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Come on then where do we start, N Benn,C Eubank,S Collins,J Calzaghe,C Froch,M Macklin,D Barker just a few any more ???????? :geek2:

you forgot watson :!: possibly the best :!: & macklin & barker aint s.middles

Steve Collins isn't British.

To answer your question, I would say Nigel Benn.

Deno1986 wrote:Steve Collins isn't British.

To answer your question, I would say Nigel Benn.

british irish whats the differnce


joe calzagie

Deno1986 wrote:Steve Collins isn't British.

To answer your question, I would say Nigel Benn.

Tut tut tut come on jeano

Benn's not fought for 15 years.....and he last fought at middleweight 20 years ago.

For the sake of the thread I'll assume you mean super middle in addition to middleweight?

If so, then it's Froch, who just pips Calzaghe.

If it's just middleweight then it's Eastman.

diggler wrote:

Deno1986 wrote:Steve Collins isn't British.

To answer your question, I would say Nigel Benn.

british irish whats the differnce


joe calzagie

its only just calmed down after 800 years, dont start it again now!

cakes wrote:

Deno1986 wrote:Steve Collins isn't British.

To answer your question, I would say Nigel Benn.

Tut tut tut come on jeano

I fail to see how a man born in Dublin could be called British, I'm sure you can troll out an answer.

orbtastic wrote:Benn's not fought for 15 years.....and he last fought at middleweight 20 years ago.

For the sake of the thread I'll assume you mean super middle in addition to middleweight?

If so, then it's Froch, who just pips Calzaghe.

If it's just middleweight then it's Eastman.

benn fought in Dec 1996

cakes wrote:

orbtastic wrote:Benn's not fought for 15 years.....and he last fought at middleweight 20 years ago.

For the sake of the thread I'll assume you mean super middle in addition to middleweight?

If so, then it's Froch, who just pips Calzaghe.

If it's just middleweight then it's Eastman.

benn fought in Dec 1996

Novemeber. Nearly 15 years ago. He got pasted. Not really the sort of form you want for the best middleweight of the last 15 years?

Howard Eastman was top of the tree for quite a while; he'd have taken some beating in his prime.

Scott Dann was getting better and better until injury got too bad; we don't know how good he'd have got. (I know Howard bested Scott which shows how good Eastman was).

I never know how to anwser these types of question, because I'm not sure whether it means a fighter who has turned pro & risen to prominence inside of the last 15 years, or someone who has fought & performed well in the last 15 years, even though they may have been active & at the top long before that.

As it is about middleweights, then Howard Eastman is it.

Herol Graham could also be considered as an MW that has fought inside the timespan, but he peaked outside of the last 15 years, so it has to be Eastman IMHO.

Syntax Error wrote:I never know how to anwser these types of question, because I'm not sure whether it means a fighter who has turned pro & risen to prominence inside of the last 15 years, or someone who has fought & performed well in the last 15 years, even though they may have been active & at the top long before that.

As it is about middleweights, then Howard Eastman is it.

Herol Graham could also be considered as an MW that has fought inside the timespan, but he peaked outside of the last 15 years, so it has to be Eastman IMHO.

Good call

diggler wrote:

Deno1986 wrote:Steve Collins isn't British.

To answer your question, I would say Nigel Benn.

british irish whats the differnce


joe calzagie

Shi-stirrer!

Calzaghe
Eubank
Benn
Watson
Collins (British Isles)
or
Froch (if were not including collins)

In that order.

The DARK DESTROYER Nigel Benn, fought anyone anywhere

1.eubank
2.benn
3.calzage
4.froch
5.watson
6.collins

froch could still end up number 1, thats wait and see.

The Dark Destroyer
Michael Watson
Chris Eubanks

Ok, their respective peaks were OVER 15yrs ago, but who's counting?

The Dark Destroyer wrote:Who was the best? Joe Calzaghe, without question. He isn't my personal favourite, but he was the best of the lot and I think he had the beating of every single one of the others mentioned.

calzage beat everyone infront of him, but i think a peak benn and eubank would of beating him, just like a peak rjj would of too imo. but we will never know !

Carl Froch

If its middleweights then Howard Eastman is the best in Britain over the last 15 years. Including super middles Calzaghe number 1 and Froch number 2, Benn and Eubank were well past their best in 1996

I think the Benn-Eubank days were tops...But for what he done Calzaghe is the man...Would he beat a peak Eubank.Benn,Froch,Graham..I think he would beat them all&im not a Calzaghe lover...

I don't know. But I would have loved to see Calzaghe vs Benn.
Or Froch vs Calzaghe.

Carl Froch. Other than that, Chris Eubank - great boxer. Weird shaped head. Punches used to sort of slide off.

Joe Calzaghe.He'd have beaten everyone on that list.Tremendous speed, fantastic stamina, could change tactics in a fight and could take a hell of a shot.Froch is good, but got beat by a faded version of Kessler, who Calzaghe really had no trouble with whatsoever after round 4.He faced a better version of Kessler too.