Which British fighters do you admire the most?

watson off top of my head.

then maybe jack kid berg...or eric boon.....I still have a bit more good reading to do on both yet though.

 

Lennox Lewis for avenging all of his losses, Jimmy Wilde for being the best flyweight of all time, and Terry McGovern for knocking out three division champions.

 

This lennox lewis blah-blah sounds well but this can't save the followings:
-McCall a not too good fighter knocked the prime Lewis out in the second round.
-Rahman a glass-chinned bum destroyed the prime Lewis by a classic
one punch ko.
-Lewis was lucky against Vitali Klitschko.
-Lewis was crap against the fat Mercer.The 42 years old Holmes beat
the unbeaten Mercer easier.
-The first Holyfield-Lewis was drawn.
-He had only 44 pro fights.He was 37 years old (not too old) on the V. Klitschko fight.And it was his last fight.Where's the klitschko rematch?
His longevity sucks.
-His McCall rematch and Akinwande fight were ****.
-His "best" wins.The 37 years old Holyfield by points.
The post-prison,mental-collapsed,stamina and other problematic
Tyson.
-He won only one undisputed heavyweight world title fight.
-He's chin was weak.His power is overrated.
(Chanet and Vitali kos were cuts,Mccall mental collapse ko,
Mason ko was nothing to do with punching power.)
Maybe he had only about 10 good/remarkable ko wins.
-I think he was a cherry-picker.:shock:

 

But Lewis couldn't avenge his glass-chin.:tong

 

LaMotta ended Robinson's streak.

Turpin got ahold of an ill prepared Robinson at the tail end of a tail chasing European tour and made the most of it. Fair play but 64 days later he got smashed by the real Ray Robinson.

 

Seaman Tommy Watson. Just seems like a total badass.

 

rematch was fairly even up to the smashing...and robinson had the badly cut eye....not that you said anything wrong or incorrect..just giving context.

 

Dennis Andries showed where determination and dedication could get you.

 

Bore off ******.

 

This.Went to the States fought and took on the best,was a formidable proposition for anyone,and at several weights!
Then John Conteh,Jock McAvoy,Dave Charnley,Ken Buchanan and Nigel Benn.

 

Randy turpin made history by being the first black Briton to win a world title and did it by beating the best fighter in the world.the colour bar had only just been torn down and the first black British champion was eldest brother dick.
It was at the time the biggest sporting event ever held in this country and in my opinion remains so.

 

I always liked Tony Sibson, and Alan Minter too.
Lennox Lewis, I loved to watch.
Nigel Benn is another.
More recently, Calzaghe, and Hatton although he is Welsh.
Current favorite is Carl Froch.
Man, I could go on.