Im not british so dont know if my oppinon counts but for me its the ghost with the hammer in his hands Jimmy Wilde. Easily the greatest flyweight ever who while barely weighing 8 stone would regularly KO full blown bantem/feather weights
Not 'easily' the greatest flyweight ever.But yeah, a P4P great and a good shout for our greatest ever. Lynch, Driscoll and Wilde should all be in any sane persons top 5. If you don't count Fitz as British, which I don't
Two people have just written they dispute the claim; he fought people at both weights, so his claim is disputed, thus he is not 'undisupted'. 'Generally recognized' is a much better term to use.
atsch so Im not Scottish because my parents arent, even though I was born and lived here all my life?
ted kid lewis or owen moran for me. i have a soft place in my heart for randy turpin and michael wattson.
Pre war my knowledge is rather poor but anywhoo- Wilde,'Kid' Lewis, Berg,Lynch and Driscoll are names I always hear being mentioned. Post War-Lewis by some distance. The only genuine British post war atg imo. After that Conteh is clearly the most gifted. He had the ability to give any great SM-LH absolute fits. And That includes RJJ,Charles,Spinks or Moore. Buchannan is up there as well. After that there's the likes of Calzaghe, Benn, Eubank,Turpin,Mcgowan,Winston,Naz.
walter mcgowan, ken buchannan,jimmy wilde, benny lynch,lennox lewis in any order for top five based on who they beat and fought