Top 20 current best British (or British based) boxers today, based on titles, records, wins and current ability. The likes of Daniel Dubois, Joe Joyce and Liam Williams are excellent fighters but don’t quite make it on my list due to lack of resume. No doubt that will change after one or two wins (especially for the DDD/JJ winner.) Some of the fighters e.g. Jamie McDonnell have one of the stronger resumes of everyone on the list, but due to recent performances and the fact they are on the edge of retirement, they’ve been knocked them down a few places. Very hard list to do when considering current ability, resume and titles. Hope to see everyone else’s opinions on the current top 20 British boxers. 1) Anthony Joshua – Two time unified WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight champion. Notable wins: Dillian Whyte, Dominic Breazeale, Carlos Molina, Wladimir Klitschko, Carlos Takam, Joseph Parker, Alexander Povetkin, Andy Ruiz Jr. Losses: Andy Ruiz Jr (avenged) 2) Tyson Fury – Former unified WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight champion. Notable wins/fights: Dereck Chisora x2, Kevin Johnson, Steve Cunningham, Christian Hammer, Dethroning Wladimir Klitschko (champion for over 9 years, 12 years undefeated), draw with current WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (most people thought he won). No losses. 3) Carl Frampton – Two weight world champion; Unified IBF and WBA super bantamweight champion, WBA featherweight world champion. Notable wins: Kiko Martinez x2, Steve Molitor, Chris Avalos, Scott Quigg, Leo Santa Cruz, Nonito Donaire. Losses: Leo Santa, Cruz, Josh Warrington. 4) Amir Khan – Former unified WBA and IBF super lightweight world champion. Notable wins: Marco Antonio Barrera, Andriy Kotelnik, Paulie Malignaggi, Marcos Maidana, Zab Judah, Devon Alexander, Chris Algeri. Losses: Breidis Prescott, Lamont Peterson, Danny Garcia, Saul Alvarez, Terrence Crawford. 5) Billy Joe Saunders – Two weight world champion; WBO middleweight world champion, WBO Super middleweight world champion. Notable wins: Spike O’Sullivan, John Ryder, Chris Eubank Jr, Andy Lee, Willie Monroe Jr, David Lemieux. No losses. 6) Josh Warrington – IBF featherweight world champion. Notable wins: Rendall Munroe, Martin Lindsay, Patrick Hyland, Kiko Martinez, Lee Selby, Carl Frampton, Kid Galahad. No losses. 7) Josh Taylor – Unified IBF and WBA lightweight world champion. Notable wins: Ohara Davies, Miguel Vasquez, Viktor Postal, Ryan Martin, Ivan Baranchyk, Regis Prograis. No losses. 8) Callum Smith – WBA super middleweight world champion. Notable wins: Hadillah Mohoumadi, Rocky Fielding, Erik Skoglund, George Groves, Hassan N’Dam, John Ryder. No losses. 9) Lee Selby – Former IBF featherweight world champion. Notable wins: Stephen Smith, John Simpson, Viorel Simion, Ryan Walsh, Rendall Munroe, Evgeny Gradovich, Fernando Montiel, Eric Hunter, Jonathan Victor Barros, Ricky Burns. Losses: Samir Mouneimne, Josh Warrington. 10) Kal Yafai – WBA super flyweight champion. Notable wins: Cristofer Rosales, Jason Cunningham, Luis Concepcion, Israel Gonzalez, Norbelto Jimenez. No losses. 11) Kell Brook – Former IBF welterweight world champion. Notable wins: Matthew Hatton, Carson Jones, Shawn Porter, Ionut Dan Ion, Frankie Gavin, Siarhei Rabchanka, Michael Zerafa. Losses: Gennady Golovkin, Errol Spence. 12) Ricky Burns – Former three weight world champion; WBO super featherweight, WBO lightweight and WBA super lightweight champion. Notable wins/fights: Roman Martinez, Nicky Cook, Michael Katsidis, Moses Paulus, Kevin Mitchell, Jose A. Gonzalez, Michele Di Rocco, Kiryl Relikh, Scott Cardle. Controversial draw to Raymundo Beltran. Losses: Alex Arthur, Carl Johanneson, Terrence Crawford, Dejan Zlaticanin, Omar Figueroa, Julius Indongo, Anthony Crolla, Lee Selby. 13) Chris Eubank Jr – Former WBA world title challenger, current WBA interim belt holder. Notable wins: Dimitri Chudinov, Spike O’Sullivan, Arthur Abraham, Avni Yildirim, James Degale, Matt Korobov. Losses: Billy Joe Saunders, George Groves. 14) Scott Quigg – Former WBA super bantamweight world champion. Notable wins: Jason Booth, Rendall Munroe, Stephane Jaymoe, Hidenori Otake, Kiko Martinez, Viorel Simion. Losses: Carl Frampton, Oscar Valdez. 15) Jamie McDonnell – Former two time world champion; IBF and WBA bantamweight world champion. Notable wins: Ian Napa, Stephane Jaymoye, Stuart Hall, Julio Ceja, Tabtimdaeng Na Rachawat, Javier Nicholas Chacon, Tomoki Kameda x2, Fernando Vargas Parra, Liborio Solis. Losses: Chris Edwards, Lee Haskins, Naoya Inoue. 16) Liam Smith – Former WBO light middleweight world champion. Notable wins: John Thompson, Liam Williams x2, Sam Eggington, Roberto Garcia. Losses: Saul Alvarez, Jamie Mungia. 