Top 10 Best British Boxers of the 21st Century

[soul_survivor]

So, who are the best British pugilists of this century, a span of 15 years? A lot of very popular names, draws on both sides of the Atlantic, will pop up. First off, anyone with less than 10 fights in the last 15 years will be excluded, so no Lennox and no Naz. So, here we go:

1. Joe Calzaghe
The Stats
46(32KOs)-0-0
Two weight world champion, at super-middleweight and light heavyweight
Held the WBA "Super" title, the WBO, WBC and IBF titles at super-middleweight
Held the Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight title (2008)
Notable wins: Mikkel Kessler, Jeff Lacy, Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones

2. Carl Froch
The Stats
33(24 KOs)-2-0
Held the WBC, IBF and WBA world titles at super-middleweight
Beaten 7 former, current or future world title holders
Notable wins: Jean Pascal, Jermain Taylor, Arthur Abraham, Mikkel Kessler and Lucien Bute

3. Ricky Hatton
The Stats
45(32 KOs)-3(3 KOs)-0
Two weight world champion, at light welterweight and welterweight
WBA "Super" and IBF world titles at light welterweight
Ring Magazine title at light welterweight
WBA title at welterweight
Notable wins: Kostya Tszyu, Luis Collazo, Jose Luis Castillo and Paulie Mlaignaggi

4. David Haye
The Stats
26(24 KOs)-2(1 KOs)-0
Two weight world champion, at cruiserweight and heavyweight
WBA "Super", WBC and WBO world titles at cruiserweight
Also Ring Magazine cruiserweight champion
WBA world heavyweight title
Notable wins: Jean Marc Mormeck, Enzo Maccarinelli and Nikolay Valuev

5. Amir Khan
The Stats
31(19 KOs)-3(2 KOs)-0
WBA and IBF Light Welterweight titles
Beaten 8 current, former or future world title holders
Notable wins: Andriy Kotelnik, Marcos Maidana, Paulie Malignaggi and Zab Judah

6. Johnny Nelson
The Stats
45(29 KOs)-12(1 KOs)-2
WBO cruiserweight world title holder (13 defences)
Most defences of a cruiserweight belt (recently tied by Marco Huck)
World title fight record: 13(7 KOs)-1-2
Notable wins: Carl Thompson and Dennis Andries

7. Junior Witter
The Stats
43(23 KOs)-8(1 KOs)-2
WBC world title at light welterweight (2 Defences)
British, Commonwealth and European light welterweight titles
Notable wins: Lovemore Ndou, Andriy Kotelnik and Damarcus Corley

8. Ricky Burns
The Stats
39(13 KOs)-5-0
Two weight world champion at super featherweight and lightweight
WBO title holder at both weights
Commonwealth super featherweight title
Notable wins: Rocky Martinez, Michael Katsidis and Kevin Mitchell

9. Clinton Woods
The Stats
42(25 KOs)-5(1 KOs)-1
IBF world title at light heavyweight (4 Defences)
Commonwealth, British and European titles at light heavyweight
Notable wins: Glenn Johnson and Julio Cesar Gonzalez

10. Tyson Fury
The Stats
25(18 KOs)-0-0
The World Heavyweight Champion
WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO and Ring Magazine Title Holder
Notable wins: Derrick Chisora, Christian Hammer and Wladimir Klitschko

What would your top 10s look like?

[soul_survivor]

Anyone have their own lists?

[LouIE G]

Tyson Fury, but no Prince Naseem Hamed? And LOL at clinton woods. Eubank Sr, Bruno, Benn and Lewis deserve higher spots than Fury.

[soul_survivor]

Tyson Fury, but no Prince Naseem Hamed?

I said the 21st century, with one of the criteria being at least 10 fights in this time span.

[LouIE G]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[soul_survivor]

Bumping this

[dan_cov]

I'd put Robin Reid over Burns & Witter.
Wins over Vasquez, Wharton, Magee and very strong case for beating both Joe Calzaghe and Sven Ottke.

[fanofslug]

The correct answer is Joe Calzaghe. Criminally underrated and never given the full acclaim he deserves.

[soul_survivor]

The correct answer is Joe Calzaghe. Criminally underrated and never given the full acclaim he deserves.

Yeah, Joe is number one.

I'd put Robin Reid over Burns & Witter.
Wins over Vasquez, Wharton, Magee and very strong case for beating both Joe Calzaghe and Sven Ottke.

I can see that tbg. Reid was a good fighter but I just felt Burns and Witter did more in their respective divisions and won more big fights than they lost.

[Clegg]

I'd have Fury above guys like Woods and Witter. The guy is THE Heavyweight champion, something few British boxers in history have achieved, and did it against a great fighter.