I will post my top 10 list. To me, the only one that's not fully proven is Direll, who could become top 5 some day. As for Froch, the only reason I include him is because he holds a belt for now. 01) Kessler 02) Bute 03) Andrade 04) Taylor 05) Bika 06) Balzsay 07) Inkin 08) Dirrell 09) Froch 10) Green In order to keep his #1 rank, MK has to fight a meaningfull opponent soon, otherwise, I will send him down on my list. I want to see Bute vs Kessler ASAP. Even if Andrade has improved is skill set lately, Bute will have a much easier fight the second time around, without clinching. Because that's how he lost all his energy in the first bout. So, when that is clear, bring on Kessler and find out who deserve the #1 seat.
1. Winner of Taylor/Froch 2. Kessler 3. Bute 4. Andrade 5. Loser of Taylor Froch 6. Balszay 7. Bika 8. Green 9. Pascal 10. Direll I'm assuming a decent performance minimum from both fighters for Taylor Froch. This changes if one/both look like ****.
01 : Kessler (What a waste of time, talent and money beside Hopkins i see noone in LHW, SMW and MW who could beat him):| 02 : Bute 03 : Andrade (Beside Kessler there is no one in SMW who could win a slugfest with him) 04 : Taylor - Froch winner 05 : Bika 06 : Tsypko 07 : Taylor - Froch loser 08 : Balzay 09 : Inkin 10 : Robert Stieglitz
The most impressive thing about Tsypko in the Andrade fight, was that he made it through the full 12 rounds. True he showed a lot af heart. But other than that he pretty much losed 10 rounds against a fighter with below average defense. He should not be in the top ten based on the andrade fight.
1. Kessler 2. Bute 3. Froch 4. Andrade 5. Taylor 6. Balzsay 7. Bika 8. Inkin 9. Dirrell 10. Pascal Froch moves up a spot, Andrade moves up 1, and Taylor drops to #5.
01- Kessler (WBA) 02- Bute (IBF) 03- Froch (WBC) 04- Andrade 05- Taylor 06- Bika (IBO) 07- Balzsay (WBO) 08- Dirrell 09- Ward 10- Pascal
Would anybody argue a case for Froch being #1? I'm not saying I necessarily have him #1, but on the basis that a win over Taylor is far better than any win Kessler or Bute have on there resumes. I suppose it depends what you rate more highly, resume or H2H ability.
Well it can be talked about tommy IMO. Taylor really is MUCH better win than anyone in Kessler resume. Thou Kessler have more "decent" names..:think Kessler is my favourite 168 but I think he is starting to be virtual king actualy not proving himself to be...
I think you could make a case for Kessler, Bute or Froch to be seen as the no 1 at the weight just now. Kessler because he has the best overall resume; Froch because he has the biggest win of any of the three, and Bute because his overall competition in the last couple of years has probably been the best.
I agree. I think Kessler probably should be the #1 on virtue of talent and ability, he has great potential. But really this whole contract dispute is pissing me off because I want to see him in the ring, he could be in some great match-ups. There's plenty of options, Pavlik, Froch, Bute, Hopkins etc.
No, even if Froch's best win is arguably slightly better than Kessler's best, you have to consider the manner of the win, which was far from impressive and can be considered lucky. Add to that that Kessler's resume is deeper, he has fought and beaten overall better competition and he is of course the obviously superior fighter. It would be an abomination to put Froch above Kessler.