Is Chris Eubank the best British boxer of all time?

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I often wonder what would of happened if Watson made it to the end of the second Eubank fight? We could be sitting here throwing his name into the mix in this topic. I reckon Watson could have given Calzaghe a few problems, even though i've been lynched on here for saying such a thing. A lot of posters on here don't realise just how good Michael Watson was.

Exaclty, People like Watson and Rocchigiani and Collins. People just look at them as average fighters but when Calzaghe beats a past prime once great fighter its like the greatest thing ever.

Some people just dont understand boxing

[daggum]

You can't compare him with Ottke.

Im sorry but its a flawed argument

i guess it depends how attached to a fighter you are. i was never a fan of either but recognize that both got a ton of gift decisions. you said yourself you haven't even seen most of ottke's fights so i don't know how you can possibly say they are any different. reid-ottke was a total robbery but its not even as close to as bad as schommer-eubank. a total schooling. a lot of ottke's fights were close and he would have lost had they been on neutral soil. just like a lot of eubank's fights.

[Gorgeous George]

Heres steve putting eubank down.

[daggum]

Heres steve putting eubank down.

omg how did you find that no one ever floored eubank but calzaghe! or at least that's what calzaghe fans who have never seen the benn, watson, and collins fights say.

[^^Cody^^]

Sensible argument, however on merits alone, I think it's pretty hard to put him above Lennox Lewis. Of the "pre-Klitschko" heavyweights, although I'm a fan of Evander and loved Tyson, I have to say that Lewis has proven himself to be superior legacy-wise.

[dannnnn]

Don't overlook John Conteh as one of the greatest British fighters of all time.

Naz is my personal favourite though, in his prime he really was something special.

I think Calzaghe gets a bit too much extra credit simply because he ended his career with a "0" in the loss column. I prefer fighters that really seek out the toughest challenges to prove themselves, whether they win or lose, as opposed to the boxers who become obsessed with protecting their "0". It bugs me that Calzaghe ended his career with a whimper against a shot-to-pieces Roy Jones in a fight that added nothing to his legacy, when he could have gone for an unbeaten champion like Kelly Pavlik or Chad Dawson instead.

Hatton gets a lot of stick on here, but the fact is, he ruled the Light-Welterweight division, never ducked anybody and only lost to the two best pound-for-pound fighters at that time. At least he fought the toughest opponents out there and gave it his best, you can't ask any more than that from a boxer.

[Frank Martin]

No love for Jimmy Wilde?