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JUYJUY's Top Ten P4P British Fighters Post-World War II
1. Herol Graham
2. Naseem Hamed
3. Ken Buchanan
4. Lennox Lewis
5. Chris Eubank
6. Nigel Benn
7. Michael Watson
8. Joe Calzaghe
9. Ricky Hatton
10. Lloyd Honeyghan
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Graham - at his peak (82-84) he was untouchable and would literally go through fights without being hit once, Manny Steward has basically admitted that he ducked Graham with Tommy Hearns when Graham was #1 contender in 1983-84 because it was too big a risk for too little money (they then chose an easy defence against some dude named Fred Hutchings as a warm-up for Hagler instead of fighting Graham who had just become mandatory), Manny Steward once said this about Graham- "the prospect of a light-punching, defensive wizard did little to attract American audience.. but Herol Graham was this guy who could make any great fighter look bad, look what he did to Ayub Kalule, in spells against Mike McCallum, Julian Jackson before the knockout and the rematch with Kalambay where he was robbed, and all of these were when he was way out of his prime", almost certainly the most avoided British fighter ever and almost certainly the most awkward British fighter ever, if Hagler-Graham had happened any time between 84 and 86 then Graham would of won (FWIW, Graham was #1 contender before Hagler-Leonard)
Hamed - thinking about it, if my life depended on it I would honestly, genuinely take the Hamed that fought Belcastro over any bantumweight in the history of the sport, in 94 and 95 he was quite simply out of this world
Buchanan - gave a Peak Duran a very close fight, and Duran is world top-five all-time lb4lb material
Lewis - stunning wins against Ruddock and Golota, avenged Rahman defeat in impressive fashion
Eubank - not the Post-Watson II version, I'm talking about the sharper, fresher cat (Corti, Milo, Benn, Stretch), could of been fighter of the decade if he wanted to be
Benn - he'd get in the top ten on the Barkley and McClellan fights alone, had Graham and Nunn screaming to the hills in 1988
Watson - he'd get in the top ten based on his performance in the Eubank II fight alone, his big win over Benn was a masterclass in strategy and execution
Calzaghe - looked incredible in 1996 by blowing away opponents, spectacular wins against Eubank and Mitchell
Hatton - in Manny Steward's top ten lb4lb Before the Tszyu fight, he had a lot of skill- he could throw every punch you could think of and some you couldn't
Honeyghan - Curry was rated as the best fighter in the world lb4lb at the time of Honeyghan handing him his ass
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JUYJUY's Top Ten P4P British Fighters Post-World War II
1. Herol Graham
2. Naseem Hamed
3. Ken Buchanan
4. Lennox Lewis
5. Chris Eubank
6. Nigel Benn
7. Michael Watson
8. Joe Calzaghe
9. Ricky Hatton
10. Lloyd Honeyghan
Comments..
Graham - at his peak (82-84) he was untouchable and would literally go through fights without being hit once, Manny Steward has basically admitted that he ducked Graham with Tommy Hearns when Graham was #1 contender in 1983-84 because it was too big a risk for too little money (they then chose an easy defence against some dude named Fred Hutchings as a warm-up for Hagler instead of fighting Graham who had just become mandatory), Manny Steward once said this about Graham- "the prospect of a light-punching, defensive wizard did little to attract American audience.. but Herol Graham was this guy who could make any great fighter look bad, look what he did to Ayub Kalule, in spells against Mike McCallum, Julian Jackson before the knockout and the rematch with Kalambay where he was robbed, and all of these were when he was way out of his prime", almost certainly the most avoided British fighter ever and almost certainly the most awkward British fighter ever, if Hagler-Graham had happened any time between 84 and 86 then Graham would of won (FWIW, Graham was #1 contender before Hagler-Leonard)
Hamed - thinking about it, if my life depended on it I would honestly, genuinely take the Hamed that fought Belcastro over any bantumweight in the history of the sport, in 94 and 95 he was quite simply out of this world
Buchanan - gave a Peak Duran a very close fight, and Duran is world top-five all-time lb4lb material
Lewis - stunning wins against Ruddock and Golota, avenged Rahman defeat in impressive fashion
Eubank - not the Post-Watson II version, I'm talking about the sharper, fresher cat (Corti, Milo, Benn, Stretch), could of been fighter of the decade if he wanted to be
Benn - he'd get in the top ten on the Barkley and McClellan fights alone, had Graham and Nunn screaming to the hills in 1988
Watson - he'd get in the top ten based on his performance in the Eubank II fight alone, his big win over Benn was a masterclass in strategy and execution
Calzaghe - looked incredible in 1996 by blowing away opponents, spectacular wins against Eubank and Mitchell
Hatton - in Manny Steward's top ten lb4lb Before the Tszyu fight, he had a lot of skill- he could throw every punch you could think of and some you couldn't
Honeyghan - Curry was rated as the best fighter in the world lb4lb at the time of Honeyghan handing him his ass
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