Most world champions Britain has had at one time?

We had seven in 2008/9 - not sure if we've had more than that before - defo not before the influx of belts but could have done at somepoint after especially if you count WBO early doors.

 

I remember when there was a bunch on Sports personality a few years back, Clinton Woods seemed to have got forgotten if I remember correctly

There was Hatton, Calzaghe, Woods, Haye, Witter think that was all????

 

Gavin Rees as well

 

and macrenelli

 

Ahh thats it, was Khan a beltholder then?

 

not sure boxrec/wikipedia are your friends

 

No

 

Prescott wa is 08 I think so I imagaine he beat Kotelnik in 2009 to win the title so he probably did hold a belt by the time the show came around

 

Yep and Witter lost his belt in 08, so around 07-08 is the period I'm thinking of

 

during the time of Proper World titles and even better; in the greatest period of all, we had Mills at L-HW and Patterson at Flyweight. So two titles from then is far greater than a half dozen Paper Titles & Beltholders.

I'm sure we must have had 3 when there only were 8 at some point too, God knows we had some excellent Top Fighters during those great days as well.

 

Late 2007 probably.

Calzaghe
Haye
Witter
Maccarinelli
Woods
Arthur

Can't remember any more. Hatton wasn't a ''world champion'' in the strictest sense, whereas Alex Arthur was despite never winning a world title fight.

 

Think Rees was as well

 

2007/8 had:

Clinton Woods until April 08
Joe calzaghe - not sure when he vacated his title, sometime early 08 I think
Enzo Macaranelli - until March 08
David Haye - vacated at somepoint around summer 08
Alex Arthur/Nicky Cook - had title between them through to 09
Junior Witter - until May 08
gavin rees - until March 08


So yeah - from about Decemeber 07- March 08 is probably the highest

Funny how we had two light-welterweight world champs and neither were considered the best LWW in Britain, pretty much says how much the belts are worth.

 

What about when Eubank, Benn, McMillan, Hodkinson, Pyatt, Hide and Lennox were all belt holders?


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