Greatest British Boxers of All-Time

Another fine candidate, and after beating the unbeaten (56 fights) Cuban, he then won a rematch. Berg beat Canzoneri at MSG too.

 

I posted this a couple of years back:

My top 60 as of January 2011:

(Some things you should note; the only active fighters I rated, were those who began their career before January 2001. I considered a fighter retired, if he has not had a fight since December 2009.)

60 Walter McGowan
59 Alan Rudkin
58 Ben Jordan
57 Robin Reid
56 Dick Turpin
55 Colin McMillan
54 Jim McDonnell
53 Carl Thompson
52 Paul Hodkinson
51 Herbie Hide
50 Billy Hardy
49 Tommy Farr
48 Junior Witter
47 Sir Henry Cooper
46 Tony Sibson
45 Colin Jones
44 Richie Woodhall
43 Len Harvey
42 Freddie Mills
41 Michael Watson
40 Joe Bugner
39 Johnny Nelson
38 Terry Downes
37 Steve Robinson
36 Owen Moran
35 Clinton Woods
34 Jackie Paterson
33 Jim Watt
32 Billy Plimmer
31 Frank Bruno
30 Terry Marsh
29 Maurice Hope
28 Howard Winstone
27 Barry McGuigan
26 Dave 'Boy' McAuley
25 Pedlar Palmer
24 Herol Graham
23 John H Stracey
22 Alan Minter
21 Dennis Andries
20 Jem Mace
19 Ricky Hatton
18 John Conteh
17 Lloyd Honeyghan
16 Duke McKenzie
15 Ken Buchanan
14 Rinty Monaghan
13 Nigel Benn
12 Chris Eubank
11 Randy Turpin
10 Benny Lynch
9 Freddie Welsh
8 Naseem Hamed
7 Joe Calzaghe
6 Jack 'Kid' Berg
5 Ted ‘Kid’ Lewis
4 Jim Driscoll
3 Lennox Lewis
2 Jimmy Wilde
1 Bob Fitzsimmons

http://eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=311044

 

(Bob Fitzsimmons. Not really a sure hes a Brit or he'd definitely be there)


Lennox Lewis
Freddie Welsh
Jim Driscoll
Benny Lynch
Jack Kid Berg
Ted Kid Lewis
Ken Buchanan
John Conteh
Joe Calzaghe
Randy Turpin

Others hovering about are Howard Winestone, Lloyd Honeyghan, Alan Rudkin, Benn, Eubank and Naz.

 

Good list, you can talk about Calzaghes WBO reign all you want, the man was the best fighter in his division, the only man to ever unify (he dropped the IBF, but to me he still unified) and arguably the greatest super middle of all time...how the **** does that NOT warrant top ten?

 

Because he wasted most of his career fighting **** opponents

 

yeah, and hes still arguably the greatest super middleweight of all time and the only man to ever unify the division

 

His career could have been a hell of a lot better though, I was never a fan of his style but won't deny he was talented.

 

I think Calzaghe is right up there, but to call him the best ever at 168 is a bit of a stretch.

 

he's the most accomplished, Joe Calzaghe was one of the top p4p fighters on the planet after the Kessler and B-Hop wins, so how does he not make it into a top ten British p4p list?

 

It took me a real long time, but eventually I actually loved his style, it was better at the start of his career though, he was really cracking guys, but he was getting hit a lot more himself too.

 

Again by not fighting continuous world class opponents, I hold Froch in higher regard even with his losses by continuously mixing it at the top level.

Something Calzaghe never done.

 

He had bad hands I know that, but the slappy punches he threw was off putting for me.

I like fighters that dig with a bit of authority.

 

Kessler was the only top class fighter, in his prime, that Calzaghe ever defeated at 168.

Or at any weight, full stop.

A damn good win, considering a slightly faded Kessler later defeated Froch, but not the sort of win that would find him getting into a top 10.

 

IMO that's a different argument though, Calzaghe beat Kessler, Froch lost to a worse Kessler than Calzaghe beat, Calzaghe was the best fighter in the division bar none, Carl Froch is not

Calzaghes accomplishments are better than Frochs, whatever you want to say about the Tocker Pudwills and David Staries of the world, Calzaghe unified, Calzaghe at one point was the super middleweight division, regardless how long it took him to get there

on Pudwill, I liked how Tocker said "not even my parents know why they called me that"

 

Because other British fighters have also been held in that high regard in better era's with better careers.