Best British wins on away soil?

Pick your top 2..

Poll runs till 09 Nov 2026, 04:13

Lennox Lewis def. Evander Holyfield II
2
4%
Lloyd Honeyghan def. Donald Curry
23
43%
Kell Brook def. Shawn Porter
3
6%
Dalton Smith def. Subriel Matías
2
4%
Tyson Fury def. Wladimir Klitschko
9
17%
Nigel Benn def. Mauro Galvano I
0
No votes
Joe Calzaghe def. Bernard Hopkins
1
2%
Tyson Fury def. Deontay Wilder II
2
4%
Ken Buchanan def. Ismael Laguna
3
6%
John H. Stracey def. José Nápoles
6
11%
Others... Name them..
2
4%
 
Total votes: 53

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Re: Best British wins on away soil?

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Kilburn wrote: 14 Jan 2026, 17:51 Khan v Maidana is a bloody good shout. And a better win than Brook over Porter IMO.
I always get pissed off when the commentators go ‘OHHHHhHhHhHhAHHHHHh!!!!!!!’ when a big shot lands but that body shot that Khan landed in the first is one where I forgive people for grimacing.
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Re: Best British wins on away soil?

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Freddie Welsh w pts v Benny Leonard 1916
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Don`t underestimate what Stracey did that night,

What a victory that was on away soil. Beat the fight out out of a proper champ, a nail hard man.

Stracey picked himself off the floor in the first round and dogged the fight out of the champion. Incredible performance.

Compared to Brook v Porter and Lewis v Holyfiled? man, this was in another stratosphere
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Re: Best British wins on away soil?

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Yep, outside of Honeyghan's huge upset win over Curry, Stracey beating Napoles is arguably 2nd IMO. I mentioned Froch's win over Taylor more as a personal favourite, although it was still a great win regardless.
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THEBUTCH wrote: 16 Jan 2026, 04:51 Yep, outside of Honeyghan's huge upset win over Curry, Stracey beating Napoles is arguably 2nd IMO. I mentioned Froch's win over Taylor more as a personal favourite, although it was still a great win regardless.
Proper in the Lion's Den as well, a cauldron. 40,000 saying for his blood

Napoles was a living legend in Mexico and admittedly Stracey got him at 35 and in decline, but still a monumental effort
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Maybe Napoles had seen better days but other than the legendary middleweight Carlos Monzon, no one else had managed to defeat Napoles for a while (other than a cut eye defeat, which was avenged). So Stracey's win is kosher IMO.
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