dodged Marquez.
     
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  8. FLINT ISLAND

    FLINT ISLAND PENYRHEOL Full Member

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    wow

    Calzaghe is winning the poll easy
     
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  9. mike464

    mike464 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :deal
     
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  10. TFFP

    TFFP The Eskimo

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    The only choice for biggest fraud is between Ricky Hatton and Ray Hatton
     
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  11. FLINT ISLAND

    FLINT ISLAND PENYRHEOL Full Member

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    Calzaghe was the real deal though

    He showed his steel the night of the Lacy fight

    Lacy was 8/15 on to win that fight

    Big puncher who had smashed Robin Reid to bits

    and Calzaghe was expected to fold

    But he was cool as Ice on the night and fought a fantastic fight from opening bell

    I dont think Calzaghe ducked anyone - he was just in a comfort zone in Wales for so long because it was the way Frank Warren managed him
     
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  12. king s

    king s Well-Known Member Full Member

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    none r frauds
     
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  13. onourway

    onourway Haye KTFO1 Wlad Full Member

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    Who had Lacy beat and what has he gone on to achieve?
     
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  14. FLINT ISLAND

    FLINT ISLAND PENYRHEOL Full Member

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    No-one really - he was a hype job

    But we can only now appricate this in hindsight

    Prior to the Calzaghe fight he had destroyed Robin Reid

    the same Robin Reid who had pushed Calzaghe the wire several years earlier

    It was not so much what Lacy had done up to that point but the manner of his voctory over Robin Reid and Scott Pemberton, etc

    it was believed he was the next big thing

    a big puncher - a Mike Tyson of heavyweights

    he was expected to come of age that night by dismantling Calzaghe

    despite all this hype about Lacy and his big power

    Calzaghe didnt duck the fight

    He took the fight - was cool as Ice on the night

    and from the opening round showed Lacy he was on a different level
     
    FLINT ISLAND, Apr 16, 2009
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  15. Ubersteve

    Ubersteve The Main Event Mafia Full Member

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    I voted Lennox because I didn't read the poll title properly. :patsch
     
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