BBC pound-for-pound British rankings

BBC pound-for-pound British rankings

After much deliberation, staff at the BBC Sport website have come up with their top 10 British fighters, pound-for-pound.

Ignoring weight, this subjective list takes into account fighters' recent results, their skills, resilience and punching power.

The list will be updated periodically and should be treated as a talking point. Let the debate begin.

1. Carl Froch - Super-middleweight

Nottingham (31-2, 22KOs)

Froch beat old foe Mikkel Kessler in a classic rematch in London and is now chasing a return with American kingpin Andre Ward.

2. Ricky Burns - Lightweight

Coatbridge (36-2, 11KOs)

Burns made Jose Gonzalez quit in the third defence of his WBO title but it was a rocky ride while it lasted. The man everyone wants to see him fight is Adrien Broner.

3. Kell Brook - Welterweight

Sheffield (29-0, 19KOs)

Injuries sustained by both sides scuppered the proposed fight between Brook and Devon Alexander and Brook now faces a rematch against Carson Jones in July.

4. Nathan Cleverly - Light-heavyweight

Cefn Fforest (26-0, 12KOs)

The Welshman needs big fights to get his career back on track. Bernard Hopkins remains his primary target but the 48-year-old American legend wants Froch instead.

5. Amir Khan - Light-welterweight

Bolton (28-3 19KOs)

Khan very nearly came a cropper against former world champion Julio Diaz but rode out the storm to stay on target for a world title shot later this year.

6. Matthew Macklin - Middleweight

Birmingham (29-4, 20KOs)

Macklin bounced back from his gallant defeat by Sergio Martinez with a quick-fire win over Joachim Alcine and challenges for Gennady Golovkin's WBA title in June.

7. Tony Bellew - Light-heavyweight

Liverpool (20-1-1, 12KOs)

Bellew overcame the awkward Malian Isaac Chilemba in their rematch in May and should now fight WBC title-holder Chad Dawson or Adonis Stevenson.

8. Carl Frampton - Super-bantamweight

Belfast (16-0, 11KOs)

Frampton continued his rise through the super-bantamweight ranks with an impressive win over European champion Kiko Martinez and can't be far off a world title shot.

9. Scott Quigg - Super-bantamweight

Bury (25-0-1, 18KOs)

Quigg made former world title challenger Rendall Munroe look old last December and will now go in search of a world title in 2013 - unless he can get to Frampton first.

10. Martin Murray - Middleweight

St Helens (25-1-1, 11 KOs)

Murray gave a game display in challenging for Sergio Martinez's WBC crown in in Buenos Aires and will no doubt earn another world title shot either this year or next.