British Boxing's Greatest Ever Weight Division

Super Middle










(NB: Nice to have you back pal, way too many fanny's on here now, and I hope your health is on the up :good)

 

Welterweight.

Ted Lewis and his legendary series against Britton
John Stracey the who beat the great Jose Napoles
Lloyd Honeyghan who ended Don Currys welterweight reign of terror

As well as a raft of European champs and world title challengers including (in no particualr order) Dave Green, Colin Jones, Ernie Roderick, Gary Jabobs, Kevin Lueshing....

I know you said the number of world/ euro champs need not be the criteria Los but its what I'm going with.

 

Featherweight hasnt done too bad over the last 20 or so years:

Naseem Hamed (Multiple World Champion)
Paul Ingle (IBF Champion)
Steve Robinson (WBO Champion)
Scott Harrison (WBO Champion)
Paul Hodkinson (WBC Champion)
Michael Brodie (Euro Title, World Title Challenger)
Nicky Cook (Euro Title, World Title Challenger at Featherweight)

Not saying these fighters are All Time Greats but in the last 20 years, that is a decent record for just one weight division.

 

Throw in some old timers like Peerless Jim Driscoll and Owen Moran and its a great division.

(not forgetting Barry Mac and Pat Cowdell)

 

My knowledge doesnt go back that far lol, might need to brush up but I should have remembered Barry Mcguigan.

 

Driscoll and Moran lead feather to the top IMO.

If you count 167lb Fitz, super middle has a great shout.

Calzaghe
Froch
Benn
Eubank
Watson
Reid

 

Losfer, glad to have you back semi-regularly pal :good

 

Flyweight:
Wilde
Lynch
Kane
Patterson

 

I think you could break it down into pre-modern and modern. Easily sub 126lbs historically. Featherweight and flyweight to be specific have been very strong in years gone by which is hard to believe currently. People have definitely got bigger.

Middleweight and super middleweight have thrived in recent times and of course Fitz, if I don't mention him Gregory will wet his kilt.

Worst has to be heavyweight despite Lennox Lewis. That was demonstrated when we tried to make lists.

 

And MaGowan. And Rinty Monaghan. Wow.

 

Looking at the lists posted, featherweight seems to have the best case at the moment.

 

Flyweight is pretty astounding too. But I rate Driscoll higher than Wilde personally, and don't really see Fitz as a British boxer because he was never billed as such. So I'd lean towards feather at this time as well.

 

Middleweight is good even without Fitz.

Turpin probably has a claim for one of the best British wins and is a lock top 10 in his own right.

We've had Eubank and Benn of course, they should be in a top 20.

Herol Graham one of the best if not the best never to win a world title.

Alan Minter and Terry Downes were both champs.

 

Well Fitz was technically a junior middle, because of the weight classes at that time (154 was the limit)

I rank him at 168 as that was around his weight when he was beating Corbett and fighting Jeffries, Maher etc etc

However, was an American citizen during this time, and always billed as being from NZ or Australia. So I don't count him as British really, he didn't.

Whereas Lennox flied the flag for Britain, so is.