Brits in world title fights

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  1. MCJ

    MCJ Member Full Member

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    Similar threads will have no doubt been done before, but since the announcement of Hurd-Welborn, it got me thinking about Brits in world title fights.

    I can’t think of another Brit who fought for a world title, that is facing a challenge as difficult as the one Welborn is about to.

    There’s been some mismatches in hindsight, but what comes close to this? Let’s say since 2000...
     
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  2. StiffJab

    StiffJab Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Old Garry Lockett vs Prime Kelly Pavlik comes to mind.

    :boxing1
     
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  3. Inside pass

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    Jones v woods. Big mis-match
     
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    destruction Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Kell Brook vs GGG

    Frank Bruno vs Mike Tyson
     
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  5. Ukansodoff

    Ukansodoff Deontay plz stop ducking Joshua. Thank you. Full Member

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    Ha thats exactly the same one that sprang to my mind too.
     
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    Infern0121 Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Cotto vs Jennings
    Williams vs Klitschko
     
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  8. MCJ

    MCJ Member Full Member

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    Devon Alexander vs Lee Purdy sticks in my mind.
     
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  9. Bensub

    Bensub Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Boo Boo v Brian Rose...think it was for a title.
     
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  10. jmashyaka

    jmashyaka Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah for the WBO. Eventhough the fighters were world class, for me Khan vs Canelo and Brook vs GGG were ridiculous mismatches.
     
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    Bensub Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Matthew Hatton v Canelo............title fight??
     
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  12. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    Those were due to size. GGG and Canelo were better fighters in general, but there was not as big as a gap in talent as say Canelo-Hatton.
     
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    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    Alvarez vs Matthew Hatton.
    Alvarez was campaigning at the 150lb mark back then. GBP was hoping to get him a title fight at 147 and then move up to 154.
    Pacquiao vacated his WBC 154lb belt and the WBC sanctioned it for Alvarez-Hatton(the fight had been already signed).
    This was the second time in a row the WBC vacant 154belt had been contested for at 150lbs.
    And Alvarez missed the agreed upon weight.
     
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    Bensub Boxing Addict Full Member

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    At the time of fight Broner v Gavin Rees
     
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