Current best British Lightweight?

[Buggo]

Who is currently the Best British Lightweight?

The nominations are;

Jon Thaxton – current European LW titleholder
John Murray – current British LW title holder
Amir Khan – current Commonwealth title holder
or someone else

A fight between any of these 3 would be huge domestically, but I don’t think any of them will happen soon (not even Murray v Thaxton).

So vote for who you think is the best LW in the UK.

[Beeston Brawler]

Thaxton

[TFFP]

I'd rate them like this, based on what they have been doing. Not neccessarily H2H...

1. Thaxton
2. Khan
3. Murray
4. Limond
5. Castle

One to watch: John Watson

[saturday_kid]

Lawton and Gethin up there too

[Grant1]

Thaxton
Khan
Murray

[BIG WORM]

khan
murray
thaxton

thats p4p whos the best fighter

[TommyV]

Thaxton easily.

He's the European champion ffs, and former British champion. All Murray has done is string together unimpressive performances and pick up Thaxton's old belt, while all Khan has done is picked up the Commonwealth title and get knocked out.

Not that Thaxton would necessarily beat Khan, I mean he's tough and he can punch and from a southpaw stance but I'm actually inclined to believe Khan would stop him on accumulation around 7, but on pure achievement he has to be the number 1.

Khan would probably come in second just ahead of Murray.

[Buggo]

I went for Thaxton, should I be surprised that Khan came out on top? Not many people stated why though!

[David UK]

Khan by a mile

[mrplow182]

Thaxton on acheivements and fighters faced, but Khan's offensive talent and speed is a lot better than the rest on the list

Thaxton would do a job on Murray even at this stage of his career

[jc]

I honestly dont beleive Khan to be the best lightweight.

I voted Thaxton on achievment.

[Darni187]

Amir Khan

[PaddyD1983]

John Watson

:happy

Liverpool has a deep talent pool in the pro's at the moment.

[robpalmer135]

im always shocked. Khan gets allot of hate on here but whenever there is a "who would win khan or........., or a who is the best lightweight in UK"

Khan always comes out on top in the polls. i think theres allot of secret amir fans on here.

[PaddyD1983]

im always shocked. Khan gets allot of hate on here but whenever there is a "who would win khan or........., or a who is the best lightweight in UK"

Khan always comes out on top in the polls. i think theres allot of secret amir fans on here.


To be fair, I think alot rate him domestically. Just not as high as he rates himself. He's my #2 LW in the UK at the moment. But he'd get his ass handed to him by anyone at world level.

[warrior85]

thaxton
murray

[rooq]

khan skillswise, but thaxton is number 1 based on achievement. that will change if khan beats barrera

[GazOC]

Thaxton, Khan may have the beating of him at this stage in their careers but I still like to go with acheivements and opponents fought/ beaten rather that what-if potential.

[scunny slugger]

number 1 for me is thaxton. he is european champ and a very awkward fighter to beat

number 2 is john murray.

number 3 i dont really know..kahn has done nothing to convince me he is the real deal,he is just a hype job.and how can people rank kahn as number 1? imo he first needs to prove it,

[abzmanc]

I do like Khan being local..ish to me and all. But on merit, Thaxton has to be number 1 for holding the Euro Title, fair play to him. And Khan then comes second. Murray probably 3rd then. Initially wasn't too keen on Thaxton but after having seen him on ITV Boxing last week, he seems a genuinely decent chap. Have heard a lot about Gethin but haven't seen him fight, and same with Lawton, not seen a fight of his after the Khan bout.