168lb division is sorta ...weak

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  1. Macedoine62

    Macedoine62 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Middleweight is the most weakest category for me.

    If we except Alimkhanuly & Carlos Adames the others are pretty ordinary. (And it's really bad because historically it's the Queen category in Boxing).
     
    Macedoine62, Sep 12, 2025
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  2. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA Full Member

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    Let's break it on down! :thumbsup:

    160lb top 15 according to BoxRec.com
    1. Alimkhanuly
    2. Lara
    3. Eubank
    4. Adames
    5. McKenna
    6. Williams
    7. Zerafa
    8. Oliha
    9. Tukov
    10. Ngamissengue
    11. Tapia
    12. Czerkaszyn
    13. Kunimoto
    14. Volny
    15. Smith

    168lb top 15 according to BoxRec.com

    1. Álvarez
    2. Sheeraz
    3. M'Billi
    4. Charlo
    5. Iglesias
    6. Munguía
    7. Pacheco
    8. Lele Sadjo
    9. Simpson
    10. Silyagin
    11. Plantic
    12. Martínez
    13. Nurmaganbet
    14. Zachenhuber
    15. Berlanga

    Ring Magazine top 10 at 160:

    1. Alimkhanuly
    2. Adames
    3. Lara
    4. Eubank
    5. (Y) Hernández
    6. Isley
    7. OIiha
    8. McKenna
    9. Williams
    10. Bentley

    Ring Magazine top 10 at 168:

    (Álvarez champ)
    1. M'Billi
    2. Iglesias
    3. Pacheco
    4. Reséndiz
    5. Plant
    6. Sheeraz
    7. Surace
    8. Scull
    9. Shishkin
    10. Melikuziev

    Really once you get past either division's top guy (Canelo and Janibek respectively), it's all just a bunch of mediocre dreck. 42 year old Lara with five bouts in the last six years has no business being top 5 (let alone 3 or 2) in any weight class.
     
    IntentionalButt, Sep 12, 2025
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  3. Kiwi Fish

    Kiwi Fish Active Member Full Member

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    Have people forgotten that Sheeraz broke his hand in the Adames fight? I think people have let the questionable cards in that fight flavour their opinion of Sheeraz.

    He is looking decent and will continue to improve for a couple years yet, its possible that he does take over the division post Canelo if he continues to get better.
     
    Kiwi Fish, Sep 12, 2025
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  4. vargasfan1985

    vargasfan1985 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    CLENelo rules a wasteland
     
    vargasfan1985, Sep 12, 2025
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  5. Nopporn

    Nopporn Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Do you think that Crawford will stay at 168 if he beats Canelo? I'm sure that he will go down to 160 or 154 if Canelo beats him.
     
    Nopporn, Sep 12, 2025
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  6. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    Win or lose, I think there's a good chance Bud retires.
     
    cuchulain, Sep 12, 2025
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  7. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA Full Member

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    Stay if he wins, drop to 154 if he loses. No money at middleweight currently.
     
    IntentionalButt, Sep 12, 2025
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  8. Nopporn

    Nopporn Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It's not good for your health to make your weight up and down like that. Roy Jones faced this problem when he went back from the HW. Division to the Light HW. one and he got his ass kicked.
     
    Nopporn, Sep 13, 2025
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