Here We Go**UK & Ireland All Time Heavyweight Survey (poll NOW CLOSED)***

Cheeky **** :deal What this exercise actually shows us is that decent British heavyweights (outside of a very small handful) are just extremely thin on the ground

 

aye...and in fairness i'll admit - yes, i'll man up and admit - that i didnt have enough appriciation for joe bugner until this thread.

 

Maybe your right about Hide. I guess I was looking too much into him winning the title at an early age :think

However, the Woodcock vs Lesnevich fight was apparently for the world light heavyweight title

 

If Smith allows it, this is my new revised list:

1. Lennox Lewis
2. Bob Fitzsimmons
3. Tommy Farr
4. Joe Bugner
5. Henry Cooper
6. Henry Akinwande
7. Frank Bruno
8. Tom Sharkey
9. Bruce Woodcock
10. Herbie Hide

:good

 

:huh

Lesnevich 181.5 lbs
Woodcock 192lbs

(according to boxrec)

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-bruce-woodcock-1291215.html

 

Yeah forget what I said:

http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/lesnev.htm

It was the fight above that was for the light-heavy title atsch

Forgive me, it was a late night!

 

It happens :good

 

hes a southpaw?

you should have drowned him at birth.

When does the weight he weigh in at make a difference? Fitz was 167lbs when he won the title!

 

You should really point out that thats a famous quote, not a genuine suggestion....

 

Because neither weighed in at the light heavyweight limit as you claimed. It was a heavyweight fight, period.

 

who said it?

I never said it wasnt a Heavyweigh fight i pointed out them guys were career Light Heavys

 

And I pointed out that Bruce Woodcock weighed 190lbs for the fight so he was hardly one of todays 'superheavyweights' or even an average sized heavyweight, he's essentially a cruiser by todays standards, then you asked what weight had to do with it when you brought it up?!

Sure there is a differential but its still a great win compared to what a lot of these guys have on their record.