Who would win in a bout between all the British fighters in heavyweight history?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Who would win in a bout between all the British heavyweights of the past and present including Daniel Dubois, Lennox Lewis, and Frank Bruno?



     
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    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Lennox Lewis
     
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    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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    Lewis was awful v Bruno i feel.....do fans agree.

    Dubois retreats in a straight line and would not land as many jabs on Bugner as Cooper landed on Erskine.

    Someone said on Quora that Arcel taught Bodell how to jab.

    My brain hurts......
     
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Harry Carpenter mentioned Bruno fighting in straight lines v Bonecrusher and yes if Dubois did that against Smith in his era his brain would hurt too.
     
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    Lenny the Lion
     
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  6. Fergy

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    It's Lewis , head and shoulders above the rest . Though Tyson Fury may give him a difficult night !
     
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    Is this a Battle Royal ?
     
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    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    I think Lewis and Bruno would do really well in a tag team match up. We could even get Vince McMahon to promote.
     
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    Earl/Mid 70s Bugner is probably #3 to Lewis and Fury.
     
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    Lennox Lewis with Tyson Fury as the runner up.
     
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    If Lewis, then why not Fitzsimmons?

    In terms of HW career, he's clearly 2nd behind Lewis.
     
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  13. mark ant

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    Bruno would be too small to be in the WWE.
     
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    At the moment you would have to say Lewis.

    It might be that Dubois has a higher potential ceiling, but we just don't know yet.
     
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    Tough to say, since there were a lot of tough British heavyweights in the past. Lennox Lewis, Frank Bruno, Jack Peterson, Tommy Farr, and Henry Cooper, etc.. just to name a few were as tough as they come and Bugner when he showed up to fight and not go through the motions was just as good.
     
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