From Ring mag website: 10 greatest British fighters of all time

Discussion in 'British Boxing Forum' started by ishy, Dec 23, 2008.


  1. ishy

    ishy Loyal Member Full Member

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    Thoughts?
     
  2. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    Bull****

    No further comment.

    How you can have Lewis and Buchanan out of a top five.....

    Just showed whoever did it knows **** about boxing.
     
  3. ishy

    ishy Loyal Member Full Member

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    Calzaghe's a bit too high at 4 as well.
     
  4. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    I think Calzaghe fits somewhere in the lower half of the top 10, if there at all.
     
  5. ishy

    ishy Loyal Member Full Member

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    Yeah, that sounds fair. Somewhere between 7 and 12.
     
  6. telboy66

    telboy66 Member Full Member

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    It's only an opinion guys it's not craved in stone, but its hard to argue with most of it
     
  7. dwilson

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    Calzaghe has done nothing to warrent a top 20 spot. So he beat Kessler...so what. He defends a **** belt and beats some old guys. So what.


    Len Harvey, Bruno, Minter and a stack others deserve more mention than him.
     
  8. Boxing Gloves

    Boxing Gloves Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I dont agree with the list at all, Lennox Lewis should be much higher, Calzaghe lower, Owen Moran wouldnt make my list, Freddie Welsh won the british and european title, if he aint british what the **** is he? And Bob Fitzsimmons, well you can make an arguement i guess, but i class him as british. Id have Honeyghan in there aswell, you could make a case for Naz aswell.
     
  9. bored

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    Out of curiosity did Fitzsimmons ever say whether he considered himself British or Kiwi or Yank?

    Calzaghe is way too high, LL is too low.
     
  10. PaddyD1983

    PaddyD1983 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Lennox should be top three for starters!

    I havent seen enough of Moran to argue either way to be honest, but he rarely makes other people's lists. Bit more research needed on him from me.

    Naz shouldnt even be mentioned!
     
  11. TFFP

    TFFP The Eskimo

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    What the hell has fighting outside Europe got to do with it? :roll:

    Especially in Welsh's case.
     
  12. PaddyD1983

    PaddyD1983 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Agreed.

    For clarity, if Bob Fitz is British he tops my list. But I'm happy to concede that he's not on the basis it puts Lennox in my top three. And I get happy about that :yep
     
  13. TFFP

    TFFP The Eskimo

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    I can see the argument for Fitzsimmons not being included. He was born in the UK, which should erase any doubts, but I suppose he learnt all his boxing in Oceania.

    Freddie Welsh was in the UK until his teens where he was taught my his grand dad, who was a mountain fighter. Shouldn't fighting in America help and not hinder him on lists? I thought guys were criticized when they didn't, yet he's left out?
     
  14. dwilson

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    The Ring mag is always full of bull****.
     
  15. GazOC

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    Why does Barry Mac get in, or close to these lists?