Best British Middleweight?

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  1. la-califa

    la-califa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    England has produced it's fair share of top flight Middleweight Champions. Who would be considered the best? To include Jr. and Super Middleweight. Here's a short list(in no order).
    Joe Calzaghe
    Nigel Benn
    Tony Sibson
    Randy Turpin
    Chris Eubank
    Herol Graham
    Alan Minter
     
    la-califa, Sep 22, 2008
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  2. janitor

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    Bob Fitzsimmons no contest.
     
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  3. McGrain

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    :lol:

    I'm afraid it's true.

    Micheal Watson should be on that list. He beat Benn and was unlucky to lose a decision against Eubank. He was destroying Eubank second time round before he endured that terrible injury. A very good underated fighter.
     
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  4. Loewe

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    Case solved, thread closed :D
     
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  5. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Where's Terry Downes?
     
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  6. smiffy

    smiffy Well-Known Member Full Member

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    in my lifetime, nigel benn.
    correct about watson though, eubank name-checked him as his toughest opponent in an interview shown on the main forum yesterday.
     
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  7. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Mark Kaylor ..close thread now !!!:twisted:
     
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  8. smiffy

    smiffy Well-Known Member Full Member

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    was he the guy who had the punch up before a fight ? blond haired guy ?
     
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  9. heerko koois

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    Do you really believe that he could have beaten Benn ? hmm...
     
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  10. heerko koois

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    Don,t know about that..he was around in the 80,s ....[ Buster Drayton and herol Graham beat him in his prime ] :smoke
     
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  11. dalek

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    yeah he had a fight with errol christie on the cobbles before their up and downer in the ring.
    jock mcavoy probably makes a top 10 list.
     
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  12. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    What a fight that was.
     
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  13. McGrain

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    Benn? Of course. Fitz is more powerful with a better chin. I don't think there's a slugger that Fitz couldn't beat at the weight. Tiger would be interesting.
     
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  14. Mantequilla

    Mantequilla Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Fitz isn't British anymore than Robert Prosinecki is german.
     
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  15. janitor

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    I dont know if he would have beaten Benn though I would want a ringside seat.

    What I do know is that he has a much better resume than Benn.
     
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