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2000: Catley Calzaghe x3 Hamed x2 Lewis x3 Ingle x2 Mcracken x1 Woodhall x1 Nelson x2 Neil Sinclair x1 Pickering x1 Cantwell x1 Starie x1 Jones x1 Brodie x1

2001: Calzaghe x2 Lewis x2 Eastman x1 Alexander x1 Starie x1 Nelson x2 Stone x1

2002: Calzaghe x3 Clinton Woods x1 Lewis x1 Harrison x1 Nelson x2 Takaloo x1

2003: Calzaghe x1 Woods x1 Lewis x1 Reid x1 Harrison x3 Neslon x1 Starie x1 Mcullough x1 Brodie x1 Kelly x1

2004: Calzaghe x2 Woods x1 Williams x1 Harrison x3 Nelson x1 Brodie x1

2005: Calzaghe x2 Woods x2 Hatton x2 Reid x1 Eastman x1 Harrison x2 Brodie x1 Nelson x1 Mcullough x2

2006: Calzaghe x2 Woods x2 Hatton x1 Macarinelli x1 Hobson x1 Hunter x1 Witter x1

2007: Calzaghe x1 Woods x1 Hatton x2 Rees x1 Macarinelli x3 Haye x1 Elcock x1 Witter x2

2008: Woods x1 Skelton x1 Froch x1 Lockett x1 Rees x1 Macarinelli x1 Cook x1 Arthur x1 Haye x1 Witter x1

2009: Woods x1 Jennings x1 Afolabi x1 Cook x1 Froch x2 Khan x2 Haye x1 Witter x1

2010: Haye x1 Froch x1

Any glaring omissions?

From my count there were 106 title fights contended by 38 different fighters in the past 10 years the best year for title fights being 2000 with 20 the worst being 2004 and 2006 with 8 fights involving 9 fighters how many British fighters in world title fights will there be this year?

I am also going to attempt to make a similar list for the nineties as well i know the obvious ones such as Eubank Lewis Hamed Benn Hoko but can anybody help with more obscure world challenges? (WBO WBA IBF WBC only?)

Interesting list.
For the nineties, I can think of the following off the top of my head:
Steve Robinson, Chris Pyatt, Steve Collins, Duke McKenzie, Colin McMillan, Robbie Regan, Glenn McRory

Wow there are waaaay too many belts. No wonder the sport is marginalised.

Multiple belts aren't necessarily a problem unless they stop the best fighters in a division fighting each other. There are multiple titles in other sports too, Tennis for example. In any one year, there can be different grand slam winners, who may not be the same person nor the world number 1. Similarly, there are different belt holders, but boxing fans generally know who the number 1 in a division is and where to look for independent rankings. More belts mean more title fights and more television and public exposure for the sport.

ALI.W wrote:Interesting list.
For the nineties, I can think of the following off the top of my head:
Steve Robinson, Chris Pyatt, Steve Collins, Duke McKenzie, Colin McMillan, Robbie Regan, Glenn McRory

Frank Bruno,Floyd Havard,Herol Graham,Nigel Benn,Michael Watson,Lennox Lewis, and many more.

ALI.W wrote:Interesting list.
For the nineties, I can think of the following off the top of my head:
Steve Robinson, Chris Pyatt, Steve Collins, Duke McKenzie, Colin McMillan, Robbie Regan, Glenn McRory

Not again!

I have got so far: Lewis Hamed Clarke Hide Thompson Lloyd Ingle Mcullough Schwer Woodhall Calzaghe Reid Wenton Catley Dunstan Graham Piper Wharton Eubank Akinwade Welch Rhodes Dodson Foster Jones Cantwell Bingham Regan Docherty Robinson Pyatt Hodkinson Mcmillan Davison Murphy Mckenzie McCrory

There must be a few more obscure ones especially early 90's?

wrimc wrote:I have got so far: Lewis Hamed Clarke Hide Thompson Lloyd Ingle Mcullough Schwer Woodhall Calzaghe Reid Wenton Catley Dunstan Graham Piper Wharton Eubank Akinwade Welch Rhodes Dodson Foster Jones Cantwell Bingham Regan Docherty Robinson Pyatt Hodkinson Mcmillan Davison Murphy Mckenzie McCrory

There must be a few more obscure ones especially early 90's?

When was jim macdonell vs azuhma nelson

bigjack wrote:

wrimc wrote:I have got so far: Lewis Hamed Clarke Hide Thompson Lloyd Ingle Mcullough Schwer Woodhall Calzaghe Reid Wenton Catley Dunstan Graham Piper Wharton Eubank Akinwade Welch Rhodes Dodson Foster Jones Cantwell Bingham Regan Docherty Robinson Pyatt Hodkinson Mcmillan Davison Murphy Mckenzie McCrory

There must be a few more obscure ones especially early 90's?

When was jim macdonell vs azuhma nelson

gary jacobs 95'

bigjack wrote:

wrimc wrote:I have got so far: Lewis Hamed Clarke Hide Thompson Lloyd Ingle Mcullough Schwer Woodhall Calzaghe Reid Wenton Catley Dunstan Graham Piper Wharton Eubank Akinwade Welch Rhodes Dodson Foster Jones Cantwell Bingham Regan Docherty Robinson Pyatt Hodkinson Mcmillan Davison Murphy Mckenzie McCrory

There must be a few more obscure ones especially early 90's?

When was jim macdonell vs azuhma nelson

89 I think or maybe 1990

Would you class Michael Bentt as British? He was born in London...

Possibly might throw him in there. Im really interested in challengers that people may have forgotten rather than the big names as everyone can remember them and im too young to remember all the fighters from the early 90's i hope to do an all time list for the past 150 since boxings inception I suppose it will get easier the later i go as there were less titles though might be harder as fewer people to remember them.

Just as i write i rememebr one Holligan vs Chavez

For 2010 don't forget Khan. He's fighting in a couple of weeks.

When the fights occur for definite i will add them to the list he still could pull out with injury etc

Crawford Ashley X2

Tom Collins

Bruce Scott.

wrimc wrote:I have got so far: Lewis Hamed Clarke Hide Thompson Lloyd Ingle Mcullough Schwer Woodhall Calzaghe Reid Wenton Catley Dunstan Graham Piper Wharton Eubank Akinwade Welch Rhodes Dodson Foster Jones Cantwell Bingham Regan Docherty Robinson Pyatt Hodkinson Mcmillan Davison Murphy Mckenzie McCrory

There must be a few more obscure ones especially early 90's?

dennis andries

Billy Hardy,

Floyd Harvard 1994

Derek Angol, Jason Matthews (Champion), Paul Weir (Champion), You have "Jones" there - there was Paul Silky and Barry Jones, Gary Stretch (vs Eubank), Lou Gent (vs Benn).

Gary Stretch
Kevin Lueshing
Scott Welch
Mark Prince
Cornelius Carr
Neville Brown
Pat Barrett
Edit: And how could I forget Michael Ayers?

Great stuff guys keep it coming looks like there were a lot more Brits challenging in the 90's than the 2000's. Would love to be able to make a definitive list for future reference not sure if it has ever been done.

Adrian Stone vs Shane Mosley (2001).

stujones wrote:Adrian Stone vs Shane Mosley (2001).

I was sure i had put that one on cheers though