iamasadlittleboy Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Which division delivers the most action on a pound-for-pound basis right now? Go back maybe 12-18 months if you wish to look at several fights or fighters in that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Re: Pound-For-Pound question Which division delivers the most action on a pound-for-pound basis right now? Go back maybe 12-18 months if you wish to look at several fights or fighters in that time. Easily Heavyweight!!! (Just kidding) For me over the last couple years or so, it's been a combo 140-147 (I'm including some fights that leaked over into Welterweight, like JWW Ruslan Provednikov challenging Tim Bradley). You think of the Alvrado-Rios fights, plus Danny Garcia, Matthysse, Khan, Maidana, and so forth. I think that's been the most interesting. Looking ahead to 2014, I'm thinking that Light Heavy has the potential to be the hotspot, what with Kovalev on the verge of stardom, with Stevenson and Shumenov being credible Champs that make for good matchups, plus there is a pretty good collection of former Champs and guys looking to stay in the mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavpowell Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Re: Pound-For-Pound question It's a trap! Don't answer him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selij Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Re: Pound-For-Pound question Easy....................154lb [TABLE=width: 800] [TR=class: tablefont] [TD=bgcolor: #ffffff, colspan: 5]Super Welterweight/Jr. Middleweight (154 lbs)[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: tablefont] [TD=bgcolor: #ffff66]WBC[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #ffff66]WBA[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #ffff66]IBF[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #ffff66]WBO[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #ffff66]FIGHTNEWS[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: tablefont] [TD=bgcolor: #ffffcc]Floyd Mayweather[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #ffffcc]Floyd Mayweather [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #ffffcc]Carlos Molina [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #ffffcc]Demetrius Andrade[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #ffffcc]1. Floyd Mayweather[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: tablefont] [TD=bgcolor: #ffffcc]1. Sergey Rabchenko 2. Saul Alvarez 3. Miguel Cotto 4. Willie Nelson 5. Emanuele Della Rosa 6. John Jackson 7. Damian Jonak 8. David Zegarra 9. Michael Oliveira 10. Jonathan Gonzalez 11. Charlie Ota 12. Yuri Foreman 13. Jermell Charlo 14. Cedric Vitu 15. Jermall Charlo[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #ffffcc]1. Erislandy Lara 2. Austin Trout 3. Miguel Cotto 4. Saul Alvarez 5. Alfredo Angulo 6. Sergey Rabchenko 7. Artem Karpets 8. Damian David Jonak 9. David Zegarra 10. Anthony Mundine 11. Jack Culcay 12. Michael Oliveira 13. Delvin Rodriguez 14. Daniel Dawson 15. Inocente Fitz[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #ffffcc]1. NOT RATED 2. NOT RATED 3. Damian Jonak 4. Sergei Rabchenko 5. Austin Trout 6. Jermell Charlo 7. Ishe Smith 8. Cornelius Bundrage 9. Miguel Cotto 10. Glen Tapia 11. Jonathan Gonzalez 12. Willie Nelson 13. Charles Bellamy 14. Jermall Charlo 15. Joey Hernandez[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #ffffcc]1. Brian Rose 2. Miguel Cotto 3. Glen Tapia 4. Charlie Ota 5. Jermell Charlo 6. Sergei Rabchenko 7. Omar Chavez 8. Zaurbek Baysangurov 9. Austin Trout 10. Vanes Martirosyan 11. Damian Jonak 12. Liam Smith 13. Emanuele Della Rosa 14. Michel Soro 15. Javier Maciel[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #ffffcc]2. Saul Alvarez 3. Austin Trout 4. Miguel Cotto 5. Anthony Mundine 6. Demetrius Andrade 7. Erislandy Lara 8. Alfredo Angulo 9. Carlos Molina 10. James Kirkland 11. Vanes Martirosyan 12. Sergey Rabchenko 13. Ishe Smith 14. Lukas Konecny 15. Brian Rose 16. Jermell Charlo [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieC Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Re: Pound-For-Pound question In terms of action i agree with @davemurphy the class of 140-147 have had some major fights, Provodnikov-Bradley still gets me on my feet screaming and ive watched it countless times, truly exceptional fight. I'd love to see a Matthysse-Garcia rematch where Garcia can't low blow and Matthysse has two eyes. With one eye he still made a good fight of it, with two and vengeance on his mind i can see it being a tear-up Also, I agree that 175 is going to be the place to be in the next few years, Kovalev, Stevenson, Shumenov will mix for good scraps, add in Ward and Beterbiev in the future and you have a lot of big punchers and good talents mixing nicely. Any love for Cruiser? lots of great fights and