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I know Bomber Graham was a brilliant fighter but never won the world title but can you guys give me some more names of British fighters who were world class but never won a world title, cheers

Dave "Boy" Green at welterweight.

Chris Finnighan

Billy Schwer

Dave Charnley

Kirklaind Laing

Colin Jones

Michael Watson

Spencer Oliver (IMO)

Crawford Ashley

ricky hatton, joe calzaghe

Wales wrote:ricky hatton, joe calzaghe

I was just thinking that

Johnny Owen
Tony Sibson
Pat Cowdell

Wales wrote:ricky hatton, joe calzaghe

I knew that Ricky's name would appear

stujones wrote:Chris Finnighan

Billy Schwer

Dave Charnley

Kirklaind Laing

Colin Jones

Michael Watson

Spencer Oliver (IMO)

Crawford Ashley

I had a pissed-dancing competition with Billy Schwer the other week, not sure who won, but he was certianly enjoying himself. Nice bloke.

Add Michael Ayers.

jamesmcdonnell wrote:
I had a pissed-dancing competition with Billy Schwer the other week

What? Where did this happen? ;)

Some after fight party. He certainly likes a jig.

Shea Neary

Henry Cooper..

J-C wrote:Dave "Boy" Green at welterweight.

A good honest fighter, but world class? He got flattend in both attempts.

Another world class fighter was kirkland Laing, but he never had the desire or determination.

Colin Jones would have easily been world champion in todays state of the game, but he also was very close in the 80's.

Errol Christie had the skills but no chin.

stujones wrote:Chris Finnighan

Billy Schwer

Dave Charnley

Kirklaind Laing

Colin Jones

Michael Watson

Spencer Oliver (IMO)

Crawford Ashley

Watson had the WBO didnt he?

What about Ray Close? Should've got the decision against Eubank.

Michael Brodie....not over yet though.

Billy Hardy was very unlucky to lose a split decision in his hometown to world champ Orlando Canizalez. Shows what a puncher Naz was to take him out so easily a few years later.

terry dunstan

Patrick "Black Flash" Barrett .

How about Rochdales finest?

Jock McAvoy?

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=017906

They weren't GREATS, but The likes of Chris Eubank, Joe Calzaghe, Michael Watson and Ricky Hatton all have/had the ability to at least have won titles.

Sorry but WBO/WBU don't count.

Phenomenal-Nutrition wrote:What about Ray Close? Should've got the decision against Eubank.

In which outing? Cause I completely disagree on either. The second one was closer than the first.

I think it just puts things into perspective about the state of affairs in today's game when you realise that guys like Henry Cooper, Jock McAvoy, Tony Sibson etc could never call themselves World Champions and we just had a relative novice in Steve Foster Jnr win that WBU thing
:(

Sunderlands John Davison, very very unlucky

Disagree with John, he was unlucky in a WBO title fight against a fighter who came in on 48 hours notice. I would call John Davidson world class, probably on the fringes.

A fighter who had the talent just lacked that something and I think does belong here is David Starie.

Dean Francis is another certainty, but never had the world title fight.

Henry Wharton?

"Peerless" Jem Driscoll,

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=010731

Although he never fought for the title, and if he had he would have had to face the great Abe Attell, by all accounts he deserves to be called "World Class."