- DON COCKELL
This Battersea man is best known for his valiant ninth-round 1955 world title loss to Rocky Marciano, but before that he had notched some good wins in the USA.
- BRUCE WOODCOCK
Like so many British heavies, this Yorkshireman fell short at world level, but he was good enough to round up national, Empire and European crowns in the late 1940s.
- JOE BUGNER
Built superbly but without a devastating punch, Joe nevertheless went the distance with Muhammad Ali (twice) and Joe Frazier at his peak.
- TOMMY FARR
Renowned chiefly for taking a peak Joe Louis the distance in 1937, this Welshman was a brainy fighter who lacked a hard dig.
- BOB FITZSIMMONS
Held the world title from 1897-99 even though he weighed only what would now be super-middleweight. Tough and a hurtful hitter despite his wiry build.
- FRANK BRUNO
Big hitter improved his stamina to become world champ (WBC version) at the third attempt, holding it for six months (1995-96).
- DAVID HAYE
The Hayemaker peaked at cruiserweight, but in the supreme division he wrested the WBA belt from man mountain Nikolai Valuev.
- HENRY COOPER
British champion a record 10 years five months (1959-69), Henry lost his only world title bid to Muhammad Ali on one of his frequent cuts.
- TYSON FURY
Love him or loathe him, Morecambe’s fighting traveller dethroned a long-reigning unified champion in his own back yard in Wladmiir Klitschko.
1.LENNOX LEWIS
The big Londoner won 15 world title fights across two reigns as global king, licking Holyfield, Tyson and Vitali Klitschko among others.
This article was originally published in Boxing News magazine
