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I've always wondered Which british boxer had faced the best opponents?
This is between-
Ricky Hatton
Joe Calzaghe
Prince Naseem
Amir Khan
In my opinion calzaghe faced the worst in terms of Prime fighters he mostly fought over the hill big names. His best win is an oldish hopkins on a split decision. Jones was finished, and long before they faced. Kessler was not elite really, was good but not great. Lacy one of the most overrated fighters ever. The end of his career eubank, is a big name but So over the hill.
Ricky's best were mayweather and pacman. both were loses and ko loses at that. A faded kostya but deserves respect for taking it on and being an underdog. Prime collazo and urango, both were close fights as well. Carlos mousa but he wasn't that good for world level.
The prince fought some good names not the best, his biggest being his only loss to barrera. He fought world champ in robinson to win it. Then beat medina, johnstone, kelly and sanchez all top competition and in american home soil. something calzaghe had to do very late in his career. The prince also beat the people by KO. being at the lower weights is more impressive.
Amir Khan- Despite having two KO losses. Has fought the most champs or ex world champs. Barrera but old and way past it. Kotelnik underrated win (giving maidana his first loss) malanaggi, Maidana, Judah, Peterson when it was a loss but highly disputed IMO. Danny garcia KO Loss. Diaz, Calazo (but very old, but had came of big win against ortiz), Alexander, Algeri, and now to fight canelo. which he will most likely lose.
Im not saying who is the best fighter but who has faced the best out of these four british legends, Im not saying khan is a legend not yet anyway.
I would determine how good a fighter is by his competition and the manner that he wins and also taking on risky fights in unfavorable conditions i.e home advantage. In this case khan has faced the most in his opponents backyard.
Agree or disagree.
This is between-
Ricky Hatton
Joe Calzaghe
Prince Naseem
Amir Khan
In my opinion calzaghe faced the worst in terms of Prime fighters he mostly fought over the hill big names. His best win is an oldish hopkins on a split decision. Jones was finished, and long before they faced. Kessler was not elite really, was good but not great. Lacy one of the most overrated fighters ever. The end of his career eubank, is a big name but So over the hill.
Ricky's best were mayweather and pacman. both were loses and ko loses at that. A faded kostya but deserves respect for taking it on and being an underdog. Prime collazo and urango, both were close fights as well. Carlos mousa but he wasn't that good for world level.
The prince fought some good names not the best, his biggest being his only loss to barrera. He fought world champ in robinson to win it. Then beat medina, johnstone, kelly and sanchez all top competition and in american home soil. something calzaghe had to do very late in his career. The prince also beat the people by KO. being at the lower weights is more impressive.
Amir Khan- Despite having two KO losses. Has fought the most champs or ex world champs. Barrera but old and way past it. Kotelnik underrated win (giving maidana his first loss) malanaggi, Maidana, Judah, Peterson when it was a loss but highly disputed IMO. Danny garcia KO Loss. Diaz, Calazo (but very old, but had came of big win against ortiz), Alexander, Algeri, and now to fight canelo. which he will most likely lose.
Im not saying who is the best fighter but who has faced the best out of these four british legends, Im not saying khan is a legend not yet anyway.
I would determine how good a fighter is by his competition and the manner that he wins and also taking on risky fights in unfavorable conditions i.e home advantage. In this case khan has faced the most in his opponents backyard.
Agree or disagree.
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