Britain has not had a genuine world champ in decades

[baya]

Wasn't Hamed considered British?

JUST noticed that hamed has the word ham in it .. . hmm

[sonnyboyx2]

Hatton defeated Kostya Tszyu in 2005 and unified two belts in the same year, in 2005 he had the best claim to be the best fighter at 140 although he wasn't as Mayweather and Cotto (but not Witter) were better than him.

Calzaghe was champion from 1997-2008, Jones Jr left the super-middleweight division in 1996. What is your next try going to be, Sven Ottke?

Haye was better than Cunningham and had a stronger claim than him.

Lennox Lewis was clearly the best heavyweight for a number of years and more than proved that over the course of those years.

Apart from all of that your post was hugely accurate.

you have put your opinion here, which is the opposite of my own opinion.. we differ !

[sonnyboyx2]

Wasn't Hamed considered British?

Hamed was british... Also World Champions at that time was J.M. Marquez, Eric Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera.

[D-MiZe]

Hatton's Irish, Calzaghe Italian and Hamed from Yemen.

Honeyghan and Haye are both Jamaican.

Last great Brit was Jimmy Wilde.

[Humean]

Hamed was british... Also World Champions at that time was J.M. Marquez, Eric Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera.

Marquez didn't become a featherweight champion until 2003, Hamed's last fight was 2002. Barrera's first championship fight at featherweight was the fight he defeated Hamed in 2001. Hamed had the strongest claim to be the man at 126 for at least a couple of years and perhaps longer.