Greatest UK fighter ever?

[paul750]

kirkland laing could of been higher up on a list of great fighters, but he wasted his talents

[kingmo]

I see a few mentions for Jimmy Wilde, he had an excellent record, but most of the fighters he fought (right the way through his career) were novices. Check his record out:

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=009023

I think he might have the record for most fights against complete novices!

I think Naseem Hamed was the most talented British fighter ever, however I dont think he's the greatest British fighter as he never fulfilled his potential.

Ted Kid Lewis was a class fighter, fought in 6 different weight divisions, was Englands youngest boxing champion (British champ at 17), first englishman to win a world boxing title in the US, and had an incredible 301 fights.

[barryboy]

Ted Kid Lewis' early record is nothing to shout about either, all the fighters he fought in the first 5 years of his career had 0-0-0 & 0-1-0 records, Maybe that's why Lewis & Jack Britton fought 20 times Benny Lynch's record is also very similar, not denying they're great fighters but this goes against them as top man for me. My vote would go to Lennox Lewis as he fought the best available competition from an early stage & was fighting consistently at world title level for about 11 years on the trot plus he avenged his only 2 defeats so that's enough for me

[kingmo]

Ted Kid Lewis' early record is nothing to shout about either, all the fighters he fought in the first 5 years of his career had 0-0-0 & 0-1-0 records, Maybe that's why Lewis & Jack Britton fought 20 times Benny Lynch's record is also very similar, not denying they're great fighters but this goes against them as top man for me. My vote would go to Lennox Lewis as he fought the best available competition from an early stage & was fighting consistently at world title level for about 11 years on the trot plus he avenged his only 2 defeats so that's enough for me

Ver true, I was also gonna mention that.. but Ted Kid Lewis did eventually step up (even if it was after 150 odd fights!!!), he went on to fight and beat alot of the top american fighters.

If you go simply by achievements its hard to argue against Lennox Lewis, fought just about everyone, beat everyone he ever fought, went out on top.

[dodge]

Lennox Lewis.

[Mikie]

What about Nigel Benn?

[paul750]

What about Nigel Benn?

benn will go down as one of the most exciting and unpridictable fighters, but i don't think he should be up high on the list, remember he lost to Eubank, watson, and colins Twice, and some of those loses where bad ones

[Mikie]

Very goog point! Thanks for the info playa!

[The Troll]

Lennox Lewis is the best UK fighter.

[korea insincere]

Lennox Lewis is Canadian. The best British fighter would probably be Herol Graham I reckon, even though he never won a world title.