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Sport website have come up with their top-10 British fighters, pound-for-pound.</b> <p>Ignoring weight, this subjective list takes into account fighters' recent results, their skills, resilience and punching power. <p><div class="arr"><a class="bodl" href="/web/20090311162758/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/4181323.stm"><b>World beater:</b> Who is the best boxer on the planet?</a></div><div class="arr"><a class="bodl" href="/web/20090311162758/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/4107884.stm"><b>Brit legends:</b> Who's in the BBC's top 10?</a></div> <p>The list will be updated periodically and should be treated as a talking point. Let the debate begin! <p> <div class="ch1"><b>POUND-FOR-POUND TOP 10</b></div> <p>  <table border="0" cellspacing="0" align="right" width="66" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td> <div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090311162758im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40733000/jpg/_40733995_hatton66.jpg" width="66" height="66" alt="WBA welterweight champion Ricky Hatton" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"> </div> </td></tr> </table>  <b>1. Ricky Hatton</b> - Light-welterweight<br/> <i>Manchester (45-1, 32KOs)</i><br/> Hatton looked back to almost his best in beating Paulie Malignaggi but will have his work cut out against pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas in May. <p>  <table border="0" cellspacing="0" align="right" width="66" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td> <div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090311162758im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41136000/jpg/_41136202_haye66.jpg" width="66" height="66" alt="European cruiserweight champion David Haye" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"> </div> </td></tr> </table>  <b>2. David Haye</b> - Heavyweight<br/> <i>London (22-1, 21KOs)</i><br/> Haye knocked out Monte Barrett in his first real test at heavyweight and could fight Wladimir Klitschko in the summer. His journey will be an exciting one. <p>  <table border="0" cellspacing="0" align="right" width="66" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td> <div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090311162758im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41318000/jpg/_41318733_frochy66.jpg" width="66" height="66" alt="British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion Carl Froch" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"> </div> </td></tr> </table>  <b>3. Carl Froch</b> - Super-middleweight<br/> <i>Nottingham (24-0, 19KOs)</i><br/> Froch won a classic against Canada's Jean Pascal to claim the WBC title. The Nottingham fighter could face former middleweight king Jermain Taylor in the spring. <p>  <table border="0" cellspacing="0" align="right" width="66" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td> <div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090311162758im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40657000/jpg/_40657192_cook66.jpg" width="66" height="66" alt="Former British, European and Commonwealth featherweight champion Nicky Cook" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"> </div> </td></tr> </table>  <b>4. Nicky Cook</b> - Super-featherweight<br/> <i>Dagenham (26-1, 15KOs)</i><br/> Cook boxed beautifully in outpointing Alex Arthur and claiming the WBO super-featherweight crown. He will defend his crown against Roman Martinez in March. <p>  <table border="0" cellspacing="0" align="right" width="66" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td> <div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090311162758im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40734000/jpg/_40734001_witter66.jpg" width="66" height="66" alt="British, European and Commonwealth light welterweight champion Junior Witter" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"> </div> </td></tr> </table>  <b>5. Junior Witter</b> - Light-welterweight<br/> <i>Bradford (36-2-2, 21KOs)</i><br/> Witter lost his WBC crown to Timothy Bradley in May, scuppering his dream fight with Ricky Hatton, but returned with a three-round win over Victor Hugo Castro in November. <p>  <table border="0" cellspacing="0" align="right" width="66" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td> <div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090311162758im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42225000/jpg/_42225064_macca66.jpg" width="66" height="66" alt="WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"> </div> </td></tr> </table>  <b>6. Enzo Maccarinelli</b> - Cruiserweight<br/> <i>Swansea (29-2, 21KOs)</i><br/> The Welshman has endured a frustrating time since losing his WBO crown to David Haye in March, but did at least win his first fight as a heavyweight. <p>  <table border="0" cellspacing="0" align="right" width="66" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td> <div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090311162758im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40893000/jpg/_40893461_woods66.jpg" width="66" height="66" alt="IBF light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"> </div> </td></tr> </table>  <b>7. Clinton Woods</b> - Light-heavyweight<br/> <i>Sheffield (42-4-1, 24KOs)</i><br/> Woods looked a spent force in losing to Antonio Tarver, but easily won a world title eliminator against Elvir Muriqi in February. Now chasing American Chad Dawson. <p>  <table border="0" cellspacing="0" align="right" width="66" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td> <div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090311162758im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44219000/jpg/_44219563_mitchell6666.jpg" width="66" height="66" alt="Kevin Mitchell" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"> </div> </td></tr> </table>  <b>8. Kevin Mitchell</b> - Super-featherweight<br/> <i>Dagenham (27-0, 20KOs)</i><br/> The British and Commonwealth champion will not fight good friend Nicky Cook and so will have to find an alternative route to the top. Will need to tighten his defence to make it. <p>  <table border="0" cellspacing="0" align="right" width="66" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td> <div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090311162758im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45008000/jpg/_45008798_murray6666.jpg" width="66" height="66" alt="British lightweight champion John Murray" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"> </div> </td></tr> </table>  <b>9. John Murray</b> - Lightweight<br/> <i>Manchester (25-0, 13KOs)</i><br/> Could the British champion, and not the much-hyped Amir Khan, be the man to make a splash on the world stage? Battled to victory over Lee McAllister in January. <p>  <table border="0" cellspacing="0" align="right" width="66" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td> <div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090311162758im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45529000/jpg/_45529021_brook6666.jpg" width="66" height="66" alt="Kell Brook" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"> </div> </td></tr> </table>  <b>10. 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