Panel: Who is the best featherweight in the men’s sport?

Josh Warrington

Paul Smith
World title challenger

Josh Warrington I think has proven that heโ€™s the best, with the Carl Frampton fight as well, at the moment I donโ€™t think any of the others are better. Gary Russellโ€™s a talented fighter, he might beat Warrington but Warrington is probably the best fighter at the moment on achievement.

Lisa Whiteside
Commonwealth Games gold medalist

I would say Gary Russell Jnr, the American southpaw. His only defeat was to Vasiliy Lomachenko and is established at that weight. A future prospect though is Jazza Dickens for sure.

Andy Clarke
Television commentator

Josh Warrington. Ranking fighters according to my own system is about in-ring achievement, with a major factor in assessing that achievement being how recent it was and Warringtonโ€™s wins over Selby, Frampton and Galahad give him the best recent resume of any current featherweight.

Paul Ready
Boxing manager

Technically I think Gary Russell or Kid Galahad are the best. Josh Warrington has a strong CV butย Russell I feel is the man you have to beat to claim the number one spot at featherweight.

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