The SMW division is stronger than it has ever been. Will the best fight the best?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Auracle21, Aug 20, 2011.


  1. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    Froch v Ward
    Bute v Johnson
    Kessler v Stieglitz.

    that's 6 top 10 guys faciong each other.

    who else is there? bika, pavlik, dirrell?
     
  2. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    STFU and get off the floor you snivelling little sh#t :yep
     
  3. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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  4. Auracle21

    Auracle21 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Once Ward retires and the smoke clears he will be crowned greatest SMW of all time. but we must enjoy the process as it plays out before us. GOnna be ana amazing S6 final!!
     
  5. Auracle21

    Auracle21 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    even though the fight got delayed I cant wait til December for Ward vs Froch!!
     
  6. Auracle21

    Auracle21 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Cant wait for the war!!!!
     
  7. RustBelt

    RustBelt The Pride Of Youngstown Full Member

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    Ward
    Bute
    froch
    Kessler
    Pavlik
    Glitz
    Dirrell
    Johnson
    Bika
    AA- Was there
    Taylor- Was there

    Pretty solid Names In SMW
     
  8. JASPER

    JASPER Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Joe you got it right sir!:good:deal
     
  9. Auracle21

    Auracle21 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The division is so deep now. I do hope though it stays this way.
     
  10. Auracle21

    Auracle21 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ward is on top now. Can't wait for DIrrell to get back in teh mix. Bute-Froch would be great
     
  11. Orbete

    Orbete Active Member Full Member

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    Yeah, the division is very deep.
    We will have Froch vs Bute, Bute vs Froch, Bute vs Ward, Ward vs. Froch II, Froch vs Kessler, Kessler vs Ward II. Man, what a deep division.
     
  12. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    Heres an old post below (over a year), so insults arent directed at you, but please read and I think you will get the idea

    Originally Posted by bailey
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    Just browsing the years and not looking closely, I can see several but 2005, clearly is stronger than today with
    1. Calzaghe undefeated world champ
    2. Kessler undefeated world champ (undefeated and not suffering double vision)
    3. Lacy undefeated world champ (undefeated, and tell me an active American SMW with a better resume)
    4. Beyer (3 time WBC champ)
    5. Mundine (2 time WBA champ)
    6. Danny Green now a world rated CW
    7. Siaca (former world champ)
    8. Grant (former WBO MW champ)
    9. Reid (former world champ, and fighter that looked unlucky against Ottke)
    10. Andrade (undefeated at this time and looked unlucky not to KO Bute years later)

    I think that clearly proves a point when now in the top 10, you have Andrade still who has been beaten 3 times now, Magee who was put down 3 times and beaten by 2005 #9 Reid, Steiglitz who lost to Andrade, Arthur with limited SMW resume of Miranda and Taylor coming off a KO :lol:, Bika who lost to Soliman, Froch who was beaten by #2 of 2005, Dirrell who lost to Froch. Kessler of now who Ward beat and who beat Froch wasnt even well and suffering double vision, and Bute nearly KOd by already beaten 2005 #10.

    You really did leave yourself open to that one, but please, you have convinced yourself so carry on in deluded form :patsch, but my facts are irrefutable :deal
     
  13. Auracle21

    Auracle21 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Can't forget about the younger dirrell and oosthuizen
     
  14. demigawd

    demigawd Boxing Addict Full Member

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    it may have been the stronger division man-for-man back then, but it also may as well have been two divisions - SMW-UK and SMW-US. People rarely crossed the pond to fight each other.

    That's what makes THIS SMW era so special. Thanks to the S6, the best have fought the best, and positive movements are being made to continue that.

    When the dominant SMW ends up emerging from this era within the next two years, he'll have a better resume against better competition than any other super middleweight in history.
     
  15. Manning

    Manning Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Not true. It's been a wasteland since Calzaghe has retired. It's just Ward (a top class operator) and a pile of bums and Calzaghe victims.