Poll: Who was the greatest British fighter?

[mickey malone]

Bob Fitzsimmons
Benny Lynch
Ted kid Lewis
Randolph Turpin
Howard Winstone
Jimmy Wilde
Joe Calzaghe
Lennox Lewis
David Haye

Who was the greatest out of this lot?
It may be it's someone i've left out?
Be interested in some of your opinions..

[sonnyboyx2]

i voted for Jimmy Wilde because he was a legendary fighter and voted as the greatest flyweight ever by the IBHOF.. yet no mention of Naseem Hamed, Nigel Benn, Chris Eubank,

[CiganoBoxer]

i voted for Jimmy Wilde because he was a legendary fighter and voted as the greatest flyweight ever by the IBHOF.. yet no mention of Naseem Hamed, Nigel Benn, Chris Eubank,

As exciting as benn was i dont think you could consider him really !
And as for Eubank lol
But yeah Nassem should be in there IMO

[mickey malone]

i voted for Jimmy Wilde because he was a legendary fighter and voted as the greatest flyweight ever by the IBHOF.. yet no mention of Naseem Hamed, Nigel Benn, Chris Eubank,

Thought of, but not mentioned as there was'nt enough options on the poll, hence the option - none of them

I also happen to think it's Wilde..
Eubank never fought enough quality Americans, but was able to get the better of Benn over 2 fights.. Naseem had the potential to be an ATG, but quit the game too early in my opinion..
Other arguments could be made for Barry Mc Guigan, John H Stracey, Ken Buchanan, Ricky Hatton, Lloyd Honeyghan and Steve Collins, but I would'nt say they were as great as those mentioned in the poll..

[CiganoBoxer]

[COLOR="Green"]Thought of, but not mentioned as there was'nt enough options on the poll, hence the option - none of them

I also happen to think it's Wilde..
Eubank never fought enough quality Americans, but was able to get the better of Benn over 2 fights..COLOR]

Sorry Mickey but eubank only won one fight with Benn...the other was a draw witch even Eubank said he thought Benn won...if it wasn't for Benn having one point took away for a non existent low blow lol

[Benny Leonard]

Kind of Old

[S.G.]

Buchanan deserves a mention but I'd still vote for Wilde

[mickey malone]

Sorry Mickey but eubank only won one fight with Benn...the other was a draw witch even Eubank said he thought Benn won...if it wasn't for Benn having one point took away for a non existent low blow lol

I thought Benn did enough to win the second fight to, but during their first encounter, Eubank took some of the hardest full on shots i've ever seen a fighter take.. As much as I love Benn, Chris walked through eveything he threw, and then with his tongue virtually bit in two, battered the punched out Benn to force a stoppage..
Hate to say it but I think Eubank will be remembered as the slightly better fighter..

[Jambo boy]

2 people voted for Joe.

[mickey malone]

Second tier British greats

Of those I have'nt mentioned, in no particular order

Jim Driscoll
Alan Minter
Frank Bruno
Duke McKenzie
Jim Watt
John Conteh
Dennis Andries
Terry Downes
Freddie Mills
Tommy Farr