Which British boxer has had the greatest single win within the last 20 years?

Benn-G-Man was the best win IMHO, before that Honey-Curry.

 

McCllenan I thought was a superior foe to Benn.

McCllenan lost that fight because he had a twatish attiutdte.

He thought he would never have to go beyond 3 rounds in any fight because of his punch power.

And expected Benn to fall in 1 - like all the rest.

McCllenan had a non existent defence - he never thought he needed one.

Once Benn found his range and employed the best style of bobbing and weaving and coming out of the crouch with hooks and uppercuts he could not miss McCllenan.

McCllenan must have had one iron chin though - his first fight at 168LBS and he took 10 rounds of hard shots from a murderous puncher like Benn and never went down from a punch.

He took a knee in the ninth and tenth because he had been outfought and outgutted and there was something seriously wrong with him physically.

I think this was the most speical win of a British fighter in the last 20 years because it was sheer heart that wan Nigel Benn that fight over a physically superior foe

 

Lots of overrating of McLellan going on here, Gerald was simply the Jeff Lacy of his day.
Great win for Benn, but hardly earth shattering like its being made out here.
People here seem to forget what Gerald was before he fought Benn.

 

Remind us

 

The most important was Lewis beating Briggs to become the first Heavyweight Champion of the World from this country in the 20th century.

The best single win in the last 20 years at the time was probably Benn/McClellan; with hindsight I think Hatton/Tszyu tops it.

 

McClellan was NOT a better fighter than Benn overall. He achieved far less, infact he only really has wins over a glass jawed fighter that exchanges and is perfectly suited to him, there is nothing else to speak of. At the end of the day he still LOST, whatever the circumstances. This is the classic overrating that seems to go on after tradgedy.

Benn was better at 160, where Eubank beat him at his prime - and knocked him out.

 

Its a tricky one..... TFFP's point is spot on it - Eubanks win over Benn is the only prime vs prime win out of all of them. I'd say Tszyu was no where near as shot as the haters like to insist- he was simply bullied out of the fight by a fitter and more determined challenger. His previous fight had been a tasty pasting of Sharmba Mitchell so overall I think Hatton over Tszyu amd Eubank over Benn are pretty impressive.

I also like Haye over Mormeck which hasn't been mentioned yet....

 

McLellon was 31-2 29Ko's .... 19 in the first round.... He was very impressive Vs Jackson and John Mugabi but was yet to establish himself as a premier fighter... In fact ITV hype aside he was little more then a randall bailey type banger who was yet to take his promise into the elite ofthe divisions he was operating in....And to be honest 24-0 (24ko's) banger type guys rarely cut it at top level.

 

I have gone for Hatton over Kostya just because Hatton was a nobody really before that and Kostya was still regarded pretty damm well by most people.


I am sure the list could have had a few better big winners than the guys on the list. Haye has not really had a big win yet, just cleaned up a poor division and beaten a couple of poor belt holders.

 

For me it's Lennox Lewis over Holyfield to become undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.

 

There is no way McLellan had a pre existing brain injury prior to his fight with Nigel Benn. Ever since the Bradley Stone tragedy, fighters have an MRI yearly in the UK. All visiting fighters have to have either had one in the previous year or they have one when they enter the UK. There are no exceptions. Mclellan did not begin blinking until the 8th round, he had shipped a heavy hook and also there was a clash of heads just prior.

For me this was the best result of any British fighter in the last 20 years, a tremendous fight too.