Worst British Boxer of all time.

[Flagellum Dei]

All I ever see on internet forums [Some of them], newspaper sports texts/letters sections, Teletext sports letters etc, is people trying to discredit their own fighters, or saying they're overrated etc, in such a way that it's easy to tell it's hatred. Things like ''Lennox Lewis was only an ordinary fighter, he would never have been successful in the 1970's, he just beat a shot Tyson.'', or ''Hatton is rubbish he only beat a shot Tyszu, he will be murdered by Mayweather''

A boxers personality has nothing to do with acknowledging their talent. A lot of people, myself included, don't particularly like James Toney, but to deny the man dosen't have talent, would be blind hatred. So yes, not wanting a man to win is one thing, but talent is another thing. I think Carl Froch is an absolute ****, but I wouldn't say the guy has no talent just because I think he's a prick.

We weren't talking about raw talent though, we were talking about sticking the knife in! And I would never support Herbie Hide to win any fight! I think that Lewis was tremendous, but there are others that would disagree, boxing is a subjective sport! I mean look at how many people reckon Hamed was great, don't see it myself though!

[BuddyChacon]

He was so not at his peak against Paz, he had been attacked by a sparing partner with a hammer and was not even supposed to fight again. His legs were gone against Vinny at that point. Don't rewrite history. I have no argument over the Breland fight.

No response to this?

[col Blake]

I left out Antony Farrnell very very poor fighter and a attitude that matches his ability.

[BuddyChacon]

I left out Antony Farrnell very very poor fighter and a attitude that matches his ability.

Michael Gomez was pretty bad, Ring magazine had him as up and coming prospect years ago. Though he did upset Alex Arthur.

[col Blake]

Michael Gomez was pretty bad, Ring magazine had him as up and coming prospect years ago. Though he did upset Alex Arthur.

Something we agree on Michael Gomez looked good at first, beating an arrogant Arthur, which was the making of Arthur, he might have thrown the fight against peter McDonagh don't know if he got his purse, or if he will fight again.

[col Blake]

I forgot to add Lou Gent, and Slugger O'Tool, aka Fidel Castro Smith. They started thier careers as journey men. I did'nt rate Michael brodie but he would'nt make my top ten of poor fighters, i think at his peak he would have beaten Hamed.

[Likely_Lad]

Ryan Rhodes was way overhyped off the back of Naz, he never hit the heights he thought he deserved!

[col Blake]

Ryan Rhodes was way overhyped off the back of Naz, he never hit the heights he thought he deserved!

The boxers Ryan Rhodes fought if you can call them boxers, to claim the Lonsdale belt out right was scandalous, Wank Warren was pulling them of the street so Rhodes could claim to be the youngest ever to defend the title three times. I had to stop him from grabbing my Great, great grandfather for the last fight.

[col Blake]

How the hell did Garry Jacobs ever get a world title shot, I know scotland can't produce good boxers but he really was crap.

[Franko]

How can you negate an opinion? An opinion is a personally held belief, and it is my belief that Hamed was over-rated!

The moment you can 'negate' an opinion, it becomes fact (the two are very different)! I understand that you're British and therefore probably have a poor standard of education (I mean that respectfully, i'm not trying to be rude), but the lack of communication and literacy skills displayed is astounding!

A thread titled 'Worst British Boxer of All Time' should not include Naseem Hamed. That is obvious to most I'm sure! It may very well be YOUR opinion that Hamed was over rated, but he certainly wasn't average, and certainly should not be mentioned when discussing 'The worst british boxer of all time! Maybe you should 'educate' yourself a little more on Hamed before posting 'opinions' about him.