Greatest British boxer for each division?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Benn was beaten at 160 by Watson and Eubank. Bugner never won a world title and neither did Farr.
     
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  2. McGrain

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    Go away Mark.
     
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  3. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Seriously? Calzaghe wa one of the greatest British boxers of all-time, Conteh always had a damaged right hand and relied mainly on his lead hand.
     
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  4. McGrain

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    Calzaghe has two fights of any meaning at LHW. Trying to present him as the greatest British LHW of all time is a complete waste of my time.

    You're probably just doing your head to head thing again but that is clearly not what Bit asked.
     
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  5. Unforgiven

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    Mark's 100% right about Nigel Benn though.
    Benn wasn't even the top British middleweight of his era. I have him #4 in his own era at 160, behind Graham, Watson, Eubank.
     
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  6. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Are you sure Welsh? Welsh beat Benny Leonard, amongst many great wins.
     
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  7. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Fair enough, but I feel Duran was better than Leonard.
     
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  8. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Maybe, a lot of people said Conteh threw away his prime though.
     
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  9. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    There's a fair argument for that, but winning is definitely better than losing
     
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  10. McGrain

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    Calzaghe's prime was NOWHERE NEAR LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT.

    He had TWO FIGHTS OF MEANING at light-heayvweight.

    Conteh could have snorted one long line of cocaine from his dressing room to his corner for every single fight he had and he'd still rank above Calzaghe at LHW.
     
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  11. George Crowcroft

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    Two fights?

    I wouldn't class the Jones fight as a fight of meaning.
     
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  12. McGrain

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    I think Jones was number six for that fight, but I couldn't say for sure.
     
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  13. Tonto62

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    Welsh beat
    Cross
    White
    Ritchie
    Leonard
    Wolgast
    Rivers
    Dundee
    Nelson
    Thompson
    In 87 fights he was stopped once ,by probably the greatest the greatest Lightweight ever Leonard.
    Nobody is, "tearing him apart".
     
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  14. Tonto62

    Tonto62 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Jones had lost 3 of his last 6 fights,2 by stoppage.Calzaghe got him and B Hop at the right time.
     
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  15. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Nonsense Mark, nonsense.
     
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