Best British Boxers To Never Win The Lonsdale Belt.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Boxers who retired without winning a BBBofC (established 1929) British title

Naseem Hamed

Chris Eubank

Nigel Benn

Frank Bruno

[paddy chavez]

before bruno every world class british fighter won the british title first then commonwealth and european .not sure if steve robinson ever won the british title

[banjo]

Outright or just in general?

Because Hatton won a vacant belt against Jon Thaxton but never won the belt for keeps(2 defenses is it you have to make?)

[Ruthless-RKO]

Outright or just in general?

Because Hatton won a vacant belt against Jon Thaxton but never won the belt for keeps(2 defenses is it you have to make?)

Just in General.

There are much more names to be mentioned if it outright.

[banjo]

David Haye

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David Haye

Yeh, he won the English title, but after losing to Thompson, he fast tracked to EBU

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Richie Woodhall

Robin Reid?

[bennie]

John Conteh never won a Lonsdale Belt, Barry McGuigan never won a Lonsdale Belt (and selfishly held on to the British title as world champion), Duke McKenzie never won a Belt...

[bigjack]

before bruno every world class british fighter won the british title first then commonwealth and european .not sure if steve robinson ever won the british title

Yes that was the path all prospects used to follow,i used to enjoy all the domestic clashes for the 3 titles,that was when there was 2 world titles available,nowadays it seems it's easier to get a world title fight than a European title.

[Ruthless-RKO]

before bruno every world class british fighter won the british title first then commonwealth and european .not sure if steve robinson ever won the british title

Yes that was the path all prospects used to follow,i used to enjoy all the domestic clashes for the 3 titles,that was when there was 2 world titles available,nowadays it seems it's easier to get a world title fight than a European title.

Saunders defended all three vs. Eubank Jr.

[bigjack]

before bruno every world class british fighter won the british title first then commonwealth and european .not sure if steve robinson ever won the british title

Yes that was the path all prospects used to follow,i used to enjoy all the domestic clashes for the 3 titles,that was when there was 2 world titles available,nowadays it seems it's easier to get a world title fight than a European title.

Saunders defended all three vs. Eubank Jr.

Yes i know,but sadly it's a rare thing nowadays.

[BitPlayer]

before bruno every world class british fighter won the british title first then commonwealth and european .not sure if steve robinson ever won the british title

Funny now that the commonwealth seems below the British if anything.

[Nightmare Roy]

Outright or just in general?

Because Hatton won a vacant belt against Jon Thaxton but never won the belt for keeps(2 defenses is it you have to make?)

Think it got upped to 3 a few years back

[Ruthless-RKO]

Funny now that the commonwealth seems below the British if anything.

Yep, even though it's more open to champions from different countries

[Horse]

Funny now that the commonwealth seems below the British if anything.

They are both at about the level the English title should be.

The BBBofC is being run into the ground.

[tobyh5]

John Conteh never won a Lonsdale Belt, Barry McGuigan never won a Lonsdale Belt (and selfishly held on to the British title as world champion), Duke McKenzie never won a Belt...

Duke won the title twice, fly and feather. He did not keep a belt, but that was not what is being discussed here as was clarified further up ^^

[craigjenkins05]

http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/the-10- ... dale-belt/

Just saw this on boxing news do they get their stories from the board? Lol

[Ruthless-RKO]

http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/the-10- ... dale-belt/

Just saw this on boxing news do they get their stories from the board? Lol

Likely. WBN and Boxing News Online are decent

[BitPlayer]

Funny now that the commonwealth seems below the British if anything.

They are both at about the level the English title should be.

The BBBofC is being run into the ground.

Yup, and when better boxers pick them up, it's never to defend them

[bennie]

John Conteh never won a Lonsdale Belt, Barry McGuigan never won a Lonsdale Belt (and selfishly held on to the British title as world champion), Duke McKenzie never won a Belt...

Duke won the title twice, fly and feather. He did not keep a belt, but that was not what is being discussed here as was clarified further up ^^

Oh, I see. Then it would have to be Phil Edwards.

[Londonirish]

Joe Calzaghe didn’t win one outright either...

[stujones]

Ola Afolabi has to be one of the best to have never fought for it.

[milpool]

It's a shame that fighters these days bypass the British, Commonwealth and, in some respects, the EBU, in favour of an International, Intercontinental or some other spurious belt in order to get a ranking from one of the sanctioning bodies.

Being British champion means something, being the IBF International champion means nothing. I'm sure it means something to the fighter but in the wider context of boxing it means nothing.

[Horse]

Amir Khan
Ricky Burns

[bripez]

It's a shame that fighters these days bypass the British, Commonwealth and, in some respects, the EBU, in favour of an International, Intercontinental or some other spurious belt in order to get a ranking from one of the sanctioning bodies.

Being British champion means something, being the IBF International champion means nothing. I'm sure it means something to the fighter but in the wider context of boxing it means nothing.

I agree - I wonder if any of the boxers named look back when they have retired and wish they had boxed for the British title rather than strategically going for some inter-continental type title?