Modern British World Champions who would have never wan a world title in yesteryear

Think back to yesteryear when there only one world title - or maybe two world titles.

WBC and WBA - regarded as the main two - before slowly but sure alphabet titles started popping up everywhere.

Good British fighters like Colin Jones and Herol Graham - competed for the proper world titles of their day - but never gained World Championship status.

They had to fight guys like Don Curry and Julian Jackson - proper world class champions.

These days the standards have dropped.

Now average fighters are calling themselves Word Champions.

wether it be

WBC
WBA
IBF
WBO
WBU
IBO
IBA
WBF
etc

but what British fighters of the modern era have held a world title of some kind - whatever paper title it was with the word "World Champion" - but never really would have been good enough to be a World Champion of yesteryear.

I was inspired to write this by a comment made by Enzo Maccarenelli

who said he was Swansea's first ever World Champion.

while this is techincally true - all he needed to do was win the WBU World title to achieve this

on the other hand Swanseas Colin Jones drew for the WBC title - but he will never go down as a World Champion

Enzo might be good enough to win proper World titles -but as of yet winning the WBU and being awarded the WBO title is not on the same level as Colin Jones drawing for the WBC title against the top contender in the world.

Standards have dropped.

Bogus Champions are about.

But who would be the real deal in yesteryear?

and who would have never been called World Champion in yesteryear?

 

well I kind of asked both ways.


Ones who would and ones who wouldnt.

Alex Arthur would not have.

Joe Calzaghe would have - maybe - but not a certainty - with the likes of James Toney, Roy Jones, Chris Eubank, Nigel Benn

 

EXACTLY not even a fighter as good as Calzaghe would have been certain to win a World title

and remeber you only get a few shots at the title

once maybe

twice if you lucky

three or four times like Frank Bruno if you very lucky