Top 3 British fighters at present

[LacedUp]

Bellew has fought the best available guys at 175, I think he squeezed a win against Cleverly and Chilemba is a world class operator. Bellew's only lacking at having fought the truly best in his division but he was never "name" enough to get those fights, the likes of Cloud, Hopkins, Dawson, Pascal etc but he may just be headed there.

Let's be honest here mate. Bellew did not win against Cleverly. It was close, but he lost.

[ShamrockXpress]

My top 3
Fighters on achievement :
1 - Carl Froch
current unified IBF & WBA (regular) champion, former 2 x WBC Champion
8-2 in world title fights
2 - David Haye
former WBA heavyweight champion, former unified WBC, WBA, WBO, ring cruiserweight champion
5-1 in world title fights
3 - Amir Khan
Former Unified WBA & IBF champion
6-2 in world title fights

Top 3 on current form
1 - Carl froch
2 - Ricky Burns
3 - Martin Murray

My top 3
1 - Ricky burns
2 - Scott quigg
3 - Amir khan

[toshmurph]

1. Carl Froch
2. David Haye
3. Nathan Cleverly

[Black Barty]

In terms of accomplishment:

1) Froch
2) Khan
3) Burns

In terms of current ability/talent:

1) Haye
2) Froch
3) Cleverly

[ShoulderRoll]

Burns was trying to wipe away ring rust but agreed with the Khan assessment, he has looked worse in both his outings ever since he got with Hunter.

Burns found a way to avoid Broner twice, in two different weight classes. I can't respect that.

As for Khan he is indeed looking worse but I wouldn't put it all on Hunter. He had issues when he was with Roach too.

[Cobra_]

Genuinely just forgot lol but like I said, I could have listed even more people. Boxing is on a high in this country over the last 20 years or so and long may it continue.

Don't blame ya to be honest. McDonnell has been handled poorly but hopefully he gets better promoted now he is a world champ.

[soul_survivor]

Let's be honest here mate. Bellew did not win against Cleverly. It was close, but he lost.

Before that fight I thought Bellew was a limited scrapper and Clev would box circles round him but Bellew turned things on around and out jabbed and out boxed Clev on the outside. It was a VERY close fight, imo, the fairest decision would have been a draw.

The 117-112 card by one of the judges was atrocious, that was a fight with a round or 2 of difference for the winner. The crowd, a lot of the press and even Clev himself knew that he hadn't had it all his own way and it could easily have been a fight scored for Clev.

But that's besides the point, you may dislike Bellew, that's your opinion, but outside of Hopkins, Pascal, Dawson, Clev and Cloud, Bellew is the light heavy out there. That's not an opinion, it's just fact.

[LacedUp]

Before that fight I thought Bellew was a limited scrapper and Clev would box circles round him but Bellew turned things on around and out jabbed and out boxed Clev on the outside. It was a VERY close fight, imo, the fairest decision would have been a draw.

The 117-112 card by one of the judges was atrocious, that was a fight with a round or 2 of difference for the winner. The crowd, a lot of the press and even Clev himself knew that he hadn't had it all his own way and it could easily have been a fight scored for Clev.

But that's besides the point, you may dislike Bellew, that's your opinion, but outside of Hopkins, Pascal, Dawson, Clev and Cloud, Bellew is the light heavy out there. That's not an opinion, it's just fact.

I had it 115-113 for Cleverly. As I said, close but in the end Bellew didn't do enough to dethrone the champ. And I know he had some weight issues leading up to the fight so I give him a little rest for that.

Mate, I'm from Liverpool born and bred. There's nothing I'd like more than to see a scouser win a world title. I'm just being honest, I don't think he won. But I was hoping he would do it,

[soul_survivor]

Don't blame ya to be honest. McDonnell has been handled poorly but hopefully he gets better promoted now he is a world champ.

Yeah, McDonnel isn't getting a huge push but then again, he hasn;t got the explosive style to make a big splash in the general public. What he needs is big name opponents, the better his resume gets, the bigger he'll get.

Tbf he is in a very good division with plenty of legitimate champions for him to face plus with his height he could easily grow to lightweight, fighting various name opponents along the way.

Burns found a way to avoid Broner twice, in two different weight classes. I can't respect that.

As for Khan he is indeed looking worse but I wouldn't put it all on Hunter. He had issues when he was with Roach too.

I still don't but into the whole ducking Broner story. Burns the first time round had outgrown the 130lb division a couple fights before his final fight at the weight and stories that he was struggling to make the weight had been around for a while, long before Broner got a big push in the US.

And then the second so called duck is an even worse use of the word, considering Burns was going to unify against Vazquez but promotional disputes got in the way, put Burns out of action for months on end, the fight fell through and Burns had to go back to fighting mandatories. In that same span of time, Broner moved up for a payday against Malignaggi and looks like he'll be campaigning at 140-147 now.

And in terms of Khan, he never looked like he would get hurt by every single punch thrown as he did against his last opponent. Roach knew Khan's weaknesses but built on his strength but Hunter is trying to rebuild an aggressive speed demon into a thoughtful boxer, it just won't happen.

[soul_survivor]

I had it 115-113 for Cleverly. As I said, close but in the end Bellew didn't do enough to dethrone the champ. And I know he had some weight issues leading up to the fight so I give him a little rest for that.

Mate, I'm from Liverpool born and bred. There's nothing I'd like more than to see a scouser win a world title. I'm just being honest, I don't think he won. But I was hoping he would do it,

115-113 is fair enough, I just think it's a fight that could have gone either.

And, if Bellew is to fight Stevens next, as long as he keeps away from his power, Bellew should be able to box his way to a UD.