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banjo wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 07:45 Outright or just in general?

Because Hatton won a vacant belt against Jon Thaxton but never won the belt for keeps(2 defenses is it you have to make?)

banjo wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 07:49David Haye

paddy chavez wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 07:40 before bruno every world class british fighter won the british title first then commonwealth and european .not sure if steve robinson ever won the british title

bigjack wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 08:06

paddy chavez wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 07:40 before bruno every world class british fighter won the british title first then commonwealth and european .not sure if steve robinson ever won the british title

Yes that was the path all prospects used to follow,i used to enjoy all the domestic clashes for the 3 titles,that was when there was 2 world titles available,nowadays it seems it's easier to get a world title fight than a European title.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 08:25

bigjack wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 08:06

paddy chavez wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 07:40 before bruno every world class british fighter won the british title first then commonwealth and european .not sure if steve robinson ever won the british title

Yes that was the path all prospects used to follow,i used to enjoy all the domestic clashes for the 3 titles,that was when there was 2 world titles available,nowadays it seems it's easier to get a world title fight than a European title.

Saunders defended all three vs. Eubank Jr.

paddy chavez wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 07:40 before bruno every world class british fighter won the british title first then commonwealth and european .not sure if steve robinson ever won the british title

banjo wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 07:45 Outright or just in general?

Because Hatton won a vacant belt against Jon Thaxton but never won the belt for keeps(2 defenses is it you have to make?)

BitPlayer wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 08:48
Funny now that the commonwealth seems below the British if anything.

BitPlayer wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 08:48Funny now that the commonwealth seems below the British if anything.

bennie wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 08:05 John Conteh never won a Lonsdale Belt, Barry McGuigan never won a Lonsdale Belt (and selfishly held on to the British title as world champion), Duke McKenzie never won a Belt...

craigjenkins05 wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 09:27 http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/the-10- ... dale-belt/

Just saw this on boxing news do they get their stories from the board? Lol

Horse wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 08:56

BitPlayer wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 08:48Funny now that the commonwealth seems below the British if anything.

They are both at about the level the English title should be.

The BBBofC is being run into the ground.

tobyh5 wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 08:59

bennie wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 08:05 John Conteh never won a Lonsdale Belt, Barry McGuigan never won a Lonsdale Belt (and selfishly held on to the British title as world champion), Duke McKenzie never won a Belt...

Duke won the title twice, fly and feather. He did not keep a belt, but that was not what is being discussed here as was clarified further up ^^

milpool wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 18:43 It's a shame that fighters these days bypass the British, Commonwealth and, in some respects, the EBU, in favour of an International, Intercontinental or some other spurious belt in order to get a ranking from one of the sanctioning bodies.

Being British champion means something, being the IBF International champion means nothing. I'm sure it means something to the fighter but in the wider context of boxing it means nothing.