Which British boxer has had the greatest single win within the last 20 years?

Sort this shambles out

 

Of that lot, I'd say Eubank over Benn on so many levels.

 

Benn v Mclellan.

 

Calzaghe over Kessler, Lewis over Ruddock, Hatton's stopping of Tzyu all stand out for me, but I think the most impressive win would be Benn's war of attrition win over Gerald McClellan.

 

Benn over G-Man.

I know JonOli is angling for the Hatton one over Kostya, but there was always the suspicion that Tszyu was a bit rusty and over-the-hill by this stage.

McClellan was a machine in his prime, and Benn pulled the win out from a seemingly hopeless position following the early round onslaught. Deffo the best for me.

 

Irrespective of these potential factors, he took many, many hayemakers from Benn and kept coming forward. I can't think of many boxers that took the best that Nigel Benn had to offer round after round. That was a brutal fight.

 

With respect to Harrison, his best wins didn't have the same effect that the others had when they won the biggest fights. Watson's best victory was against an early version of Benn - just not on the same level as others good as it was. I think it's easy to rule those two out straight away.

Calzaghe started as favourite for his big wins (except Lacy but he's since gone on to do nothing) so I can rule him out as it's the biggest "single win". Kessler and Hopkins are his biggest single wins but he started as favourite in those.

Hatton has a good shout with his win over Tszyu.

Hamed had very good wins like Kelly and Johnson but those guys were perhaps past their best.

Eubank's best win is against Benn is right up there but Benn's win over McClellan trumps that for me. Benn, well up against it getting knocked through the ropes early to come back to win was sensational. But if McClellan didn't have his problems, I don't think Benn would have won that fight.

I think Haye's terrific win over Mormeck is highly commendable and a massively under rated win even though it was very recent. That win means so much more than the Maccarinelli fight but it's oft overlooked.

Lennox Lewis... Quite a few to chose from. Klitschko, Holyfield, Ruddock... Lots of great wins in his career.

All terrific wins but I will go for Lewis' win over Holyfield as the greatest single win because it cemented his status as the absolute undisputed HW champion of the world, wiping out all his critics and securing a tremendous legacy. That win went worldwide and everyone took note. As good as the others were, that result did more for British boxing in the last 20 years than any other.

 

I've seen some interviews with McClellan's trainers who said he had one of the blinking sessions in sparring a few months before the fight. I cannot believe that Benn caused all of the damage from scratch in that fight. It was definately a pre-existing condition for sure.

 

I'm suprised people see Benn over McClellan as superior to Eubank over Benn himself

Benn was superior to McClellan, full-stop. He achieved more, but there is always a tendency to overrate guys when their careers end up like this. It happens with Watson too.

Eubank beat a pretty much prime version at 160, and did it well. Not only a great win in a boxing sense, but the event/rivalry and everything else adds to it.

 

I disagree with you on two counts.

McClellen was much the better boxer in his fight with Benn. It's only later on in the fight that Benn started catching up with him. A fairly similar thing happened with Eubank/Watson II. That was the second fight.. the first fight was very close.

 

I'm not sure people overrate Watson at all. He outboxed Eubank in two fights. Eubank even admitted himself that he couldn't beat Watson. I'm also informed that he was ill when he fought McCallum - a fight that seemed to expose him at the highest level.

 

Nigel beating McClellan was an amazing result. McClellan was brought over to Bash Nigel up make no mistake I was Ringside and it was the most emotional night Ive witnessed and Ive witnessed a few.