Time to put some respect

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  1. Scissors

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    on Bellews name.

    One of the best British boxers of the last decade. Possibly top 10/15 all time British?
     
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    FastSmith7 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    no,
    Haye, Joshua, Brook, Groves, Froch, Fury, Hatton are all ahead of him in the last decade
     
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    Bellew has achieved more than haye in the last decade.

    Hatton won one fight in last 10 years against Malinaggi so fail again.
     
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    Certainly not Top 15 all time British lol lets not get carried away. Hes fun to watch thats for sure and he brings drama to each contest. Hard to see Haye lose again but his body really has gone.

    Since Bellews Debut
    Anthony Joshua
    Tyson Fury
    Kell Brook
    Amir Khan
    Carl Froch
    Billy Joe Saunders
    James DeGale
    George Groves
    David Haye
    Carl Frampton

    Before Bellews Debut
    Prince Naseem
    Lennox Lewis
    Chris Eubank
    Nigel Benn
    Joe Calzaghe
    Ricky Hatton
    Jimmy Wilde


    Thats literally the top of my head, i wouldnt put Bellew in that category just yet. Hes got a fairly decent resume but all hes done is win a Vacant WBC Belt with 0 defences and beat a faded British legend twice.


    How can he make the list? Beats Wilder or Usyk/Gassiev.
     
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    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    For a second there I thought you were going to say Haye. Good thread though.
     
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    Dirsspaardis Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Guess we’ll have threads like this for a while
     
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  7. Sugar 88

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    Having an absolute laugh.

    What an insult to the many great champions this sceptre'd isle has produced over the years.
     
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  8. Scissors

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    Name 15 better the past decade.
     
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    DoubleJab666 Dot, dot, dot... Full Member

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    You missed Adonis Creed... that win made him box office
     
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    A British boxing hero. No doubt about that!
     
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    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    You said he might be "Possibly top 10/15 all time British?" **** no. I can name a whole host of better fighters off the top of my head.

    H2H he loses to all the top heavyweights and crusierweights out there. The guy's been lucky beyond belief these past few years
     
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    He’s done well. Great win for him. Good fighter. But what bothers me with him is that he wants to operate at heavyweight yet immediately refuses to fight the best ones.
     
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    What?

    There’s been a lot of good British fighters over the years, far more than 15 ranked higher than Bellew.
     
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    Bellew would not crack top 50 all time Brit, maybe top 100. He's not even the best to come out of Liverpool.
     
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    Kicked his ass!
     
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