17) Isaac Dogboe – Former WBO super bantamweight world champion. Notable wins: Javier Chacon, Cesar Juarez, Jessie Magdaleno, Hidenori Otake. Losses: Emanuel Navarrete x2. 18) Luke Campbell – WBA world title challenger, unified WBA, WBO and WBC lightweight world title challenger. Notable wins: Tommy Coyle, Gary Sykes, Argenis Mendez, Derry Matthews, Darleys Perez, Patrick Mendy. Losses: Patrick Mendy (avenged), Jorge Linares, Vasily Lomachenko. 19) Dillian Whyte – Current WBC mandatory challenger. Former British heavyweight champion. Notable wins: Dave Allen, Ian Lewison, Dereck Chisora x2, Robert Helenius, Lucas Browne, Joseph Parker, Oscar Rivas, Mariusz Wach. Losses: Anthony Joshua. 20) Terry Flannagen – Former WBO lightweight world champion. Notable wins: Derry Matthews x2, Gary Sykes, Martin Gethin, Stephen Ormond, Jose Zepeda, Jessie Magdelano, Orlando Cruz, Peter Petrov. Losses: Maurice Hooker, Regis Prograis. Honourable mentions Jack Catteral – Current WBO lightweight mandatory challenger. Notable wins: Thomas Stalker, Joe Hughes, Martin Gethin, Tyrone Nurse, Tyrone McKenna, Ohara Davies. No losses. John Ryder – Former WBA word title challenger. Notable wins: Adam Etches, Patrick Nielsen, Jamie Cox, Andrey Sirotkin, Bill Akkawy. Losses: Billy Joe Saunders, Nick Blackwell, Jack Arnfield, Rocky Fielding, Callum Smith. Charlie Edwards – Former WBC flyweight world champion. Notable wins: Iain Butcher, Cristofer Rosales, Angel Moreno. Losses: John Riel Casimero. Liam Williams – Former British and Commonwealth light middleweight champion, British middleweight champion. Notable wins: Gary Corcoran, Mark Heffron, Joe Mullender, Karin Achour, Alantez Fox. Losses: Liam Smith x2. Paul Butler – Former IBF bantamweight world champion. Notable wins: Miguel Gonzalez, Stuart Hall x2. Losses: Zolani Tete, Emmanuel Rodriguez. Kid Galahad – Former IBF featherweight world title challenger. Current IBF mandatory challenger. Notable wins: Jason Booth, Josh Wale, Jazza Dickens, Toka Khan Clary, Claudio Marrero. Losses: Josh Warrington. Dereck Chisora – Former WBC world title challenger. Former British and European heavyweight champion. Notable wins: Danny Williams, Sam Sexton x2, Malik Scott, Kevin Johnson, Carlos Takam, Arthur Szpilka, David Price. Losses: Tyson Fury x2, Robert Helenius, Vitali Klitschko, David Haye, Kubrat Pulev, Dillian Whyte x2, Agit Kabayel. Daniel Dubois – British heavyweight prospect and British heavyweight champion. Notable wins: Tom Little, Kevin Johnson, Razvan Cojnu, Nathan Gorman. No losses. Joe Joyce – Commonwealth heavyweight champion. Notable wins: Ian Lewison, Lenroy Thomas, Bermaine Stiverne, Alexander Ustinov, Bryant Jennings. No losses.
Great post, enjoyed it. My initial feeling is Taylor and Smith should maybe be a little higher as they're the leading guys in their division?
Yeah good point. With Smith he hasn’t got one single really good win aside from Groves. And most people think he lost the Ryder fight. Taylor is definitely one of the most skilled, but I think the six above him have better resumes as of now. In a years time I imagine he’ll be top 3 minimum
Campbell is WAYYYYY too low for my tastes. Taylor and Ryder too. Also, it doesn't feel too good having Warrington below Frampton and Khan is definitely definitely not top 5 lol. My top 10(P4P) would probably look a little bit like this, Josh Taylor Josh Warrington Kal Yafai Billy Joe Saunders Anthony Joshua Luke Campbell Tyson Fury John Ryder/Callum Smith Callum Smith/John Ryder Carl Frampton HMs to Lee Selby, Kell Brook & Dillian Whyte. Over than that, great post! Really enjoyed it, looks like it took some hard work.
My thinking with Campbell is he’s defo one of the most talented, but most of the people above him have won a world title at some point, and Campbell has four or five decent wins, none of them being a “stand out” win. I really like Framptons run from Martinez to the first Santa Cruz fight, that’s the only reason I have him above Warrington. Yeah i pretty much spent my full week off work on it haha.
I think Tony Dosh PPV should be behind Prince Patel given his humiliation at the hands of the little fatty last year - Josh Taylor my number 1 followed by Tyson Fury at 2.
Although Warrington beat him, you can’t argue Framptons achievements and record are better imo. Warrington has a controversial win over Galahad, Framptons run from the first Martinez to the first LSC fight is better than Warringtons current run. Plus that win over Donaire looks quality in hindsight
Not just based on current ability, Khans wins, overall record puts him ahead imo. Still very early on in Taylor’s career.
I think the “current ability” part is enough to send Taylor levels above Khan. Khan is shot to pieces.
