World Ranked British Fighters - January

Glen Johnson is fighting Yusaf Mack in an IBF eliminator. I think that's for the no.1 spot, IBF don't have fighters ranked at 1 and 2 and have eliminators for those slots.

 

Interesting. I think only a few of these guys are anything close to world class (stand any chance of winning and then holding on to a major belt - or, in tight divisions with excellent champs, would make strong contenders):

Def world class:
Haye, Froch, Khan (all automatically)
Mitchell
R Hatton (though I feel he's done)

Fringe
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Olafabi
Cleverly
Brook
Oleguseen


Fringe at a real, real push
Macklin
Munroe
Witter (obviously he was world class)
Murray (maybe fringe)
Cook
Rees

I think only Mitchell and maybe Brook and Cleverly out of those non-belt holders will win a world title. We'll have to wait until Gavin and DeGale push on - and I'm not totally sold on the latter - for the next world class lot. Gavin is going to be a little bit special.

 

Macklin is better quality at world level than Olafabi and Olesugen surely?

 

Im sure i read clev is IBF no.3 though even that seems pretty high

 

At 27 and unbeaten, the omission of Darren Barker is a damning indictment on Hennessy as a promoter

 

any news o Bradley Price