British boxers that should have done better?

Discussion in 'British Boxing Forum' started by Terminator_X, Oct 23, 2014.


  1. Terminator_X

    Terminator_X Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Was just thinking about some of the 'what ifs' of British Boxing.

    There were some very talented British boxers who just seemed to blow hot or cold and never lived up to their potential.

    I guess Kirkland Lange is the poster boy of under-achieving British boxers.

    Any others that should have done better?
     
  2. Makingweight

    Makingweight Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Laing without a doubt for me underachieved.He beat Duran and went missing for a year.

    When Laing fought Duran he said it was the only fight he genuinely felt scared in for the younger fans Laing was a nightmare to face.

    Herol Graham should of been a world champion.Julian Jackson a fight that I guess many UK fight fans remember.Similar to Laing a nightmare to face style wise.
     
  3. jonny v

    jonny v Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Naz shouldv trained properly for barrera.
     
  4. hide

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    Robin Reid.... Good fighter blew hot and cold wonder how his career would have gone if he would have got the win in the Sven ottke fight maybe then would have got the rematch with calzaghe who knows
     
  5. tdf1974

    tdf1974 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    i see Kirkland a lot ,its a sad sight these days i gotta say
     
  6. Terminator_X

    Terminator_X Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Where do you see him, i hope he's not homeless again?
     
  7. Rosg

    Rosg Active Member banned Full Member

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    Audley shouldn't have won the euro.. and won the Russian.
     
  8. Rosg

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    Maybe in spirit he crushed Danny Williams for the lonsdale belt.

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  9. tdf1974

    tdf1974 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    nah he is not homeless,quite the opposite he is in a home ...i cant really say where other than East Yorkshire
     
  10. Will

    Will Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Always though Ryan Rhodes should have acheived more, he had everything.
     
  11. Stevie 79

    Stevie 79 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Thought Naz coulda been a multiple weight champ like delahoya and Mayweather if he hadnt a shat it after barerra and got into all the jihad chanting bollox
     
  12. punk

    punk Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I thought Craig Mcewan would have had a better career. Great in the amatuers. Signed with GBP, and had Freddie Roach training him at the wildcard. Did not even win a dometsic title. Decent win against Brian Vera but not much else.
     
  13. sniffmybadger

    sniffmybadger Boxing Junkie

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  14. Westy78

    Westy78 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Kevin and Naz for me..

    Naz did wins belts so he did achieve, but I think with his talent he should of proabably done better at the elite level
     
  15. Buonaparte

    Buonaparte Active Member Full Member

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    Yes, agree with Kevin Mitchell, as he had all the skills and power to have achieved much more. I still struggle to believe that Burns knocked him out. Mind you, he could still be in for a late career flourish.

    Naz and Colin Macmillan under achieved big time given their respective skills, Naz in particular. As Stevie 79 says above, he could've been a multi weight superstar that lad.