Who is the Best Light Middleweight currently?

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Who is the Best Light Middleweight currently?

Poll closed Apr 22, 2025.

  1. Tim Tszyu

    14 vote(s)
    48.3%

  2. Sebastian Fundora

    4 vote(s)
    13.8%

  3. Israil Madrimov

    11 vote(s)
    37.9%

  4. Bakhram Murtazaliev

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  5. Serhii Bohachuk

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
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  1. IronMaster

    IronMaster Cheers banned Full Member

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    It's becoming an interesting division with fresh faces at the top. With Murtazaliev winning the IBF, Madrimov winning the WBA, Fundora winning the WBC and WBO against a severely affected by the cut Tszyu, and Bohachuk winning the WBC interim.

    ( And there's also the likes of Radzhab Butaev, Vergil Ortiz Jr, Josh Kelly)
     
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  2. peter_uk

    peter_uk Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I would say Madrimov
     
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  3. IronMaster

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    Good pick. I'm thinking either Madrimov or Tszyu,

    Bohachuk looked brilliant in his last fight, it's just his chin has been cracked once so that's always a concern.
     
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  4. KO KIDD

    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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    Terrence Crawford
     
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  5. IronMaster

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    premature cause he hasn't had a single fight at 154lbs yet
     
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  6. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Madrimov seems to me clearly the best of those five.
     
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  7. vast

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    Tszyu has the most upside.
     
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  8. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Whew ! I'm not impressed by the list at all,, Bud at the moment takes them apart, but Bud is approaching an age when unusual things happen.
     
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  9. heerko koois

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    Boots ( if he wants it )
     
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  10. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    We all know who the best JMW really is...........................his name just ain't on the list. Crazy how someone with all the belts now has zero belts but didn't lose any by conquest :ohno
     
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  11. IronMaster

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    If you mean Jermell Charlo like I think you do.. His last fight was at Super Middleweight, and he hasn't fought at Light Middle for 2 years. Who knows what weight he's gonna come back at or if he's even gonna come back at all -after that embarrassing last performance. He wasn't exactly unbeatable at Light Middle anyway, losing to Harrison and Castano*.
     
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  12. lepinthehood

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    Neither Fundora or Tszyu survive Madrimov.

    Madrimov
    Fundora
    Tszyu

    Bohachuk - solid fighter but quite basic style.

    havent seen the other guy.
     
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  13. Carinito

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    Vergil Ortiz will take over the division.
     
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  14. northpaw

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    I just looked, you're right it was 2022 when he rematched Castano (thought it was 23).

    He's out likely mainly due to the "legal" issues. He lost to Harrison (I personally thought he won the first fight), but either way he avenged it as decisively as one can..................as well as the draw against Castano which the rematch was just as decisive. Charlo was a gunslinger and I don't think anyone at JMW was better than him at that style. Unbeatable doesn't mean anything to me, everyone has someone out there that's a foil
     
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  15. Sandman_

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    Timmy from Sydney.
     
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