Which British boxer has had the greatest single win within the last 20 years?

[JonOli]

Which British boxer has had the greatest single win within the last 20 years?

[TFFP]

Sort this shambles out

[TFFP]

Of that lot, I'd say Eubank over Benn on so many levels.

[toffeejack]

Benn v Mclellan.

[mr_swagger]

Calzaghe over Kessler, Lewis over Ruddock, Hatton's stopping of Tzyu all stand out for me, but I think the most impressive win would be Benn's war of attrition win over Gerald McClellan.

[D-MAC]

Benn over G-Man.

I know JonOli is angling for the Hatton one over Kostya, but there was always the suspicion that Tszyu was a bit rusty and over-the-hill by this stage.

McClellan was a machine in his prime, and Benn pulled the win out from a seemingly hopeless position following the early round onslaught. Deffo the best for me.

[JonOli]

I put 20 years because Lloyd Honeyghans win over Curry would have been the run away winner else. That was 22 years ago I think.

[JonOli]

I think it's probably Benn's win over G-man.

Don't forget though that it was G-mans first ever time at Super-middle weight, he had never fought at the weight before.

I'm not sure how true this is as well, but I have read in the past that he was suffering illness before the fight in training. Frequently blinking etc. As I state though, I'm not sure how true that is.

The fight, and the win over McClellan though was a stunning one no doubt about that.

[mr_swagger]

Irrespective of these potential factors, he took many, many hayemakers from Benn and kept coming forward. I can't think of many boxers that took the best that Nigel Benn had to offer round after round. That was a brutal fight.

[PrideOfWales]

With respect to Harrison, his best wins didn't have the same effect that the others had when they won the biggest fights. Watson's best victory was against an early version of Benn - just not on the same level as others good as it was. I think it's easy to rule those two out straight away.

Calzaghe started as favourite for his big wins (except Lacy but he's since gone on to do nothing) so I can rule him out as it's the biggest "single win". Kessler and Hopkins are his biggest single wins but he started as favourite in those.

Hatton has a good shout with his win over Tszyu.

Hamed had very good wins like Kelly and Johnson but those guys were perhaps past their best.

Eubank's best win is against Benn is right up there but Benn's win over McClellan trumps that for me. Benn, well up against it getting knocked through the ropes early to come back to win was sensational. But if McClellan didn't have his problems, I don't think Benn would have won that fight.

I think Haye's terrific win over Mormeck is highly commendable and a massively under rated win even though it was very recent. That win means so much more than the Maccarinelli fight but it's oft overlooked.

Lennox Lewis... Quite a few to chose from. Klitschko, Holyfield, Ruddock... Lots of great wins in his career.

All terrific wins but I will go for Lewis' win over Holyfield as the greatest single win because it cemented his status as the absolute undisputed HW champion of the world, wiping out all his critics and securing a tremendous legacy. That win went worldwide and everyone took note. As good as the others were, that result did more for British boxing in the last 20 years than any other.

[PrideOfWales]

I think it's probably Benn's win over G-man.

Don't forget though that it was G-mans first ever time at Super-middle weight, he had never fought at the weight before.

I'm not sure how true this is as well, but I have read in the past that he was suffering illness before the fight in training as well. Frequently blinking etc. As I state though, I'm not sure how true that is.

The fight and the win over McClellan though was a stunning one no doubt about that.

I've seen some interviews with McClellan's trainers who said he had one of the blinking sessions in sparring a few months before the fight. I cannot believe that Benn caused all of the damage from scratch in that fight. It was definately a pre-existing condition for sure.

[TFFP]

I'm suprised people see Benn over McClellan as superior to Eubank over Benn himself

Benn was superior to McClellan, full-stop. He achieved more, but there is always a tendency to overrate guys when their careers end up like this. It happens with Watson too.

Eubank beat a pretty much prime version at 160, and did it well. Not only a great win in a boxing sense, but the event/rivalry and everything else adds to it.

[PrideOfWales]

I'm suprised people see Benn over McClellan as superior to Eubank over Benn himself

Benn was superior to McClellan, full-stop. He achieved more, but there is always a tendency to overrate guys when their careers end up like this. It happens with Watson too.