a top 15 of evenly matched talents with lots of punchers, it always produces good fights but gets no love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamasadlittleboy Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 Re: Pound-For-Pound question Any love for Cruiser? lots of great fights and a top 15 of evenly matched talents with lots of punchers, it always produces good fights but gets no love I know Gav thinks I was playing my "little man" card but I was hoping Cruiserweight would get a mention, specifically from Boz. Like you said, lots of very fighters, lots of great fights. In terms of talent that division is probably just below Flyweight, in terms of recent fights though it's the stand #1 for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieC Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Re: Pound-For-Pound question I know Gav thinks I was playing my "little man" card but I was hoping Cruiserweight would get a mention, specifically from Boz. Like you said, lots of very fighters, lots of great fights. In terms of talent that division is probably just below Flyweight, in terms of recent fights though it's the stand #1 for me. yep cruiserweight clashes always seem to be big punching affairs, Lebedev-Jones, Huck-Afolabi 2. I really want to see Hernandez-Huck and i cant wait for Usyk to start climbing the ranks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Re: Pound-For-Pound question Any love for Cruiser? lots of great fights and a top 15 of evenly matched talents with lots of punchers, it always produces good fights but gets no love Jaimie- I love the Cruiserweight division, but it gets frustrating in that we so seldom see the top names facing each other. It's been that way for years, and everytime I think it's going to change, we just see more of the same. It's a loaded weight class, but always has four champs who don't seem to have the slightest interest in unifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRingRules Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Re: Pound-For-Pound question Jaimie- I love the Cruiserweight division, but it gets frustrating in that we so seldom see the top names facing each other. It's been that way for years, and everytime I think it's going to change, we just see more of the same. It's a loaded weight class, but always has four champs who don't seem to have the slightest interest in unifying. --- I know I beat on a broken drum here, but you could insert most modern fighters here, the prime example the current Ring darling Floydy, a certified 25%er his whole career until just this year, scarcely even defending the titles he did own the past half dozen years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavpowell Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 (edited) Re: Pound-For-Pound question --- I know I beat on a broken drum here, but you could insert most modern fighters here, the prime example the current Ring darling Floydy, a certified 25%er his whole career until just this year, scarcely even defending the titles he did own the past half dozen years! You know who the other prime example is? Ring/LRR darling Manny - he's had two fights in his career involving more than one big-four belt: Sanchez and Marquez. In the past 6 years he has attempted to defend world titles...4 times. Yes it's more than Mayweather, but hardly exemplary stuff. Marquez, meanwhile, has been extremely prolific by comparison, having half a dozen fights for multiple belts during his career, including three in the past half dozen years, despite the fact he "lost" several times and didn't have the same leverage as Floyd or Manny. Kudos at least for managing to blow your own trumpet while banging a drum. There's a set of knee cymbals out there with your name on them. Edited December 7, 2013 by gavpowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Re: Pound-For-Pound question --- I know I beat on a broken drum here, but you could insert most modern fighters here, the prime example the current Ring darling Floydy, a certified 25%er his whole career until just this year, scarcely even defending the titles he did own the past half dozen years! LOL, how do we go from Cruisers to talking Floyd? :smiley-signs108::faint: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRingRules Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Re: Pound-For-Pound question LOL, how do we go from Cruisers to talking Floyd? :smiley-signs108::faint: --- I mentioned the problem with cruisers is largely endemic throughout boxing, using Floydy as example numero uno! In regard to unified titles, no heavy in history has unified more titles than Wlad, but you don't hear many on here touting his horn....http://www.ringnews24.com/boxingforum/images/icons/icon6.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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