Whats your current top 5 at 140?

Garcia
Mathhysse
Peterson
Khan
Judah

Something like that. Rios doesn't belong yet. Top 10, sure. Not top 5.

 

The only reason Rios is not in the top 5 according to many is because he hasn't done much there. But they seem to forget that Rios can't fight the other top dogs at 140lbs because of the feud between TR/GBP. But Rios deserves to be on the top 5 easily if it weren't for that conflict.

Garcia
Matthysse
Khan
Rios
Peterson

 

It was a close fight, in which many people thought Khan should have won. Also Peterson was on PEDs for that fight.

 

Beating Alvarado doesn't make you top 5.

 

Because Peterson didn't beat him up.

 

1. Mattysse
2. Rios
3. Garcia
4. Olsegun
5. Alvarado

 

I would still rank Khan top 5 strangely enough. Not sure about Garcia...very close to it he had good wins over Theophane and Holt. Morales was meh..

 

1. Matthysse
2. Garcia
3. Peterson
4. Khan
5a. Allakhverdiev
5b. Judah (debatable with Khabib)

Rios is an honorable mention, but to me, clearly behind these 6.

Not true at all.

He just entered the division in October, 2012. He has been at 140 for a total of 5 months now.

His record in the division, not counting being overweight for his last two LW title fights and not counting fights against "nobodies" slightly above the LW limit on his way up, is 2-0. Win over Alvarado, and over Omri Lowther in 2010 on the Pac/Margarito undercard. That is it.

His resume at 140 is simply nowhere near the depth it needs to be to be a top 5 at 140. Alvarado was in the back end of the top 10 when Rios beat him, not in the top 5 himself.

 

Uhhhhhhhhhhhh...


Maybe H2H if you wanted to make that argument.

 

I thought the list was your top 5 at 140. I think ajose olsegun and mike Alvarado both beat kahn and Peterson.

 

People have long been stating almost unanimously that Matthysse is #1 at 140, yet this thread seems to show the opposite.

Why are people all of a sudden honoring the Ring's lineal title when in the case of Garcia/Khan, it was CLEARLY not the two best at 140???

The rule changes that allowed for the title to be on the line occurred literally less than a month (I think it was 1+ week) before their fight. It was the first major sign of Golden Boy clearly and indisputably manipulating the Ring Rankings to boost the perceptions of their fighters.

 

1) Garcia
2) Matthysse
3) Peterson
4) Khan
5) Judah

 

1. garcia
2. lucas
3. rios
4. lamont
5. khan

 

Because he's an absolute moron.

 

DON'T YOU MEAN WHO, not what