The Greatest British World Champion

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  1. Axl_Nose

    Axl_Nose Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Im interested to see who you guys think is the greatest British world champion of the last 50 years, we've had plenty of great fighters, Turpin, Benn, Eubank, Naz, Lewis, Buchanan, Mcguigan, Collins, Calzaghe, Hatton, Harrison, Conteh, Honeyghan etc .... It can be 1 single performance or a reign of years, because i personally think that Mcguigan beating Pedroza or Lloyd Honeyghan taking out the pond for pound king will live longer in the memory than Calzaghe's or Hatton's reign ...... I have a personal preference for Ken Buchanan, i think Ken was a brilliant fighter and im saying Ken Buchanan is the Greatest British Champion and Fighter of the last 50 years, and ive been accused of being Anti-Scottish in the past just because i think Alex Arthur and Scott Harrison were nothing of any significance. Ken was our best Fighter/Champion of the last 50 yrs
     
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  2. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    Lewis
     
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  3. smiffy

    smiffy Well-Known Member Full Member

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    lewis . if calzaghe beats jones then pavlik in fine style he may challenge him.
     
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  4. girv

    girv Gatekeeper Full Member

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    Ken Buchanan easily.

    The way in which he won his title hasnt been equalled by anyone in the last 50 years.
     
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  5. JonOli

    JonOli Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Nah - Pavlik is a middle weight - a competitive fight that should have been made - it would be a very good win. Beating Jones now means 0!

    Fighting and beating prime Hopkins, or JOnes.. now we are talking...
     
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  6. smiffy

    smiffy Well-Known Member Full Member

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    he'd still be retiring undefeated after shutting up his critics.
     
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  7. JonOli

    JonOli Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Pavilk is a middle weight - Joe will always beat him imo style-wise as well - I don't see it as a ATG defining win. It's just a completive fight and one that Joe perhaps needs to make. I like Pavlik but he is not that great in my opinion.
     
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  8. Diablo

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    Calzaghe is 36...most fighters are shot and retired by now, yet he is still expected to fight each and every young gun that appears from 160-175.
     
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  9. JonOli

    JonOli Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Fighters age differently if you don't understand that - I GIVE UP!
     
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  10. Dunky McCafferty

    Dunky McCafferty Boxing Junkie banned

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    Randy Turpin.

    he beat the greatest fighter of all time in his prime.
     
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  11. JonOli

    JonOli Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    If it's one performance it has to be Turpin's win over Sugar Ray Robinson.
     
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  12. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    The greatest single performance would have to be Turpin vs Robinson.

    The greatest champion would be Lennox Lewis, however.
     
    Beeston Brawler, Sep 29, 2008
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  13. TFFP

    TFFP Guest

    Calzaghe would be expected to age as appreciably as anybody given his style. It is a measure of how good he is that people set such high standards for him still.
     
    TFFP, Sep 29, 2008
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  14. D-MAC

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    Big Lennox for fighters

    Performance - I agree with Turpin over Robinson, but also think that, due to the bouts being away performances, Stracey over Napoles and Honeyghan over Curry are up there as well.
     
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  15. MightyLondoner

    MightyLondoner Underdog Full Member

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    lewis in the last 20 years.
     
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