Eubank beat a pretty much prime version at 160, and did it well. Not only a great win in a boxing sense, but the event/rivalry and everything else adds to it.

I disagree with you on two counts.

McClellen was much the better boxer in his fight with Benn. It's only later on in the fight that Benn started catching up with him. A fairly similar thing happened with Eubank/Watson II. That was the second fight.. the first fight was very close.

[mr_swagger]

I'm suprised people see Benn over McClellan as superior to Eubank over Benn himself

Benn was superior to McClellan, full-stop. He achieved more, but there is always a tendency to overrate guys when their careers end up like this. It happens with Watson too.

Eubank beat a pretty much prime version at 160, and did it well. Not only a great win in a boxing sense, but the event/rivalry and everything else adds to it.


I'm not sure people overrate Watson at all. He outboxed Eubank in two fights. Eubank even admitted himself that he couldn't beat Watson. I'm also informed that he was ill when he fought McCallum - a fight that seemed to expose him at the highest level.

[scrap]

Nigel beating McClellan was an amazing result. McClellan was brought over to Bash Nigel up make no mistake I was Ringside and it was the most emotional night Ive witnessed and Ive witnessed a few.

[JonOli]

Mcclellan was p4p no 8 when Benn fought him, I think.

[GazOC]

Benn-G-Man was the best win IMHO, before that Honey-Curry.

[FLINT ISLAND]

McCllenan I thought was a superior foe to Benn.

McCllenan lost that fight because he had a twatish attiutdte.

He thought he would never have to go beyond 3 rounds in any fight because of his punch power.

And expected Benn to fall in 1 - like all the rest.

McCllenan had a non existent defence - he never thought he needed one.

Once Benn found his range and employed the best style of bobbing and weaving and coming out of the crouch with hooks and uppercuts he could not miss McCllenan.

McCllenan must have had one iron chin though - his first fight at 168LBS and he took 10 rounds of hard shots from a murderous puncher like Benn and never went down from a punch.

He took a knee in the ninth and tenth because he had been outfought and outgutted and there was something seriously wrong with him physically.

I think this was the most speical win of a British fighter in the last 20 years because it was sheer heart that wan Nigel Benn that fight over a physically superior foe

[Dunky McCafferty]

Lots of overrating of McLellan going on here, Gerald was simply the Jeff Lacy of his day.
Great win for Benn, but hardly earth shattering like its being made out here.
People here seem to forget what Gerald was before he fought Benn.

[scrap]

Remind us

[TBooze]

The most important was Lewis beating Briggs to become the first Heavyweight Champion of the World from this country in the 20th century.

The best single win in the last 20 years at the time was probably Benn/McClellan; with hindsight I think Hatton/Tszyu tops it.

[TFFP]

McClellan was NOT a better fighter than Benn overall. He achieved far less, infact he only really has wins over a glass jawed fighter that exchanges and is perfectly suited to him, there is nothing else to speak of. At the end of the day he still LOST, whatever the circumstances. This is the classic overrating that seems to go on after tradgedy.

Benn was better at 160, where Eubank beat him at his prime - and knocked him out.

[brown bomber]

Its a tricky one..... TFFP's point is spot on it - Eubanks win over Benn is the only prime vs prime win out of all of them. I'd say Tszyu was no where near as shot as the haters like to insist- he was simply bullied out of the fight by a fitter and more determined challenger. His previous fight had been a tasty pasting of Sharmba Mitchell so overall I think Hatton over Tszyu amd Eubank over Benn are pretty impressive.

I also like Haye over Mormeck which hasn't been mentioned yet....

[brown bomber]

McLellon was 31-2 29Ko's .... 19 in the first round.... He was very impressive Vs Jackson and John Mugabi but was yet to establish himself as a premier fighter... In fact ITV hype aside he was little more then a randall bailey type banger who was yet to take his promise into the elite ofthe divisions he was operating in....And to be honest 24-0 (24ko's) banger type guys rarely cut it at top level.

[JonOli]

I'd say Tszyu was no where near as shot as the haters like to insist- he was simply bullied out of the fight by a fitter and more determined challenger. His previous fight had been a tasty pasting of Sharmba Mitchell so overall I think Hatton over Tszyu amd Eubank over Benn are pretty impressive.


