How long before Britain has no world belt holders?

Discussion in 'British Boxing Forum' started by dwilson, Apr 14, 2008.


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  1. dwilson

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    Gavin Ree's lost his belt to Kotelink, Clinton gave his to Tarver, Hunter could not make the grade vs Molitor, Arthur is a huge under dog against Guzman, Skelton failed away to Chagaev, Enzo slipped and dropped his belt, Elcock fought a German, Hatton got Koed by a ring post, Nicky Cook got beat up by Lueveno and Derry Matthews could not keep hold of his world title.

    Not a pretty picture.

    Calzaghe goes into the biggest fight of his career against maybe his hardest and best opponent this weekend. Most people have it prett tight on who will come out victorious so JC could end up with few title opportunities at Light Heavy and will have to soon drop his Super Middle belts. He is also more concerned fighting for money than for belts at this stage of his career.

    David Haye will be pushing for an Heavy Weight title shot but not for a long while. Haye will have to drop his Cruiser straps soon.

    Junior Witter faces good under rated prospect Tim "Desert Storm" Bradley in a fight he could lose.

    Froch has to come through a tough fight against Inkin and then still wait to see if he is any closer to a belt.



    Us Brits have had a great time with World title success recently but the scene is starting to look dire.
     
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  2. elle

    elle Journeywoman Full Member

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    We've still got Lee McAllister! ;)
     
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  3. SleazeNation

    SleazeNation Coal Black Horse Full Member

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    Having good fighters is more important than having belt holders.

    Gavin Rees holding a light welterweight title didn't improve the quality of our fighters one bit.

    As long as Hatton, Calzaghe and Haye are fighting - British boxing is good :good
     
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  4. dwilson

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    :patsch How could I forget. :scaredas:
     
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  5. Jimbo

    Jimbo Super Sharp Shooter Full Member

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    Was that the deliberate mistake?

    Within a year or two Calzaghe and Hatton won't be around anymore and Witter and Woods probably won't either.

    Saying that, Haye will still be around, I'm sure Enzo will hoover up a belt (the WBO) at Cruiser, and we've got a fantastic crop of amateurs coming through. Not sure the amount of beltholders matters too much. It's unlikely we'll ever have 3 Ring champions at the same time again but there should still be plenty of good British boxers operating at our around world level.
     
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  6. Mikey

    Mikey I'm An Uzi Lover Full Member

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    Witter wont lose to Bradley.

    Calzaghe wont lose to Hopkins.
     
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  7. elle

    elle Journeywoman Full Member

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    Shame on you Dwilson! :lol:
     
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  8. robpalmer135

    robpalmer135 Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Yeh but Calzaghe will have to drop his belts and so will Haye. I got a feeling Hatton will lose to Malignaggi.

    I do think that Froch will win a belt and Witter will defo still be champion at the end of the year. Maybe even Khan.
     
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  9. Smith

    Smith Monzon-like Full Member

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    Never
     
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  10. mike464

    mike464 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    We only have Witter, Calzaghe and Haye now. I assume Haye will vacate as expected. If Calzaghe vacates his super middle belts it could all be up to Witter. When was the last time we had no world champs?
     
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  11. robpalmer135

    robpalmer135 Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    I think it must be back in the 80's

    The things is Woods, Rees, Macceranelli and Arthur have never been on the level that Haye, Calzaghe, Hatton have been in.

    I wonder if Witter was our only World Champion would he be a bigger name???
     
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  12. Cobbler

    Cobbler Shoemaker To The Stars Full Member

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    OTOH, if Calzaghe beats Hopkins, Lockett knocks out Pavlik, Amir Khan obliterates Casamayor, Arthur follows up his win against Guzman by smashing Juan Manuel Marquez and Haye blasts out Peter and Klitschko on the same night, we'd have Ring Champions at 8 weights.

    Just trying to counterbalance the negativity of the OP like, even though he's just trolling as usual :hey
     
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  13. Cobbler

    Cobbler Shoemaker To The Stars Full Member

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    No he wouldn't. You'd just have the occasional mention in the media of how boxing wasn't so popular anymore.
     
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  14. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    **** belts to be honest.

    I don't give a stuff about how many belt holders etc we have.

    I am more concerned with how many fighters we have sitting at the top of the table in their respective divisions, and at THE top table pound for pound.

    Prior to Clinton's shocker on Friday, I bet you could have named a Top 25 P4P list with five British fighters in it, in descending order:

    Calzaghe
    Hatton
    Haye
    Witter
    Woods

    Now when was the last time you could have said that?

    We have three genuine marquee names, then guys like Witter, Woods, Maccarinelli, Froch, and decent prospects such as Khan, Mitchell, Appleby et al.

    Stop being so negative.
     
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  15. mike464

    mike464 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Do you really think Woods was top 25 P4P?
     
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