british fighters who were number 1 in a division?

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  1. boxingcrazy

    boxingcrazy Boxing Addict Full Member

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    instead of all these pointless threads about how fighters are not or ever been the number 1 in their division lets see if we can get a list of our fighters who at some point were number 1 in the world in a division.

    ricky hatton at light welter was considered the best at one point.:good

    naseem hamed would have been classed as number 1 at featherweight even if only briefly.:good

    lennox lewis was number 1 at heavyweight:good

    tyson fury i suppose after beating klitschko is number 1:good

    johnny nelson could well have been number 1 ranked at cruiserweight albeit a weak division at the time:good


    are there anymore?:good
     
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  2. Blobby Nelson

    Blobby Nelson Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    How could you forget Calzaghe?
     
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  3. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    I've seen people claim Froch was briefly number 1 at 168 when Ward was on hiatus.

    Blobby/Jackie/Solaris is proving that even a broken clock is right twice a day by saying Calzaghe was rated as the number one fighter in his division.

    Some people considered Conteh as the number one LHW in his pomp. With multiple champions it becomes difficult to say a lot of the time with the amount of consensus number ones being few and far between.
     
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  4. thornpipe

    thornpipe Active Member Full Member

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    David haye at cruzer
     
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  5. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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  6. Neebur

    Neebur Active Member Full Member

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    Ken Buchanan, Jimmy Wilde, Benny Lynch, Jack Kid Berg, Ted Kid Lewis, Freddie Welsh, Jim Driscol etc.
     
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  7. B.A.S.

    B.A.S. Active Member Full Member

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    Ken Buchanan.
     
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  8. boxingcrazy

    boxingcrazy Boxing Addict Full Member

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    might be just me but even though he ended his career with a perfect record i think there was far too many ducks against the top guys during their primes, would he have beaten hopkins or jones jr had he fought them a few years earlier ? I'm not sure he would have:good
     
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  9. Losg11

    Losg11 Active Member Full Member

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    Doesn't matter. He was the Number 1 at 168 after beating Kessler.
     
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  10. Izaak97

    Izaak97 Active Member Full Member

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    Either Frampton or Selby are the best at feather imo. James Degale will prove to be the best SMW as well.
     
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  11. dellboi94

    dellboi94 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I think Russell Jr beats Selby and Frampton tbf, but you could make the argument for Selby or Frampton being top dog.
     
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  12. Odins beard

    Odins beard Fentanyl is one hell of a drug.... Full Member

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    Well remember that Calzaghe v Hopkins was all sewn up when B-Hop was 160lb champion, only for Hopkins to pull out.
     
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  13. Ragamuffin

    Ragamuffin Active Member Full Member

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    Prior to the Cliff Gilpin bout iirc. Tough fight.
     
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  14. Southpawology

    Southpawology Boxing Addict Full Member

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    John Conteh?
     
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  15. Ilesey

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    Yep.:deal
     
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