recent british boxers with similar numbers of world title defences

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  1. One To Watch

    One To Watch Active Member Full Member

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    Cleverly - 5 defences
    Khan - 5 defences
    Woods -4 defences
    Maccirinelli - 4 defences
    Witter - 2 defences

    All couldn't hack it at world title level for long
    all will go down as about the same type of level.
    I'd say Clinton Woods has the best resume out of those followed by Maccirinelli.
     
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  2. Decy

    Decy Barely Coherent Full Member

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    Woods resume is levels above the rest with Khan a clear 2nd place.
     
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  3. sniffmybadger

    sniffmybadger Relationships are not my forte Full Member

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    Carl Froch 7 defences at super middleweight
    Ricky Burns 4 defences at Lightweight and 3 super featherweight

    David Haye 1 defence at cruiser weight 2 heavy weight
     
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  4. Stevie 79

    Stevie 79 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Surley,Lennon Lewis, Johnny Nelson , Scott Harrisson ,Froch ,Ricky Burns ,Ricky Hatton, Neseem Hamed all come into play
     
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  5. Solarse

    Solarse Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Haye with 3 title defenses - impressive - actually it can we really count a fight with fraudley a title defense
     
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  6. One To Watch

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    Carl Froch has won 10 world title fights all against top opposition back to back. 4 time world champ legend
    Joe Calzaghe won 22 world title fights, made 21 defences. won all the major belts at super middle. real legend.

    Ricky Burns is 8-1-1 on world title fights. 2 weight world champion
    David Haye only won 5 world title fights but that is different cause he was undisputed unified cruiserweight champ with 3 world titles then moved up and became a 2 weight world champ.

    Maccirinelli/Cleverly/Khan could only win 4 or 5 world title fights in the same division.

    And Cleverly and Khan are the worst cause they fought weak opposition. Khan had a razor thin win against Maidana, a cuts win over the Domestic level Mccloskey, A low blow against the past it Judah, a mismatch against the awful Salita.. etc hardly impressive.

    Maccirinelli actually beat two very good big punching former world champions fighters .. Wayne Braithwaite and Marcelo Dominguez... not fighters with high profiles but if you'd seen them you'd know they were top world class fighters.. two solid wins Enzo doesn't get enough credit for. Mark Hobson was no muppet either.
     
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