I totally agree. There is absolutely no way of telling how far removed Tszyu was from his best, except from just viewing the Hatton fight. That is his only Loss. There was no run of bad form or anything.

You can say that Tszyu was very inactive during this period, and was 35. You can say that his last time out was a destruction of Sharmba Mitchel. Being 35 doesn't mean a huge deal unless you have evidence of a obvious decline in performance during fights. For example Hopkins, Calzaghe, and Lewis all had their greatest ever wins around the age Tszyu was. Besides, one of Tszyu's main assets was is his power the last to go with age.

There is absolutely no way of knowing how far removed from his best he was as the Hatton fight is the only one he was involved in which he lost. That is the one and only fight you can make a judgement on him. One single fight is simply not enough. There is no run of fights to gauge Tszyus state, therefore people simply make it up, to devalue the win.

[dwilson]

I have gone for Hatton over Kostya just because Hatton was a nobody really before that and Kostya was still regarded pretty damm well by most people.


I am sure the list could have had a few better big winners than the guys on the list. Haye has not really had a big win yet, just cleaned up a poor division and beaten a couple of poor belt holders.

[JonOli]

Here's what the Ring rankings look liked prior to Benn fighting Mcclellan. Around early 1995.


Middle weight rankings

1 Gerald McClellan ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
2 Jorge Fernando Castro ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
3 Bernard Hopkins ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
4 John David Jackson ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
5 Reggie Johnson ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
6 Quincy Taylor ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
7 Segundo Mercado ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
8 Steve Collins ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
9 Joe Lipsey ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
10 Agostino Cardamone ([Only registered and activated users can see links])

Super middle rankings

1 Roy Jones Jr. ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
2 Nigel Benn ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
3 Chris Eubank ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
4 Frankie Liles ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
5 Vinny Pazienza ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
6 Tim Littles ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
7 Michael Nunn ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
8 Ray Close ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
9 Graciano Rocchigiani ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
10 Antoine Byrd ([Only registered and activated users can see links])

P4P top ten

1 Pernell Whitaker ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
2 Roy Jones Jr. ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
3 Orlando Canizales ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
4 Ricardo Lopez ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
5 Humberto Gonzalez ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
6 Frankie Randall ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
7 Felix Trinidad ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
8 Gerald McClellan ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
9 Miguel Angel Gonzalez ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
10 Kevin Kelley ([Only registered and activated users can see links])

[JonOli]

Rankings around the time Hatton fought Tszyu.


JR. Welter top ten rankings

Kostya Tszyu ([Only registered and activated users can see links]), Champion

1 Arturo Gatti ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
2 Vivian Harris ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
3 Floyd Mayweather Jr. ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
4 Sharmba Mitchell ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
5 Miguel Angel Cotto ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
6 Ricky Hatton ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
7 DeMarcus Corley ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
8 Lovemore N'dou ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
9 Jesse James Leija ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
10 Oktay Urkal ([Only registered and activated users can see links])


P4P Top ten
1 Bernard Hopkins ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
2 Floyd Mayweather Jr. ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
3 Kostya Tszyu ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
4 Ronald (Winky) Wright ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
5 Manny Pacquiao ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
6 Juan Manuel Marquez ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
7 Marco Antonio Barrera ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
8 Erik Morales ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
9 Glen Johnson ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
10 Antonio Tarver ([Only registered and activated users can see links])

[dan-b]

For me it's Lennox Lewis over Holyfield to become undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.

[riggers]

There is no way McLellan had a pre existing brain injury prior to his fight with Nigel Benn. Ever since the Bradley Stone tragedy, fighters have an MRI yearly in the UK. All visiting fighters have to have either had one in the previous year or they have one when they enter the UK. There are no exceptions. Mclellan did not begin blinking until the 8th round, he had shipped a heavy hook and also there was a clash of heads just prior.

For me this was the best result of any British fighter in the last 20 years, a tremendous fight too.

[scrap]

All mentioned had a shout, Ben didnt. I remember at the time you wouldnt put two bob on Him. The only glimmer was two months earlier Montell Griffins had sparked Him in Sparring in Miami, but Montell was Brilliant in the Gym, He wasnt bad out of it either.

