Who are the Top 20 Greatest British Fighters?

[HaglerSteelChin]

I will include fighters from England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland all are part of the UK.


1- Jimmy Wilde
2- Bob Fitzsimmons
3- Ted Kid Lewis
4- Jem Mace
5- Freddie Welsh
6- Lennox Lewis
7- Jim Driscoll
8- Joe Calzaghe
9- Ken Buchanan
10-Jack "Kid" Berg
11- Randy Turpin
12- Chris Eubank
13- Benny Lynch
14- Nigel Benn
15- Freddie Mills
16- Lloyd Honeyghan
17- Daniel Mendoza
18- Tom Cribb
19- Howard Winstone
20- Prince Naseem

[True Guru]

No love for Big Frank?

And wheres Hatton?

[HaglerSteelChin]

No love for Big Frank?

And wheres Hatton?

U mean Frank Bruno? I find David Haye in his short time to be more impressive if you count both his Cruiserweight and HW titles. Hatton almost makes the list but did u think he really beat Luis Collazo for the WBA title at WW? Also his fight with Kostya Tszyu was more a wrestlng and hold contest than real boxing fight. He grabbed and hit all day due to Manchester hometown officiating. Hatton was brutally knocked out twice and a guy like Prince despite getting schooled by Barrera never was KOD. But I admit its pretty close.

[oldgringo]

I would include John H. Stracey.

[sonnyboyx2]

U mean Frank Bruno? I find David Haye in his short time to be more impressive if you count both his Cruiserweight and HW titles. Hatton almost makes the list but did u think he really beat Luis Collazo for the WBA title at WW? Also his fight with Kostya Tszyu was more a wrestlng and hold contest than real boxing fight. He grabbed and hit all day due to Manchester hometown officiating. Hatton was brutally knocked out twice and a guy like Prince despite getting schooled by Barrera never was KOD. But I admit its pretty close.

your credibility has now been blown.... Frank would `behead`Haye within 2rds

[The_Demon]

froch is on the list and hatton isnt

epic fail

[mickey malone]

Jimmy Wilde
Bob Fitzsimmons
Ted Kid Lewis
Benny Lynch
Jack Kid Berg
Joe Calzaghe
Lennox Lewis
Freddie Welsh
Jim Driscol
Randy Turpin
Naseem Hamed
Howard Winstone
Ken Buchanon
Chris Eubank
John H Stracey
Duke McKenzie
Ricky Hatton
Lloyd Honeyghan
Nigel Benn
Frank Bruno

This is my top 20, but good arguments could be made for Herol Graham, Barry McGuigan, Jim Watt, Terry Marsh, Jem Mace, Tom Cribb, Alan Minter, Colin Jones, Walter McGowan, Steve Collins, Michael Watson, Joe Bugner, Henry Cooper, Freddie Mills, Terry Downes, Charlie Magri, aswell as a few more that i can't think of at the moment..

[BennyST]

I would include John H. Stracey.

Eh, now there's someone who should be on there. Overall, the pommy bastards are actually a hard lot to rank well. Do you put Kid Lewis over Fitzsimmons? I personally think he the better fighter by beating the better fighters in a better era, but Fitz held both the MW and HW titles in his career and did beat some very great fighters all the way to HW while being only a little over the MW limit, something which only Jones and Toney were able to do much later in the days of 'titles-for-sale' though they weren't only weighing 160-something.

It isn't a bad list, I think it's good. I think some are confusing most popular with the best. Hatton would be in the top five for most popular, but as for best, I agree that there are twenty better fighters easily.

I would include Mace as a bit more of a legendary pioneer rather than top five. He was certainly among the greatest but it was bare knuckle etc and makes it hard to compare. I think Buchanan should be above Driscoll, as I believe he is too high. They're a hard bunch to compare IMO. Although I'm forgetting a million guys....I would have a couple more modern fighters up there. Something along the lines of...

Wilde
Fitz
T. Lewis
Welsh
L. Lewis
Calzaghe
Buchanan

......I don't know. I can't even decide between the above. I feel funny putting Calzaghe so high even though he really does deserve it I guess. ****, he could be higher than L. Lewis. He had a similar career in retrospect but never got knocked out twice and beat arguably the greater greats at very similar times in their careers (though Hopkins was in better shape and still more prime than both Tyson and Holyfield).

I haven't though enough about it, though it's a rather fascinating list really.

[geribeetus]

i think haye collins and hatton have a better argument for 20 than froch

[GJC]

Jimmy Wilde
Bob Fitzsimmons
Ted Kid Lewis
Benny Lynch
Jack Kid Berg
Joe Calzaghe
Lennox Lewis
Freddie Welsh
Jim Driscol
Randy Turpin
Naseem Hamed
Howard Winstone
Ken Buchanon
Chris Eubank
John H Stracey
Duke McKenzie
Ricky Hatton
Lloyd Honeyghan
Nigel Benn
Frank Bruno

This is my top 20, but good arguments could be made for Herol Graham, Barry McGuigan, Jim Watt, Terry Marsh, Jem Mace, Tom Cribb, Alan Minter, Colin Jones, Walter McGowan, Steve Collins, Michael Watson, Joe Bugner, Henry Cooper, Freddie Mills, Terry Downes, Charlie Magri, aswell as a few more that i can't think of at the moment..

Mickey I think you'll kick yourself forgetting John Conteh