The greatest British boxer ever

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  1. Bronxbull666

    Bronxbull666 The Beast From The East Full Member

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    They're all paper titles. Undisputed is undisputed.
     
  2. Flea Man

    Flea Man มวยสากล Full Member

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    Calzaghe wasn't 'undisputed' at either weight then was he?! Twat.
     
  3. Bronxbull666

    Bronxbull666 The Beast From The East Full Member

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    Yes he was undisputed at 2 weights! Tit
     
  4. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    No he wasn't.
     
  5. brickfists

    brickfists The Nonpareil Full Member

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    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
     
  6. Flea Man

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    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 ;)
     
  7. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    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.
     
  8. ApatheticLeader

    ApatheticLeader is bringing ***y back. Full Member

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    I don't mean to be rude, but your Dad is a ****ing pillock.
     
  9. Hands of Paper

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    Lennox Lewis.

    Oh how we miss him.
     
  10. HeavyT

    HeavyT Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :patsch so Im not Scottish because my parents arent, even though I was born and lived here all my life?
     
  11. HeavyT

    HeavyT Boxing Addict Full Member

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    cant he be both?
     
  12. luke

    luke Well-Known Member Full Member

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    ted kid lewis or owen moran for me. i have a soft place in my heart for randy turpin and michael wattson.
     
  13. Boro chris

    Boro chris Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    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.
     
  14. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    :lol: Not the exact words I'd have used but, yeah, crap picks.
     
  15. caltonbhoy

    caltonbhoy Member Full Member

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    walter mcgowan, ken buchannan,jimmy wilde, benny lynch,lennox lewis in any order for top five based on who they beat and fought