Top 10 British Fighters of All-Time

[JUYJUY]

1. Ted 'Kid' Lewis (legendary fight series with the legendary Jack Britton, boxed Benny Leonard's ears off before ring invaded, beating Georges Carpentier before cheating cheap shot, to put that into perspective Leonard and Carpentier are top 10 all-time lb4lb world greats)
2. Jimmy Wilde (best Flyweight ever, rated as one of the three greatest punchers of all-time by Ring Magazine)
3. Jack 'Kid' Berg (64 wins in America, defeated the great Kid Chocolate)
4. Bob Fitzsimmons (first man ever, before Roy Jones Jr, to win world titles from Middleweight to Heavyweight)
5. Nigel Benn (most exciting fighter ever, beat former WBC champ in round one in Las Vegas, won the first ever fight between two WBC champs in most memorable brutal war ever)
6. Ken Buchanan (Laguna x 2, did good with a PEAK Duran)
7. Lloyd Honeyghan (Curry was rated as the best fighter in the world at the time of Honeyghan handing him his ass)
8. Chris Eubank (holds the record ammount of world title wins in Brit boxing history, the most recognised Brit boxer ever outside of the ring in Britain, won the greatest ever Brit boxing match in 1990 when he owned Benn)
9. Barry McGuigan (lost to Chris Eubank's brother but won world title in 1985 and fought in 'Fight of the Year' 1986)
10. Owen Moran (crossed the Atlantic, proved he was better than Abe Attell and knocked out Battling Nelson)

Honorable Mention
Jim Driscoll, Tommy Farr (gave Joe Louis a good fight), Benny Lynch, Randolph Turpin (beat Sugar Ray Robinson), Don ****ell (gave Rocky Marciano a good fight), Henry Cooper (dropped Cassius Clay), John H Stracey, Alan Minter

[Tha Greatest]

Bob Fitsimmons was a ***in legend...

It's sad how they compare Roy Jones to him

I'm guessing this list is based on accomplishments?

[JUYJUY]

It's based on ability, too.

For example..
Lennox Lewis was losing every round to Frank Bruno before a lucky punch, he got knocked out by Oliver McCall and Hasim Rahman, he barely mananged beat an Ancient Holyfield and an Ancient Tyson, and he clearly lost to Ray Mercer.

Naseem Hamed stole Chris Eubank's moves and tried to be like him, Naseem Hamed stole Herol Graham's moves and tried to be like him, the first world-class fighter that Naseem Hamed ever fought he lost to, and he finished his career with boo's whereas Chris Eubank for example finished his career with cheers (and Eubank was the originator of true boxing arena entry).

If I was basing it only on ability, Herol Graham would be on there. But the fact that Graham never won a world title fight and the fact Chris Eubank won 19 world title fights, well that swings Eubank into the favor much more so than Graham. And ofcourse, Eubank was pure class at his best!

[Kid_Diamond]

Lennox Lewis

[JUYJUY]

Lennox Lewis

I explained my reasons for not mentioning him. Farr gave a Prime Louis a heck of a tough time and ****ell gave a Prime Marciano a heck of a tough time, Lennox Lewis was out-boxed by Frank Bruno and Ray Mercer. Lewis first won his WBC title on the undercard of Gerald McClellan first winning his WBC title, Benn can claim a win over McClellan (who was expected to dominate boxing) that is better than any Lewis can claim, and Iran Barkley is a better lb4lb fighter than Ruddock and Golota put together.

[JUYJUY]

Eubank stopped Benn and Watson at their peaks, and he defended his world title against 35-0 Rocchigiani IN GERMANY in a very hostile atmosphere (the racist chanting just spurred him on). Also Eubank deserves an awful lot of credit for the bravery he showed by moving all the way upto Cruiserweight, he was winning every round before his eye closed in both Thompson fights - not since Henry Cooper's suspect brows gushed blood following his bouts with Cassuis Clay has a picture of boxing injury been so widely projected as Eubank's eye being completely closed, and not since Muhammad Ali had we seen such exhibitionism in boxing as Chris Eubank produced.

[Tony Blitz]

isn't this the 2nd thread about this this month?

[RoyJonesJrp4pno1]

isn't this the 2nd thread about this this month?

Probably the 300th. Its JUYJUY what you expect.

[JUYJUY]

I've never made a thread about this in my life. If you are a fan of boxing you should have nothing but praise for these guys I've listed?

[Mick Hucknall]

I think Jimmy Wilde should be #1. I mean many boxers who witnessed him fighting wouls swear he was the best fighter of all time. Just ask Gene Tunney. He said a key to his success was that people thought he was so fragile looking that they were shocked that he would still be around for the 2nd round. Anyways thats a pretty good top 10.