By Ben Carey
The British boxing season may be drawing to a close but there has been some welcome activity in the previously stagnant light-heavyweight division this month. Tony Oakey captured the vacant British title after stopping Steve Spartacus, and we saw a shock when English champion Peter Haymer dropped a surprise eight-round points loss to Paul David.
To discover where we rank Britain’s leading light-heavyweights in a new look top 10 click the link below, where you will also see the rest of our British ratings from heavyweight to flyweight.
Heavyweight
Over 14st 4lbs
1. Matt Skelton
2. Michael Sprott, English & Commonwealth champion
3. Audley Harrison
4. Danny Williams, British champion
5. Scott Gammer
6. Colin Kenna
7. Keith Long
8. Pele Reid
9. Mark Krence
10. John McDermott
Cruiserweight
14st 4lbs
1. David Haye
2. Enzo Maccarinelli, WBO champion
3. Herbie Hide
4. Mark Hobson
5. Robert Norton, English champion
6. Buster Keeton, British champion
7. Tommy Eastwood
8. Chris P Bacon
9. Lee Swaby
10. Mickey Steeds
Light-heavyweight
12st 7lbs
1. Clinton Woods, IBF champion
2. Dean Francis, Commonwealth champion
3. Brian Magee
4. Ovill McKenzie
5. Tony Oakey, British Champion
6. Amer Khan
7. Ayittey Powers
8. Paul David
9. Peter Haymer, English champion
10. Andrew Lowe
Super-middleweight
12st
1. Joe Calzaghe, WBO champion
2. Carl Froch, British & Commonwealth champion
3. Robin Reid
4. Glenn Catley
5. Matthew Barney
6. Tony Dodson, English champion
7. Kreshnick Qato
8. Joey Vegas
9. Nathan Cleverly
10. Jamie Hearn
Middleweight
11st 6lbs
1. Howard Eastman, British & Commonwealth champion
2. Wayne Elcock, English champion
3. Gary Lockett
4. Richard Williams
5. Ryan Rhodes
6. Steve Bendall
7. Paul Smith
8. Darren McDermott
9. Matthew Thirlwell
10. Darren Barker
Light-middleweight
11st
1. Jamie Moore, British champion
2. Michael Jones
3. Bradley Pryce, Commonwealth champion
4. Steve Conway
5. Andrew Facey, English champion
6. Matthew Macklin
7. Wayne Alexander
8. Thomas McDonagh
9. Anthony Small
10. Gary Woolcombe
Welterweight
10st 7lbs
1. Ali Nuumbembe, Commonwealth champion
2. Kevin Anderson, British champion
3. Michael Jennings
4. Takaloo
5. Eamonn Magee
6. Tony Doherty
7. Colin McNeil
8. John Fewkes
9. Craig Watson
10. Scott Hayward
Light-welterweight
10st
1. Ricky Hatton
2. Junior Witter, WBC champion
3. Ajose Olusegun
4. Ted Bami, European champion
5. Young Mutley
6. Barry Morrison, British champion
7. Lenny Daws
8. Colin Lynes
9. David Barnes
10. Nigel Wright, English champion
Lightweight
9st 9lbs
1. Graham Earl
2. Jon Thaxton, British champion
3. Willie Limmond, Commonwealth champion
4. Lee Meager
5. John Murray
6. Dave Stewart
7. Scott Lawton, English champion
8. Amir Khan
9. Michael Gomez
10. Craig Docherty
Super-featherweight
9st 4lbs
1. Alex Arthur
2. Carl Johanneson, British champion
3. Kevin Mitchell, Commonwealth champion
4. Ricky Burns
5. Steven Bell
6. Ian Wilson
7. Kevin O’Hara
8. Harry Ramogoadi
9. Henry Castle
10. Martin Lindsay
Featherweight
9st
1. Nicky Cook
2. Jackson Asiku, Commonwealth champion
3. Michael Hunter
4. Derry Matthews
5. John Simpson, British champion
6. Andy Morris
7. Stephen Foster Jnr
8. Choi Tseveenpurev
9. Rendall Munroe
10. Ryan Barrett
Super-bantamweight
8st 10lbs
1. Bernard Dunne, European champion
2. Esham Pickering, British champion
3. Marc Callaghan, English champion
4. Isaac Ward, Commonwealth champion
5. Sean Hughes
Bantamweight
8st 6lbs
1. Tshifhiwa Munyai, Commonwealth champion
2. Jason Booth
3. Martin Power, British champion
4. Lee Haskins
5. Jamie McDonnell, English champion
Flyweight
8st
1. Chris Edwards, English champion
2. Dale Robinson
3. Ian Napa
4. Don Broadhurst
5. Usman Ahmed
Overseas fighters whose careers are now permanently based in the UK appear in the top 10. Fighters are penalised for inactivity. Comments welcome to britishboxing-ko@yahoo.co.uk
