British fighter of the year & decade?

LOL what has Warrington done this year? Shouldn't even be the champion anymore.

Decade is Froch or Fury.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_year

 

Taylor is the best UK fighter of the year without question. UK fighter of the decade would be between Froch and Joshua for me.

 

Taylor for the fighter of the year. Warrington obviously had a great 2018 which was always unlikely to be topped, but this year has been poor: the Galahad fight was disappointing and many thought he lost. Then a total no mark follow up.

Decade; Joshua. Has taken interest in boxing to new levels, won and regained multiple heavyweight titles in a very short period of time, and people will talk about the Klitschko fight for years to come. People saying Froch; this decade doesn't include the Pascal or Taylor wins, but does include the Kessler and Ward losses, and I say that as a huge fan of his career.

 

Taylor year, comfortably.

Joshua decade. He’s took boxing to a whole new level in this country, whether you like him or not, you can’t argue that. If Fury had remained active once he won the belts and then faced some decent fighters the last few years instead of Pianetta, Schwarz and co then he would have probably took it. Froch a strong contender also.

 

Let’s throw Bellew in there too just to **** everyone off.

 

Taylor for the year.

Joshua for the decade. He’s been the golden goose that has brought an incredible amount of attention and money to British boxing. That only filters down to other affiliated events/fighters. There’s negativity with the increased frequency and pricing of PPV’s etc. but ultimately he’s been a positive. Froch isn’t far behind along with Fury.

 

The pricing for PPV's is an interesting one when compared against quality.

Ten years or so ago Brook v Jennings, Haye v Harrison, Harrison v Rogan and Khan v Salita were all PPV. Even if they were a lot cheaper that still feels like pretty dismal value.

Joshua is legitimately selling loads of PPV's. I think some then think their fighters should be PPV, as though that's some status in itself.

 

Can't see past Taylor for the year - he merits serious consideration for the world version let alone UK. Warrington had a great 2018, but 2019, hmmm... squeaked by Galahad in a stinker that many thought he lost and that last opponent was a sacrificial lamb. Can't see anyone else up there?

Decade, hmmm... Froch had an awesome career but some of his best wins were last decade and he was finished by 2014. Would have had to be Joshua without the first Ruiz fight, possibly still is. Don't think there's a clear cut choice.

 

Fury has beaten one top ten ranked heavyweight in the entire decade. This overrating of him is becoming silly and detracts from sensible debate on here.

 

I think there have been a fair few who have accomplished stuff they can be proud of. Joshua, Fury, Bellew, Haye, Smith, Groves, Degale, Saunders, Eubank Jr, Brook, Khan, Taylor, Campbell, Crolla, Flanagan, McDonnell, Selby, Frampton, Warrington Quigg, Yafai for starters. But I agree, there haven't been that many who have had the extended run of success and been in the megafights that the likes of Lewis, Hatton, Calzaghe and Froch were.

 

I was looking on the internet and there really is only a limited amount of boxers with a minimum of 2 wins against named or world level opponents.

Josh Taylor with wins over Prograis and Baranchyk and 100% tops the list.

Randomly our old friend Chris Eubank Jr has had a very successful year on paper with wins against Korobov and DeGale.

 

'Megafights' tend to be based on popularity as opposed to the quality of the opposition for example. It would be hard to claim that Lewis against Tyson wasn't a megafight, but let's take into account this was an old, well past his best Tyson who had been well beaten by Holyfield a long time ago and had spent several years fighting the likes of Julius Francis.

Many also tend to remember the big fights and not the smaller ones which may, on paper, have actually been harder tests.