Rank them 1-5...Benn, Jackson, Norris, Eubank and McClellan

I think they will all goto the Hall eventually, Eubanks and Benn brought so much fame and excitement to British boxing.

GMAN has some question marks, its easy to say he had brain trauma in retrospect, but could that be circumstancial? I think BEnn's relentless attacks, lunging head butt and rabit punching did him no favours either and I doubt he would have got the same damage against most fighters

In a way its a pity GMAN didnt beat Benn because it would have created a blockbuster with Jones Jr, I think Jones went off boxing after seeing his friend Gerald destroyed, he hasn't gone to visit him because he says he'll never box again if he does, but he has supported him financially.

Agreed Norris probably loses to them all, he would be just too small above 154 for those beasts of MWs. But P4P you could argue hes no1, with those 25 world title fights and I think his Leonard win is underrated as are his wins against Mugabe, Taylor, Blocker and Curry. I reckon Tito was steered away from Norris by King.

 

it doesn't work like that. Jackson as past-prime by then. Although I agree that GMAN was a massive hitter....Would you rank Berbick over Ali just because he beat him? Jackson has Norris, Graham on his resume, and carried his power from 154 to 168.

 

The thing about Gman is he always had defensive and movement flaws, flaws in his infighting and all those early blow outs did him no good in a long war in the trenches. Loads of potential though and a supernatural hitter but I wonder how he would have done against a slick defensive mover, like Hopkins/Jones/Toney

 

Yeah but in both fights there was no chance to realize how shot Jackson was, he was blown out so fast.

 

No, he was losing around that time anyway. The 1st fight goes five rounds and Jackson landed enough leather to give GMAN nosebleeds afterwards and force Steward to stop training him.

 

Norris
Benn
Eubank
Jackson
McClellan

 

Difficult list to make in my opinion. I think I'd go for Norris, Benn, Eubank, Jackson, McClellan. Norris in his weight class probably was the most impressive. I know Eubank beat Benn but it should be one apiece against them, plus Benn travelled outside his comfort zone a lot more than Chris ever did. Jackson clearly had dynamite in his mitts but could be outboxed easily enough. G-Man has to be last as he really didn't do that much. Not sure what a great he would have ever become. Think he would have come unstuck at the very top level eventually. He did show great resilience during the Benn fight. He must have been in tremendous discomfort.

 

Benn
Eubank
Norris
McClellan
Jackson

 

He outclassed a young Benn, was beating Eubank, performed well against McCallum and is a great fighter. However if he was included in this list he would come bottom.

Still I am a big fan of his.

 

Out of interest, who would people consider the best 160 fighter out of these??

I'd go Eubank...thoughts???

 

My ranking would be almost identical, just switching Eubank and Benn. Therefore:

Norris
Eubank
Benn
Jackson
McClellan