[brown bomber]

All mentioned had a shout, Ben didnt. I remember at the time you wouldnt put two bob on Him. The only glimmer was two months earlier Montell Griffins had sparked Him in Sparring in Miami, but Montell was Brilliant in the Gym, He wasnt bad out of it either. Sparked who?

[scrap]

Griffins sparked McClellan

[brown bomber]

Griffins sparked McClellan Really... where did you read that? I can imagine that... McLellon was like a poor mans Roy Jones and Griffin nailed jones a number of times in their first fight.

[FLINT ISLAND]

McCllenan beat Roy Jones as amateur which suggests of his quality pedigree.

McCllenan laid out Julian Jackson who was something like 46-1-0 (43 KO's)

McCllenan was definelty a serious force - some people might overrated him and get carried away - but people calling him the Jeff Lacy of his day are underrating him

[brown bomber]

McCllenan beat Roy Jones as amateur which suggests of his quality pedigree.

McCllenan laid out Julian Jackson who was something like 46-1-0 (43 KO's)

McCllenan was definelty a serious force - some people might overrated him and get carried away - but people calling him the Jeff Lacy of his day are underrating him He also lost to Frankie Liles in the ams and suffered a couple of silly losses early in his pro career. He prob would have beaten a circa 1995 Bernard Hopkins but he made so many defensive errors against Benn and Jackson (first time round) its hard to envisage him ever been anything more then a shooting star like Lacy turned out to be. Personally I feel peak Lacy would have beaten Mclellon- he's very under-rated overall and was superb on his way up- but his confidence is shattered after getting beaten by Zaggy so i'll never be proved right.

[scrap]

Eddie told me

[TFFP]

McClellan could never ever have beaten Hopkins. Not unless it was a complete novice version.

[FLINT ISLAND]

He also lost to Frankie Liles in the ams and suffered a couple of silly losses early in his pro career. He prob would have beaten a circa 1995 Bernard Hopkins but he made so many defensive errors against Benn and Jackson (first time round) its hard to envisage him ever been anything more then a shooting star like Lacy turned out to be. Personally I feel peak Lacy would have beaten Mclellon- he's very under-rated overall and was superb on his way up- but his confidence is shattered after getting beaten by Zaggy so i'll never be proved right.

I thought it was Roy Jones who lost to Frankie Liles in the amateurs

[brown bomber]

McClellan could never ever have beaten Hopkins. Not unless it was a complete novice version. Hopkins 1995?? sucked ass..... seriously he was mediocre he has blossomed late on IMO. That Mecardo has him on the deck twice.

[brown bomber]

I thought it was Roy Jones who lost to Frankie Liles in the amateursBoth did.... I'm pretty sure liles beat both.

[David UK]

Llooyd Honeyghan v Don Curry (assuming it was within 20years)

[JonOli]

Llooyd Honeyghan v Don Curry (assuming it was within 20years)

That was over 20 years ago, otherwise it would have perhaps been a runaway winner.

[scrap]

If Micky Duff fancied it, Honeygan was in with a shout and it was widly known Curry was struggling with weight.

[hitman_hatton1]

benn over mcclellan takes it for me.

g-man was in his prime at the time.

fearsome puncher.

good boxer to.

just a shame about the tragic outcome. :-(

[dan-b]

Hopkins 1995?? sucked ass..... seriously he was mediocre he has blossomed late on IMO. That Mecardo has him on the deck twice.

Have you seen the Mercado fights recently Jeff? The first knockdown was a push & the second was clearly a result of the altitude Hopkins hadn't had the time to adjust to. He took much bigger shots from Echols, one in particular clean on the break that didn't move him. No way G-Man beats Hopkins.

[FLINT ISLAND]

Gerald McClellnan
Roy Jones Jnr
Julian Jackson
James Toney
Chris Eubank
Nigel Benn
Michael Nunn

when these guys were in the middleweight division Hopkins was not even a champion

Hopkins took over when the "elite" left

Hopkins is not a "superstar"

every major pay per view fight he has been in has been to do with him fighting the "other" guy - Trinidad and De La Hoya etc

he is a good pro no doubt

but the only middleweight he fought of the above mentioned was Roy Jones

and Jones beat him comfortably - with the "one hand"

[dan-b]

How many Hopkins fights have you actually watched Flint? Also, how many boxers do you actually consider true superstars? Feel free to PM me because I don't want to be accused of taking this thread off topic.

