Rate the following British fighters on a scale of 1 to 10

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  1. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing Aficionado Full Member

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    Lennox Lewis 9/10
    Ricky Hatton 8/10
    Carl Froch 8/10
    Joe Calzaghe 10/10
    Daniel Dubois 6/10
    Chris Eubank Sr. 4/10
    Nigel Benn 5/10
    Anthony Joshua 7/10
    Naseem Hamed 8/10
    Tyson Fury 7/10
    George Groves 6/10
    Tony Bellew 6/10

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    Perkin Warbeck, Aug 16, 2026 at 10:05 AM
    Perkin Warbeck, Aug 16, 2026 at 10:05 AM
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  2. BoxingFanMike

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    Lennox Lewis 9.5/10
    Ricky Hatton 7/10
    Carl Froch 8/10
    Joe Calzaghe 9/10
    Daniel Dubois 6.5/10
    Chris Eubank Sr. 7.5/10
    Nigel Benn 7/10
    Anthony Joshua 7/10
    Naseem Hamed 8.5/10
    Tyson Fury 8/10
    George Groves 6/10
    Tony Bellew 6/10
     
    BoxingFanMike, Aug 16, 2026 at 10:23 AM
    BoxingFanMike, Aug 16, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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  3. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    I think AJ should be an 8 all things considered
     
    Wizbit1013, Aug 16, 2026 at 11:00 AM
    Wizbit1013, Aug 16, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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  4. Noel857

    Noel857 I Am Duran

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    A J - 7
    Dubois - 6
    Calzaghe - 8.5
    Hatton - 7
    Naz - 9
    Benn - 7.5
    Eubank - 7.5
    Bellew - 6
    Groves - 6
    Froch - 8
    Lewis - 9
     
    Noel857, Aug 16, 2026 at 12:03 PM
    Noel857, Aug 16, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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  5. Fogger

    Fogger Father, grandfather and big sports fan. Full Member

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    Lennox Lewis 9/10
    Ricky Hatton 7/10
    Carl Froch 8/10
    Joe Calzaghe 9/10
    Daniel Dubois 6/10
    Chris Eubank Sr. 4/10
    Nigel Benn 5/10
    Anthony Joshua 8/10
    Naseem Hamed 9/10
    Tyson Fury 8/10
    George Groves 6/10
    Tony Bellew 6/10
     
    Fogger, Aug 16, 2026 at 1:19 PM
    Fogger, Aug 16, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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  6. Julio c

    Julio c New Member Full Member

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    What would Calzaghe be rated if the refs actually called his slaps and cuffs?
     
    Julio c, Aug 16, 2026 at 1:24 PM
    Julio c, Aug 16, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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  7. MagnificentMatt

    MagnificentMatt Beterbiev literally kills Plant and McCumby 2v1 Full Member

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    That’s how I’d have it!
     
    MagnificentMatt, Aug 16, 2026 at 1:57 PM
    MagnificentMatt, Aug 16, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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  8. Sandman_

    Sandman_ The Phoenix flew & the Big Fish knew Full Member

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    Joe Calzaghe fought in boxing's second division his whole career & didn't face the best of his contemporaries even then. Not all his fault b/c the Germans at the time were cats who didn't want to face him.

    Super Middleweight was a division top fighters passed through on the way to somewhere else. Like Cruiserweight, it was a division created to enable Europeans to win world championships b/c they couldn't beat Americans in traditional weight classes. The WBO belt Calzaghe held at the time wasn't highly regarded.
     
    Sandman_, Aug 16, 2026 at 2:45 PM
    Sandman_, Aug 16, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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  9. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing Aficionado Full Member

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    Calzaghe was linear and Ring champion at 175.

    He was also Ring, unified and linear champion at 168. He defeated Jeff Lacy for the IBF title at 168, and Mikkel Kessler for the WBC and WBA titles.

    Calzaghe fought outside his home country of Wales many times: Scotland, Germany, England, Denmark, and the USA (Las Vegas and New York).

    How often did Roy Jones, Floyd Mayweather, Bernard Hopkins and Andre Ward fight contenders outside the USA?
     
    Perkin Warbeck, Aug 16, 2026 at 2:59 PM
    Perkin Warbeck, Aug 16, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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  10. Sandman_

    Sandman_ The Phoenix flew & the Big Fish knew Full Member

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    He didn't beat a reigning world champ at 175 lbs so I'm not sure how that's possible. Most of the people who post about him on here do so retrospectively. He just wasn't a major player in the sport at the time. Except maybe in the UK which was a boxing backwater in those days.
     
    Sandman_, Aug 16, 2026 at 3:05 PM
    Sandman_, Aug 16, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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  11. Mark Anthony

    Mark Anthony Vargas was not an elite fighter Full Member

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    Benn sr was better than AJ he beat Gman in a classic.
     
    Mark Anthony, Aug 16, 2026 at 3:12 PM
    Mark Anthony, Aug 16, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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  12. Mark Anthony

    Mark Anthony Vargas was not an elite fighter Full Member

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    Benn sr was far better than Dubois is.
     
    Mark Anthony, Aug 16, 2026 at 3:12 PM
    Mark Anthony, Aug 16, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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  13. Mark Anthony

    Mark Anthony Vargas was not an elite fighter Full Member

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    He was nowhere near world class.
     
    Mark Anthony, Aug 16, 2026 at 3:14 PM
    Mark Anthony, Aug 16, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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  14. Sandman_

    Sandman_ The Phoenix flew & the Big Fish knew Full Member

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    He was a second division guy. He fought against old guys in the US who no longer held world titles. He had one fight in Denmark against someone I've never heard of. He went to Germany & fought someone who wasn't a reigning world champ there at a time when plenty were. As for fighting in Scotland & England when he was from Wales - big whoopie.
     
    Sandman_, Aug 16, 2026 at 3:14 PM
    Sandman_, Aug 16, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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  15. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    World champion making various defences

    I'm another era maybe but in the one he competed in he clearly was
     
    Wizbit1013, Aug 16, 2026 at 3:17 PM
    Wizbit1013, Aug 16, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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