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KOJOE90 wrote:I think Howard Winstone deserves at least a mention at this point.

Good call. Lost in a couple of try's but one in the end.

In an era when world champion was truly that.

tonyevs wrote:

silkov wrote:I wouldn't say Honeyghan got lucky against Curry, he destroyed him... Curry was never the same fighter. At his best Honeyghan was a excellent fighter but like Conteh he burnt out quickly.
My list of the best over the past 50 years would be....

Ken Buchanan
Randy Turpin
John Conteh
Lloyd Honeyghan
Howard winstone
8)

I can totally agree with Buchanan and Honeyghan getting listed and maybe even Conteh a case can be made, but Winstone while a class boxer on these shores at the time I do not think he really qualifies, and Turpin for me is just too highly over-rated as the years go by.

Buchanan, Conteh and even Honeyghan(not as much as he deserved)had respect from the USA but how well respected was Turpin and Winstone??

Winstone was a brilliant boxer who gave the great Vincinte Saldivar his hardest fights when he was at his peak... people who know their boxing in the USA will have a lot of respect for him. Turpin gave Robinson hell in two fights when Robinson was still close to his best, the fact that he burnt out quickly doesn't change the fact that at his short but brilliant peak Randy would have been a test for any of the top middles, he was a magnificent fighter and not overrated at all imo... if anything I'd say Turpin is underrated today as many seem just to concentrate on the negative side of his life and career and overlook just how great he was.
Conteh was a brilliant box-fighter who could have dominated the division but went off the rails, but still had the ability to give Saad Muhammad a great fight even when supposedly over the hill and fighting more or less with one hand.

Lennox Lewis, no doubt.

He never ducked anybody, he always battled against the odds & he beat every man he ever faced!

What more can you ask of a fighter?

Syntax Error wrote:Lennox Lewis, no doubt.

He never ducked anybody, he always battled against the odds & he beat every man he ever faced!

What more can you ask of a fighter?

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