What are your favourite fights that happened in a British ring?

[MasterG]

Live - Eubank v Wharton

Naz v Ingle (Tommy Hearns on the bill too)

On TV. Benn v Watson
Benn v McLellan
Any Mike Tyson fight especially the first Bruno match.

[jameswilson]

Hunter v Pickering my favourite night. The old Borough Hall in Hartlepool was bouncing. Hunter was a 5/2 betting outsider and down twice in the first two rounds. Yet he was a man possessed that night. He would not be denied and slowly broke Esham’s heart. Really hellacious war between a British and European champion, each with contrasting styles. It’s what’s boxing is all about.

I remember being a bit of a Pickering fan at the time. Really loved the ingle fighters of that time. I remember I think the second knockdown was a real heavy one but once Hunter weathered he dominated the rest of the fight.

Also I'm not sure how I forgot what a god ugly mother f ucker Hunter was. No offence to him as I'm probably uglier than him.

[TheLeprechaun]

My word, that thumbnail isn't doing him any favours is it.

I'm also probably uglier than him myself to be fair.

[gilgamesh]

Benn vs McClellan
Calzaghe vs lacy
Brodie vs chi 1
Benn vs eubank 1
Gomez vs Arthur
Thompson vs rothmann(????)
Froch vs bute
Froch vs pascal
Woods vs hoye
Moore vs macklin
Hatton vs tsyzu

Basically too many to mention. I tell you what, he gets a lot of stick, but how many of these did FW put on?

Many of those are cases where I thought for sure it was going the other way coming into the fight.

I thought for sure Tszyu was gonna knock out Hatton
I thought for sure Lacy was gonna knock out Calzaghe
I thought for sure Bute was gonna outclass Froch

We saw what happened across the board on those.

Memorable nights indeed.

[veriton]

Ayers v Rigby fight 1

Pleased someone has mentioned this one, what an epic. The ending was very gentlemanly too after a very hard battle. Can't remember seeing a fight end like that since.

[jamesmcdonnell]

Ayers v Rigby fight 1

Pleased someone has mentioned this one, what an epic. The ending was very gentlemanly too after a very hard battle. Can't remember seeing a fight end like that since.

It's the ending that makes the fight for me .

By rights, in the letter of the law, Ayers should have been DQ'd for refusing to fight on, but the ref did the right thing, Rigby was taking a sustained beating, and it was only going one way.

I'd love to interview the two of them, apparently Michael Ayers drinks in Chiswick someone said, I wonder where Wayne Rigby is these days?

[Lenny Cravats]

Rhodes vs Moore was very good. They weren't fornicating about and neither gave a quarter

Yeah loved that one.

This was the first I thought of. That punch that floored Moore was an absolutely beautiful punch. The way Rhodes ducked, turned, planted his feet and threw that punch... It was beautiful.

[sgtcecil]

Ricky Burns - Rocky Martinez deserves a mention

I was there, some atmosphere

[sgtcecil]

Mutely vs Anderson

[mickey1975]

Brodie v Swain.

[Frostieballs]

Dunne vs. Schwer.

My favourite trade fight of all time.

[mark a h]

Benn vs McClellan
Calzaghe vs lacy
Brodie vs chi 1
Benn vs eubank 1
Gomez vs Arthur
Thompson vs rothmann(????)
Froch vs bute
Froch vs pascal
Woods vs hoye
Moore vs macklin
Hatton vs tsyzu

Basically too many to mention. I tell you what, he gets a lot of stick, but how many of these did FW put on?

Yes a lot of great fights there...one missing fron the usual suspects when this same question comes up is Earl vs Katsidis

[forcefraser]

Has to be Benn v Mcllelan

Insane atmosphere

[Steveh583]

Benn vs McClellan
Calzaghe vs lacy
Brodie vs chi 1
Benn vs eubank 1
Gomez vs Arthur
Thompson vs rothmann(????)
Froch vs bute
Froch vs pascal
Woods vs hoye
Moore vs macklin
Hatton vs tsyzu

Basically too many to mention. I tell you what, he gets a lot of stick, but how many of these did FW put on?

Yes a lot of great fights there...one missing fron the usual suspects when this same question comes up is Earl vs Katsidis

i added that later in the thread lol

[Coco]

Has to be Benn v Mcllelan

Insane atmosphere

This

[maverick23]

Mine are…

Hatton/Tszyu
Calzaghe/Lacy
Moore/Jones 3
Moore/Macklin
Moore/Rhodes (probably the most gutted I’ve been after a fight)
AJ/Klitschko

[Shotgun Joe]

My favourites would be:
Sibson-Frankie Lucas (wish there was more footage of Lucas)
Sibson-Brian Anderson (I was so elated he finally won the Lonsdale belt outright after 8 years)
George Feeney-Ray Cattouse (brutal and brilliant at the same time)
Michael Watson-Benn+Eubank II
Benn-Anthony Logan, Eubank I and McClleland
Mark Kaylor-Errol Christie+Roy Gumbs
Errol Christie-Charlie Boston
Tom Collins-John Moody+Kaylor
Lloyd Christie-Mo Hussein
Mo Hussein-Mark Reefer
Dave McCauley vs Anyone

[skanksta]

My favourites would be:
Sibson-Frankie Lucas (wish there was more footage of Lucas)
Sibson-Brian Anderson (I was so elated he finally won the Lonsdale belt outright after 8 years)
George Feeney-Ray Cattouse (brutal and brilliant at the same time)
Michael Watson-Benn+Eubank II
Benn-Anthony Logan, Eubank I and McClleland
Mark Kaylor-Errol Christie+Roy Gumbs
Errol Christie-Charlie Boston
Tom Collins-John Moody+Kaylor
Lloyd Christie-Mo Hussein
Mo Hussein-Mark Reefer
Dave McCauley vs Anyone

Some great hipster choices there..!

[Shotgun Joe]

Some great hipster choices there..!

Cheers

[Redback Rasta]

An oldie but a goodie - Henry Cooper vs Muhamad Ali.

Eventful, that's for sure.

[whiskey]

Mutely vs Anderson

I literally was going to post this one too.

Interview, intros starts about 38 mins onwards. Rob McCracken in the studio too:-

[Jaguar]

Joe Bugner v Joe Frazier
Mark Kaylor v Errol Christie
Michael Watson v Nigel Benn
Wally Swift Jnr v Tony Collins

[margaret thatcher]

kev shoulda gotten credit for a kd in round 2, clipped muttley with the left hook as mut rushed in, foreshadow the ending

[si7dog7]

Live - Eubank v Wharton

Naz v Ingle (Tommy Hearns on the bill too)

On TV. Benn v Watson
Benn v McLellan
Any Mike Tyson fight especially the first Bruno match.

Check out Wharton v Louis Gent Cracker of a fight

Btw Tyson Bruno Both were in the US

[MasterG]

Live - Eubank v Wharton

Naz v Ingle (Tommy Hearns on the bill too)

On TV. Benn v Watson
Benn v McLellan
Any Mike Tyson fight especially the first Bruno match.

Check out Wharton v Louis Gent Cracker of a fight

Btw Tyson Bruno Both were in the US

Sometimes I misread the title of the post