Brit ESB Forum all-time British middleweight list?

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  1. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    The more I look at it, the more harvey is going to get in my list. I'm at 8/9 and starting to struggle.
     
    GazOC, Jan 10, 2010
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  2. ishy

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    Anyone considering Howard Eastman for the bottom end of the list?
     
    ishy, Jan 10, 2010
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  3. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    Me, literally 2 minutes ago.:lol:
     
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  4. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    **** me, you really are scraping the barrel!
     
    Beeston Brawler, Jan 10, 2010
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  5. GazOC

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    Tell me about it but Eastman isn't too far off getting in.
     
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  6. ishy

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    :lol::lol:
     
    ishy, Jan 10, 2010
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  7. ishy

    ishy Loyal Member Full Member

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    This is my shortlist so far (one's in bold are a lock for the 10):

    Randy Turpin
    Alan Minter
    Terry Downes
    Bob Fitzsimmons
    Tony Sibson
    Herol Graham
    George Gardner
    Nigel Benn
    Chris Eubank
    Chris Pyatt
    Len Harvey
    Jock McAvoy
    Howard Eastman

    They're in particular order yet :good
     
    ishy, Jan 10, 2010
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  9. ishy

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    They've put Watson at SMW I think.

    Kaylor and Watson are now on the shortlist but I don't think Kaylor will make the cut :good
     
    ishy, Jan 10, 2010
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  10. GazOC

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    1. Randy Turpin
    2. Alan Minter
    3. Bob fitzsimmons
    4. Terry Downes
    5. Tony Sibson
    6. Nigel Benn
    7. Chris Eubank
    8. Herol Graham
    9. Len Harvey
    10. Michael Watson
     
    GazOC, Jan 10, 2010
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  11. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    Do you know how they score their rankings? A lot of the time they seem to favour shorter careers with few losses over longer ones with more loses.
     
    GazOC, Jan 10, 2010
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  12. ishy

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    No George Gardner? He has some quality wins, also went 20 with Jack Johnson despite weighing no more than 155.
     
    ishy, Jan 10, 2010
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  13. kosaros

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    Benn over Eubank? I have always thought that Eubank had the better middleweight record than Benn, but Benn had the better record overall.
     
    kosaros, Jan 10, 2010
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  14. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    I don't know enough about the guy as regards what fights were at middleweight so I left him out. I'll do a little more digging, it won't be the end of the world to lose one off the bottom of the list.
     
    GazOC, Jan 10, 2010
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  15. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    Eubank won H2H but Benn has deWitt, Barkley and Sims.
     
    GazOC, Jan 10, 2010
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