[FLINT ISLAND]

How many Hopkins fights have you actually watched Flint? Also, how many boxers do you actually consider true superstars? Feel free to PM me because I don't want to be accused of taking this thread off topic.

I seen quite a few Hopkins fights - followed his career since the days when he was knocking out Joe Lipsey Jnr and unifying the title against Keith Holmes and knocking out the two blown up welterweights and battering William Joppy. In recent times I seen him fight on the De La Hoya undercard when he dropped that guy with a monster right hand and the calzaghe fight and the Antonio Tarver fight.

He is a crafty sod and a top pro - prob schooled Calzaghe if they fought a few years ago.

but Hopkins is considered by some a superstar

disagree

as Enzo Calzaghe said he is a "boring twat"

I consider the elite superstars of boxing over the last decade to be

(worldwide famous or/and big box office)

Tyson
Holyfield
Lewis
Riddick Bowe
George Foreman (commerical appeal - and still active in 90's)
Roy Jones
De La Hoya
Trinidad
Mayweather
Ricky Hatton
Naseem Hamed

not even Calzaghe is a true superstar

neither does Hopkins belong on this list - its a small list thats because it is "elite" and Hopkins is not a big a star as I heard Steve Bunce describe him as

the difference with them guys on that list their name can stand alone and still be a big event regardless of who they are fighting

Calzaghe has his loyal following in Wales but he is not a "superstar" like them guys

I'd say there was alot more interest in Felix Trinidad V William Joppy

than Bernard Hopkins V Keith Holmes

because Trindad is the bigger name

[dan-b]

Agreed, nice work Flint.

[TheH1tMan]

I am torn between Lewis over Ruddock, Calzaghe over Kessler or Eubank over Benn. Americans do not usually rank McLellan very highly and it's importance seems to be inflated by Brits only. Hatton vs Kostya was a win over an old Kostya but mostly it was a less than good fight marred by excessive holding and dirty tactics. Really nothhing to be proud of except for the w next to Hatton's name.

[FLINT ISLAND]

I am torn between Lewis over Ruddock, Calzaghe over Kessler or Eubank over Benn. Americans do not usually rank McLellan very highly and it's importance seems to be inflated by Brits only. Hatton vs Kostya was a win over an old Kostya but mostly it was a less than good fight marred by excessive holding and dirty tactics. Really nothhing to be proud of except for the w next to Hatton's name.

out of them three Eubanks over Benn has got to be the best win - the underdog stopping the fericous punching champion in a absloute firece war.

the other two

Lewis just blew the guy away - so it was a easy nights work - power was all it took

and Calzaghe had too much experience for Keelser and was the favorite to win in the manner he did - points decsion after outboxing him

[brown_bomber]

lennox lewis over everyone :D

[Words]

I think Hatton - Tzsyu is possibly the best in recent years, although Calzaghe - Lacy and about half a dozen different Lewis fights could be up there.

[JonOli]

The thing is with Lewis, and his win over Holyfield is that it perhaps wasn't Holyfield at his best. I'm not sure how far removed he was, but he started picking up losses very soon after being beat by Lewis; loses to Ruiz, Byrd, and Toney. When Lewis ran in to Holy', he was 37, and it was 4 years down the line from his defeat of Tyson.

Important win non the less though!

[finzwinz]

Clearly Harrison against Samuel Kadebe

[Danny]

I put 20 years because Lloyd Honeyghans win over Curry would have been the run away winner else. That was 22 years ago I think.

I know you have asked for the greatest victory, but I cannot let Pat Cowdell's brilliant performance against Salvador Sanchez go by the wayside.

Granted, Cowdell didn't emerge victorious that night, but he made the great Sanchez dig deep. It was a SD in the end. Anyone who has not seen the fight, I would advise to try to get footage of it. Cowdell's performance was a great showing.

