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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Best British wins on away soil?

Post by Ruthless-RKO »

Here's some fights,..

Lennox Lewis def. Evander Holyfield II
Las Vegas, Nevada, 1999

Lloyd Honeyghan def. Donald Curry
Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1986

Kell Brook def. Shawn Porter
Carson, California, 2014

Dalton Smith def. Subriel Matías
New York City, 2025

Tyson Fury def. Wladimir Klitschko
Düsseldorf, Germany, 2015

Nigel Benn def. Mauro Galvano I
Milan, Italy, 1989

Joe Calzaghe def. Bernard Hopkins
Las Vegas, Nevada, 2008

Tyson Fury def. Deontay Wilder II
Las Vegas, Nevada, 2020

Ken Buchanan def. Ismael Laguna
San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1970

John H. Stracey def. José Nápoles
Mexico City, Mexico, 1975

Others???
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Re: Best British wins on away soil?

Post by Kilburn »

Glenn Catley’s back-to-back 12th round away wins versus Lucas and Beyer, deserve a mention.
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Re: Best British wins on away soil?

Post by Jaguar »

Alan Minter WPTs Vito Antuofermo
Las Vegas, March 1980
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Re: Best British wins on away soil?

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Nigel Benn beating Iran Barkley in Round 1, in August 1990, Las Vegas.
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Re: Best British wins on away soil?

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No one comes close to the Honeyghan win. In terms of perception that seismic shock was up there with a Brit going over to Japan and knocking out monster Inoue.
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Kell brook and Tyson Fury, you could say, were very lucky to get such fair judges, because those fights could’ve easily gone the other way, decision wise, and no one would’ve been complaining for very long. I mean Brook definitely won, but it wasn’t an overwhelming win and we’ve seen much worse home town decisions than him not getting that.

And Fury, with that pitypat decision in one of the most boring heavyweight fights ever seen, would’ve been quickly forgotten if Wlad had got a narrow hometown win, because it was such a dull fight, not many would’ve been yelling from the rooftops about Tyson getting ripped off for very long.
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Kilburn wrote: 13 Jan 2026, 04:25 Glenn Catley’s back-to-back 12th round away wins versus Lucas and Beyer, deserve a mention.
Completely under the radar
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Post by JC »

Jackie Berg's win over Kid Chocolate in New York was massive at the time (1930) as Kid Chocolate was a bit of a phenomena (Berg beat him again later).

Berg also has a win over Tony Canzoneri, who he later lost to for the title, on American soil.

Also there's Jem Driscoll's win over Abe Attell in New York. Unfortunately for him, it was a non-title/newspaper decision fight, so he didn't get Attell's world title.
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I said elsewhere about Wayne McCullough in Japan but that was more that it is very rarely ever mentioned.

The reffing and judging you face in Germany is so or was so horrific that I’ve always held wins there in high regard.
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26 November 1910.

Owen Moran WKO11 Battling Nelson.

At the time Nelson had just lost his world lightweight title to Ad Wolgast.

Miles Templeton.
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JC wrote: 13 Jan 2026, 09:35 Jackie Berg's win over Kid Chocolate in New York was massive at the time (1930) as Kid Chocolate was a bit of a phenomena (Berg beat him again later).

Berg also has a win over Tony Canzoneri, who he later lost to for the title, on American soil.

Also there's Jem Driscoll's win over Abe Attell in New York. Unfortunately for him, it was a non-title/newspaper decision fight, so he didn't get Attell's world title.
Agreed. The old timers tend to get overlooked.

For 'Kid Berg' to beat the unbeaten 'Kid Chocolate' in New York should be regarded in far high esteem, but for obvious reasons is not, specifically because how long ago and the fact that 99% of us were not even born, it gets lost in the annuals of time.

Had to go with Lloyd as that is one that stands out for me. Stracey beating a somewhat faded Mantequilla is also noteworthy but I was barely out of the womb at that time.
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Re: Best British wins on away soil?

