Who is the Greatest British fighter of All-Time?

Dude you sure like throwing it about dont you ?

" research the history of british boxing " Yikes !!!

This is my opinion only I dont expect Jim Watt on many lists either but he's on mine.

Seriously , you can bite ma banger if you dont like it ! :nut

 

Oh by the by, depsite the fact I know **** all about biritish boxing , how about Dick McTaggart never went pro but probably the best amatuer the UK ever produced

 

FCUK NO

 

Hatton in no way shape or form should be included in the top ten.

It seems some of you are getting mixed up between 'greatest' and 'most popular'.

Hatton is certainly one of the most popular of all time, but ability wise, H2H, resume and so on, he is not even in the top 20.

 

Dont you start !!

Thats your feelings on it amigo , those are mine. Im not mixing up great with popular.

Ricky on the night he beat Zoo has a chance against anyone of his weight , Just like Frazier stepped to another level to beat Ali thats what Hatton did that night and its on that basis that I have him there

That alright with you ?

 

No...............



Like I said, do some reserch on British fighters from the past 100 years, not the past 3.

 

If you know **** all about British boxing, as you have so clearly demonstrated and freely admit, perhaps you shouldn't comment in a thread entitled "Great British fighter of all-time"

Or at the very least, you should expect people to question your wisdom

 

Using that reasoning, where do you place Lloyd Honeyghan?

 

On the night Honeyghan beat Curry so is Lloyd a British ATG ?

Sorry Joe I had not scrolled down to see you had mentioned Honeyghan.

 

Lennox Lewis
2. Jimmy Wilde
3. Bob Fitzsimmons
4. Ted 'Kid' Lewis
5. Joe Calzaghe
6. Jim Driscoll
7. Ken Buchanan
8. Benny Lynch
9. Freddy Welsh
10. Randy Turpin

In my opinion Lennox Lewis be No 1 as he fought god knows how many times in america, fought all the best fighters out there at his time, rematched and beat the 2 losses on his career and was one of the best heavyweights there has ever been.
In Calzaghe's case i think he has to be in the top 5, he is overlooked as higher on the top ten list because of the fact that he is undefeated, yes you can say that the SMW division is not that strong but he has beat everybody conceivably put in front of him and that is all you can do, some great fighters slip up and lose but Calzaghe has never done this and I this influences people opinions of him. Even Lewis lost to Rahman, can't ever see Calzaghe losing to a limited fighter like this.

As a sidenote i'd just like to add that it is really good to read a genuine boxing thread rather than all the crap that is on the general forum, the Pavlik vs evrybody else **** is boring the hell out of me!

 

I don't have enough knowledge of fighters before the 80's era so I can't really do an accurate list which makes me think how can some of you put fighters such as Ted "Kid" Lewis in there without actually seeing them fight?

 

I've seen Ted 'Kid' Lewis fight, I've got an avi on my computer from ESPN classics if anybody is interested. He is very impressive on film, for a fighter of his era. You can see these guys on film if you really want to

But thats besides the point. Achievements are achievements, and are relative to the era.

 

I never thought he had much chance but I wanted to see what it was like being at a really big fight. It was well worth every pound I spent.

 

totally agree.

 

Eubank