The British Boxing Hall of Fame (BBHOF) has determined that Joe Calzaghe is the greatest fighter to hail from British shores.Calzaghe received the accolade after a group of historians and writers conducted a poll ahead of the annual Hall of Fame awards, held in Hastings, East Sussex, on September 21.Calzaghe retired undefeated as a two-weight world championGetty‘The Pride of Wales’ bettered the likes of Lennox Lewis and Ken Buchanan to scoop the gong, while he was also inducted into the BBHOF on the same night.How good was Joe Calzaghe?Calzaghe, who retired in 2008, was a deserved winner of the award.The Welshman boasts an unblemished 46-0 record as well as separate world title reigns at super middleweight and light heavyweight.He picked up his first major belt in 1997 by dropping and outpointing an ageing Chris Eubank Sr for the vacant WBO super middleweight crown.Over the course of a remarkable run, Calzaghe retained the red and gold strap for ten years, defending it against 21 opponents, while unifying three of the four 168lbs world titles simultaneously.Calzaghe would have become undisputed as well, were it not for sanctioning body politics.In 2006, he beat Jeff Lacy to add the IBF and Ring Magazine belts to his collection in a one-sided affair that cemented his position as the best super middleweight on the planet.But following one defence against Cameroon’s Sakio Bika, he was forced to relinquish his belt after opting to face Peter Manfredo Jr rather than his IBF mandatory challenger, Robert Stieglitz.The decision cost him a four-belt shootout with Mikel Kessler in his next outing, with only the WBA, WBC and WBO straps on the line.Regardless, Calzaghe overcame the then-undefeated Kessler with flying colours before opting to move up in weight for one last roll of the dice at light heavyweight Calzaghe beat the likes of Hopkins (pictured), Jones Jr, Kessler and LacyGettyVictories over Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr followed as Calzaghe established himself as the lineal 175lbs king.Who else could have been crowned the ‘greatest British boxer of all time’?While Calzaghe has undoubtedly done enough to lay claim to the title of ‘Britian’s best’, he isn’t alone.Lewis achieved undisputed supremacy at heavyweight and avenged both of his losses to Oliver McCall and Hasim Rahman during an illustrious career.Among the long list of divisional greats ‘The Lion’ has beaten are Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson, and Vitali Klitschko.There is also a case to be made for Calzaghe’s fellow countryman Jimmy Wilde, who held the British and world flyweight titles from 1916 to 1923.The Merthyr Tydfil technician is widely considered to be the greatest 112lber of all time and retired with a staggering 137–4–1 record.GettyWilde is also a potential candidate for Britain’s greatest boxer having utterly dominated the flyweight division during the 1910s and 1920s[/caption]GettyFormer world middleweight champion Randolph Turpin famously beat Robinson in 1951[/caption]Other names that prop up amongst historians include the sport’s first three-weight world champion Bob Fitzsimmons, two-time welterweight title holder Ted ‘Kid Lewis’, and Randolph Turpin, who famously beat the consensus GOAT Sugar Ray Robinson at the peak of his powers.Ultimately, there is no right answer, but Calzaghe is a solid pick.