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Jock McAvoy beating world middleweight champion, Babe Risko, in one round at Madison Square Garden.
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Re: Best British wins on away soil?

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Fury demolition of Wilder in rematch. Plus that singing at the end :D :box: :box: :box:
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Kilburn wrote: 13 Jan 2026, 04:25 Glenn Catley’s back-to-back 12th round away wins versus Lucas and Beyer, deserve a mention.
That is a great shout
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Obviously nowhere near the ‘best’ win objectively, but I have really fond memory of Robin Reid going to Italy and stopping Nardiello.

Haye beating Mormeck another excellent away win not yet mentioned.
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Boxerbeetle wrote: 13 Jan 2026, 14:21 Obviously nowhere near the ‘best’ win objectively, but I have really fond memory of Robin Reid going to Italy and stopping Nardiello.

Haye beating Mormeck another excellent away win not yet mentioned.
Another forgotten win in Italy was Honeyghan knocking Gianfranco Rosi out the ring
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Re: Best British wins on away soil?

Post by Taansend »

Jack Kid Berg has two that deserve a mention.

Kid Chocolate
Tony Canzoneri

Maybe more...
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Re: Best British wins on away soil?

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Not at world level but Pat Barrett nearly decapitating Calamati who was 27-0 is worth a mention.
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MightyWarrior wrote: 13 Jan 2026, 04:51 No one comes close to the Honeyghan win. In terms of perception that seismic shock was up there with a Brit going over to Japan and knocking out monster Inoue.
Yeah I was going to say the same thing. Evander Holyfield is a bigger name to have beaten than Donald Curry, but Honeyghan beating Curry was definitely a WAY bigger upset.

Curry was being built up as the next Sugar Ray Leonard.
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Frickley wrote: 13 Jan 2026, 15:16 Not at world level but Pat Barrett nearly decapitating Calamati who was 27-0 is worth a mention.
Brutal ko, one of the most devastating right hands I've ever seen
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Re: Best British wins on away soil?

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Honeyghan stopping Curry for me
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Re: Best British wins on away soil?

Post by Boxerbeetle »

gilgamesh wrote: 13 Jan 2026, 15:25
MightyWarrior wrote: 13 Jan 2026, 04:51 No one comes close to the Honeyghan win. In terms of perception that seismic shock was up there with a Brit going over to Japan and knocking out monster Inoue.
Yeah I was going to say the same thing. Evander Holyfield is a bigger name to have beaten than Donald Curry, but Honeyghan beating Curry was definitely a WAY bigger upset.

Curry was being built up as the next Sugar Ray Leonard.
I actually thought Holyfield 2 was one of Lewis’s worst performances, was genuinely worried he hadn’t done enough to win. Haven’t ever watched it back so maybe was nervous for no reason, but that’s definitely my memory. Justice after the robbery of the first fight, regardless.
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Re: Best British wins on away soil?

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paultom wrote: 13 Jan 2026, 15:31
Frickley wrote: 13 Jan 2026, 15:16 Not at world level but Pat Barrett nearly decapitating Calamati who was 27-0 is worth a mention.
Brutal ko, one of the most devastating right hands I've ever seen
As good a straight right as you'll ever see.

Laing v Duran was an impressive result (if losing a bit of lustre due to Duran's erratic form / training at that time...though it's not like Laing was a monk exactly)
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Re: Best British wins on away soil?

Post by JamesPhilips »

Italy used to be super corrupt in boxing. 2 fights that are retrospectively impressive are:

Lloyd Honeyghan - Gianfranco Rosi
Nigel Benn - Mauro Galvano

Both opponents were current, or future world champs and decent too.
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Re: Best British wins on away soil?

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I went for Honeyghan's seismic win over Curry.

The other overseas win that is a bit of a favourite of mine is Froch beating Jermain Taylor in the USA. Taylor was still live & dangerous and the manner of Froch's victory was as dramatic as it gets ! :yay:
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