Top 10 British fighters of all time

it doesnt belong in boxing at all. its annoying me now just thinking about it. " resume ", jesus christ .

 

Poor man's Stevie Highway :hey

 

:yep


Not when it came to goalscoring mate. An average of a goal every 3.5 games. Or passing for that matter. :good

 

But, in my opinion

1. Fitzsimmons (cheeky one I feel, but if he's British for this then he's a shoe in)
2. Ted Lewis
3. Jimmy Wilde
4. Lennox Lewis
5. Calzaghe
6. Driscoll
7. Welsh
8. Turpin
9. Buchanan
10. Lynch

Berg and Hatton just missing the cut for me. Dont know enough about Moran to rate him properly

 

Conteh: Very dissapointing result for Everton last night, were Wigan that good for a change or your boys not turn up? Still can't believe how we only drew with them at St James' the other week, they weren't anything special by any stretch. We were just that bad.

 

We were terrible, they well deserved the points. Howard kept us in it. We've been below average all season to be honest but have gotten away with it. Need to improve vastly. None more so than Arteta, Yakubu and (the currently woeful) Lescott.

 

Yeah, much of the league very, very tight this year- a team has a good run and they're right up there, a bad run and it's towards the bottom. Playing badly and getting points is alright in the short-term but obviously it papers over the cracks and when your team comes unstuck, then it's of a concern. You're still in and around the final european places, though so no reason to panick just yet. Newcastle away to Boro and home to Stoke in next few matches, vital we get at least four points I think. Obviously on the back foot for the most part against Chelsea, but great point and results at this very moment are the immediate priority, hopefully positive performances and play will come.

 

I have to admit my ignorance when it comes to Conteh. Have only seen his fights with Saad when I presume he was quite past it. Didn't leave much of an impression on me there.

 

Jeez, i think i better wipe resume from my vocab too

Didn't know it was quite that bad, but i sure do now :scaredas:

I've already got a much better replacement tho that appears from time to time. Three words instead of one, but well worth the extra typing time by the looks of things

 

he was finished for the rematch, but in the first did almost beat Saad despite being past it, fighting one-handed, with no punch resistance left.The only Saad title defence to go the distance.That was a helluva performance given Saad's own highly underrated technical skills and jab, coupled with the fact Saad was throwing bombs all fight.

Mind you, i'm not sure i'd put him in the top ten due to his brief prime and wasting his talent.

 

He actually looked shot before the first Saad fight. He had a terrible time against Jesse Burnett and I don't think he looked too good in the Ivy Brown fight either. It was a testament to his champions sheer guts and bottle that he survived that first fight. I remember when he came back home after the second Saad fight. He was on local tele, Granada Reports or Look North and he had like a breakdown. It was terrible to see.
I agree with you though that he never really made the most of his potential, he could of been the best, he had it all.

 

Buchanan over Lewis, deary me. You had a cheek asking me why I had Norris over Wright at jr middleweight. atsch

 

That pick coincides with another Scots ,Hugh Macillvanney,in last weeks Sunday Times ,naming Buchanan as the best British Boxer of the last 50 years.So maybe Ken over Lennox isn't so bad?

 

I clearly forgot Howard Winstone.