Which do you feel is the greatest British victory since 1970 (British Forum)

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  1. sugarsean

    sugarsean Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Which do you consider to be the greatest British victory of the fights listed below

    Ken Buchanan beating Ismael Laguna over 15 rounds in 1970
    John H Stracy's 6th round stoppage of Jose Napoles in 1975
    Barry McGuigan beating Eusebio Pedroza over 15 rounds in 1985
    Lloyd Honeyghan stopping Donald Curry in 6 rounds in 1986
    Nigel Benn's 10th round knockout of Gerald McClellan in 1995
    Ricky Hatton's 11th round stoppage of Kostya Tzsyu in 2005

    Pick the one you consider number one and place the other five runner ups in order, brief explantion of reasons why, would be good too.
     
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  2. GazOC

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    1) Honey-Curry.

    Goes to America and rips that title from the P4P number 2 at the time.

    2) Stracy-Napoles.

    Another away from home victory after surviving a 1st round KD

    3) Ken B - Laguna

    Yet another away....great win could be maybe #2

    4) Benn - McClellan

    What to say about this fight? G-Man maybe overated but still a great win.

    5) and 6) Hard to split these 2 as they are very similar. A very good old champ loses on workrate to the younger guy he would have beat in his prime.. I could also see these 2 wins being above Benns depending on how you look at wins over Zoo and Pedroza.
     
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  3. Katie K

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    The Ragamuffin Man!!
     
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  4. SkillspayBills

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    Yep how i see it as well.

    Honeygan as you said tore the title away, it was a amazing performance.
     
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  5. sugarsean

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    Thanks for the explanation.

    Strange that you have the Napoles win so high when I'd consider him more over the hill than Pedroza & Tzsyu at that point.
     
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  6. GazOC

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    The fight was in Mexico City not Manchester....;-)

    (IIRC Stracey was a bigger betting outsider than either McGuigan or Hatton...for whats thats worth!)
     
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  7. sportofkings

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    :fire
     
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  8. sugarsean

    sugarsean Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I get that but, I can't see how you can say

    "Hard to split these 2 as they are very similar. A very good old champ loses on workrate to the younger guy he would have beat in his prime.." and not include Napoles.
     
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  9. sugarsean

    sugarsean Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :lol: whats wrong with you ?
     
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  10. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    They were both home wins. Stracey went to Mexico City to beat Napoles.

    I've only ranked it 3 places higher FFS!!;-)
     
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  11. sugarsean

    sugarsean Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ok just think Napoles falls into "A very good old champ loses on workrate to the younger guy he would have beat in his prime" categrory.
     
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  12. Black2023

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    No mention of Lewis wins?
     
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  13. SkillspayBills

    SkillspayBills Mandanda Running E-Pen Full Member

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    Think he's more looking at guys defying odds being underdogs clear ones and winning. Lewis had many great wins but rarely was he a underdog in situation these guys were in.
     
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  14. GazOC

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    Napoles does fit in that category but Stracy won in Napoles adopted hometown. Thats the difference for me inbetween that win and Hattons or Barrys.
     
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  15. sugarsean

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    Holyfield was way over the hill and Tyson it was 16 years since Mike first won the title, he was a shell by that time, name any fighter that was stilll near his best 16 years after winning his first title.
     
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