Boxrec top ten UK fighters of all time

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  1. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Bad list, where,s Honeyghan ?
     
  2. Vinegar Hill

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    He is.
     
  3. second to none

    second to none Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'm sorry but any lsit without Calzaghe is immediately void, you have to respect his achievements wtf has Jim Driscoll or Freddie Welsh or Owen Moran done to be above him. My list would be

    1 Jimmy Wilde
    2 Lennox Lewis
    3 Ted Kid Lewis
    4 Ken Buchanan
    5 Joe Calzaghe
    6 Benny Lynch
    7 Jack Kid Berg
    8 Terry Downes
    9 Peter Kane
    10 LLoyd Honeyghan
     
  4. rossco666

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    I take it your referring to my list?

    Driscoll and Welsh are actually widely considered greater than Calzaghe by people who know their boxing history so get your **** sorted my friend. Any list is void without Calzaghe!?! I'm sorry but your list is void with the inclusion of Calzaghe. n5 :rofl

    Driscoll and Welsh competed in much Tougher era's than Calzaghe, beat better fighters than Calzaghe did and were much better fighters than Calzaghe themselves. Welsh for example beat Ad Wolgast, Battling Nelson, Jim Driscoll and prime Benny Leonard :yep
    Joe has a record full of b class guy's. His great wins are Kessler and Bhop. Jones was shot, Eubank was past it, Lacy was shite, the rest are not worth mentioning. He got lucky vs Reid and Hopkins.
    The 46 and 0 and title defences don't mean **** to me if the resumes full of weak opposition which Calzaghe's most definitely is.
    Owen Moran is the only fighter on my list that's interchangeable but certainly not with Calzaghe.
     
  5. JASPER

    JASPER Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    from my understanding of UK boxing this seems like an excellent list. Pretty much the guys I thought but wasn't quite sure of the order:good
     
  6. boxfanlut

    boxfanlut Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Rubbish, Carl froch is second to LL and is an international superstar.
     
  7. deltrotter

    deltrotter Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Disagree with you a billion %




    Thats cos I am biased, but yeah hard to believe that list...If Hamed is on there where are Benn and Eubank
     
  8. rossco666

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    Cheers mate. My order was rough. I'm not so sure about it myself. Lennox should probably be lower.

    Apparently my list is void because I never included Calzaghe :patsch :lol:
     
  9. JASPER

    JASPER Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    where do you rank honeyghan?
     
  10. SweetSciGuru

    SweetSciGuru Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :lol::rofl:patsch
     
  11. rossco666

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    Honyeyghan I rate just outside the top ten beside Conteh, Rudkin, Winston, Turpin, Calzaghe, Walter McGowan, Jackie Paterson, Benn, Eubank, Naz. It's really hard to rank the second tier guy's in order and some of those guy's can be interchanged with guy's in my first tier. Conteh for example could be replaced with Moran.

    I've had thoughts about my list and I'm going to swap a few around.

    1. Fitzsimmons
    2. Kid Lewis
    3. Wilde
    4. Lennox Lewis
    5. Lynch
    6. Driscoll
    7. Buchanan
    8. Berg
    9. Welsh
    10. Conteh

    Lynch deserves to be top 5 for being a top 5 ATG flyweight. I forgot just how good that little man was. I put Conteh in the top 10 in place of Moran. His boxing ability is far too good not to place him top 10.

    If I done a list tomorow it would be different :patsch:lol:
     
  12. rayrobinson

    rayrobinson Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    i know we all have our favourites and Im not sure if you are from Liverpool or not but Conteh as much as i like him and I really do , he is not a top ten brit of all time. He just isnt .

    Peace.
     
  13. rossco666

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    Bert Gilroy deserves a mention in this thread.
     
  14. rossco666

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    Respect :good Nah I'm from Edinburgh mate.

    Resume wise Conteh doesn't deserve top ten but he had such a cultured left hand. He was technically one of the best we have produced, up there with Ken in terms of pure boxing ability.

    Put a list out for the thread :good
     
  15. Mr Butt

    Mr Butt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Don't agree with Buchanan above berg