Sanchez was a great, great fighter & Pat pushed him extremely hard indeed.

[FLINT ISLAND]

Salvador Sanchez TKO Azumah Nelson

thats how good he was

[TBooze]

Salvador Sanchez TKO Azumah Nelson

thats how good he was

Remember Sanchez got a lot of grief for his poor performance in that fight.;)

[BoppaZoo]

Me personally i felt Lennox's win over Holyfield was what English boxing needed more than anything.

[JonOli]

I know you have asked for the greatest victory, but I cannot let Pat Cowdell's brilliant performance against Salvador Sanchez go by the wayside.

Granted, Cowdell didn't emerge victorious that night, but he made the great Sanchez dig deep. It was a SD in the end. Anyone who has not seen the fight, I would advise to try to get footage of it. Cowdell's performance was a great showing.

Sanchez was a great, great fighter & Pat pushed him extremely hard indeed.

Cheers, I've never seen it. I will try and catch it sometime.

[KCD]

Hatton due to him beating a Hall of Famer in Kostya Tszyu

For blood and guts:- Nigel Benn for his fight with the G-Man.

[p.Townend]

Benn beating mcclellan was for me the best in the last 20 years.I as does everyone wish the fight had ended differently.

[rockandrollstar]

What if Jennings beat Cotto? How will will that stand?

I know it's very unlikely, and I expect Cotto to prevail in the 6th, but what do you think?

And what if Khan KO's Barrera? How will that stand?

Haye KO's Wlad and Vitali?

Hatton beats Pacman?

[p.Townend]

I'm suprised people see Benn over McClellan as superior to Eubank over Benn himself

Benn was superior to McClellan, full-stop. He achieved more, but there is always a tendency to overrate guys when their careers end up like this. It happens with Watson too.

Eubank beat a pretty much prime version at 160, and did it well. Not only a great win in a boxing sense, but the event/rivalry and everything else adds to it.
Mcclellan was a very good fighter and he had beaten Jackson twice.Im with you that going into this fight Benn was the more acoplished fighter,but mcclellan really was brought in to get rid of nigel nobody wanted to fight the guy.
Mike Watson could have been a great fighter.He beat Benn in a minor upset and certainly beat Chris in the first fight.He lost to mccallum but there is no shame in that at all and the body snatcher was full of praise for Mike after the fight.And the loss did not affect Watson he learned from it.
I honestly dont think either Gerald or Mike are overrated fighters.Name a guy from the time who wanted Mike Mccallum apart from Micheal Watson.Nigel Benn"no fu..king way"and that went out on the radio.Mike Watson fought him and lost.But i bet if you ask mccallum if he is overrated the answer will be a straight no.

[Flea Man]

Hatton over Tszyu, though Benn over G-Man is a razors edge away.

[PaddyD1983]

I've gone Eubank given that the question is the 'greatest single win' rather than a win over the greatest opponent. P4P I think Tszyu probably edges Benn in terms of opponent at their respective times but Eubank's win over Benn, who I considered at the time to be the best SMW around and thought was an absolute animal, is an astonishing acheivement.

Benn was robbed in the rematch though!

[Mookhound]

Errrrr.... Lloyd Honeyghan. Absolutely no doubt.

[Mookhound]

oh hang on, scrap that... we're in 2009, ain't we? then it comes down to the obvious three: Benn, Lewis, Hatton. Probably Hatton.

[Beeston Brawler]

In terms of single wins, it's a contest between Benn or Hatton - a contest which I'd say Hatton wins by a short head.

Lewis has by far the greatest series of wins, beyond question...... followed by Benn.

[Grant1]

Benn vs G-man.

[KCD]

Hatton v Tszyu

[JonOli]

I went with Benn over G-man originally, but was a little hesitant, I think I'd go pretty strongly with Benn over G-man now.

[under the wire]

Who voted for Calzaghe? LOL!

[No Fear]

All terrific wins but I will go for Lewis' win over Holyfield as the greatest single win because it cemented his status as the absolute undisputed HW champion of the world, wiping out all his critics and securing a tremendous legacy. That win went worldwide and everyone took note. As good as the others were, that result did more for British boxing in the last 20 years than any other.

Spot on, I feel.