Who can beat this man at 140?

I would like to see Kell vs Rios think that would be a great fight

 

No doubt I still wonder how Pryor Jr. managed to beat Librado Andrade. I never actually saw the fight, but is Librado really that far gone? Because back a couple years before, he was running over Tsypko, Stieglitz, and pretty much had Bute finished off.

 

Librado looked like **** that night. :verysad He let Pryor wriggle off the fish-hook, completely elude all his attempts to pressure, and keep that long flick-jab in his face all night (when he wasn't letting the ChickenHawk tie him up and slap the back of his head)

It's to the point where George beating him won't even surprise me, and might not even seem like an "upset".

Yeah, Andrade looked good blowing away that Matt O'Brien guy - like, vintage good...but come on, that was a tomato can.

He might just be done.

 

That's too bad. I really don't have any interest in seeing Librado lose to a guy he would've beaten down a couple years prior :-(

The guy made even the best in his division work their assess off if they wanted a victory over him. Despite the lack of speed and refined technical skill, his chin, determination, and self-belief was off the charts.

 

Khan :good

 

Yeah, he'll always have a fond place in the hearts of boxing fans for the displays of brass cojones & granite chin in the losses to Kessler and Bute (the first time).

We should remember him in light of those special nights, and not the many sad ones in his likely future as an increasingly more pathetic gatekeeper relying on that eroding granite to keep him upright as prospects use his face to practice their hand speed.

 

Did we just totally hijack a light welterweight thread to make it about super middleweights?

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IB who are the best 3 140lb fighters in the world (in order)?

 

Bradley vs Marquez is interesting but I don't imagine there is enough money there to tempt JMM.

 

No, it was headed in that direction regardless.

 

If Victor went back to 140 he would tap that!! :deal

 

**** dude, sorry - I didn't see this until just now.

1) Bradley

2) Matthysse

3) :think Who cares? The top two **** on everyone else.

Nah, the bronze medal probably goes to someone among Khan/Maidana/Peterson. I just can't be bothered to split them. Maybe with Khan rematching either, or Peterson and Maidana meeting - then the hierarchy could become clearer.

Those are the top five, though.

In h2h ability, if he's still active I'd put Kotelnik right behind Bradley and Matthysse (and he's #2 behind Matthysse as the most frequently/horrendously robbed man in the division).

The back half of the top ten could all crack that top five with some decent accomplishments in 2012. Talking guys like Alvarado, Soto, Paris, the Morales-Garcia winner, maybe even Vargas etc.


You asked about three, though.

:think

Bradley, Matthysse, Peterson. :good

(Khan, Maidana...)

 

:good

 

I think Khan could still do it. I won't jump ship, I believe Peterson had the physical dimensions, along with the skills and quality of pressure to get the job done. Heck, Peterson could be good enough now to win a rematch. He really looked like he turned from a low-energy fighter to a high energy fighter in contrast with his bouts with Ortiz and Bradley, perhaps I'm overstating it. Still, I buy Peterson claim that he over-trained for Bradley. He definitely looked much better in his last fight than in that fight.

 

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