Who's the Best Lightweight in the World?

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  1. Badaman

    Badaman Member Full Member

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    Is it Terry Flanagan after his outstanding perfomance tonight... destroying yet another glass jawed Yank...
    or is it Linares? or another one of the many top brits who's country seem to dominate this division
     
  2. PIPO23

    PIPO23 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Flanny definitely up there. Magdaleno been waiting for this bum to get exposed! he has no power and fights like he can bang/crack which is always a recipe for disaster.
     
  3. Super Hans

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    Its between Flanagan and Campbell. UK now have the best head to head fighter in a large number of divisions. For example-

    Heavyweight (Anthony Joshua MBE), Super Middleweight (James DeGale MBE), Jr Middleweight (Liam Smith), Welterweight (The Special One™), Jr Welterweight (Jack Catterall), Lightweight (Flanagan or Campbell MBE), Jr Lightweight (Stephen Smith), Featherweight (Lee Selby), Jr Featherweight (Carl Frampton) and Batamweight (Jamie McDonnell)
     
  4. Leoh

    Leoh Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Barthelemy will beat them all at 135
     
  5. saintsmike

    saintsmike Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Interesting thread.
    I'd say my top two would be.. Zlaticanan - very good southpaw, great power, decent jaw.
    Flanagan - very powerful and destructive.

    Linares has the best record but has a shaky mandible and his fights when against solid opposition are always a rollercoaster like his recent win against Mitchell, which to be fair he did very well in.

    Shafikov is good but can be outboxed, and will most likely lose to Bathelemy.

    Darleys Perez is average, i mean he's 'good' and has decent stamina, but was almost outboxed by Crolla, who again is 'good' but not world class.

    Turbo could certainly beat most of those fighters, barring perhaps Luke Campbell who is a monster at the weight, or Zlat who is also very heavy handed.

    Torn between Zlat/Flan
     
  6. Team Burnett

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    Flanagan is the best right now
    Campbell is the future :deal :bbb
     
  7. DirtyDan

    DirtyDan Worst Poster of 2015 Full Member

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  8. TinFoilHat

    TinFoilHat Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :rofl

    He hasn't fought anyone now in 1.5 YEARS.

    He's almost a bigger joke than Ward!
     
  9. Team Burnett

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    :rofl:rofl:rofl is he still alive? :lol:
     
  10. N17

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    :lol: Superb
     
  11. DirtyDan

    DirtyDan Worst Poster of 2015 Full Member

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    Still doesn't change the fact that he spanks every Lightweight in the planet.. :deal
     
  12. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Robert Easter certainly looks like the most talented lightweight in the world.
     
  13. Boxing Prospect

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    Disgusted by the lack of respect for Masayoshi Nakatani! The Ioka kid is waiting for a chance to smash the likes of Flanagan, Crolla and Linares...from those listed DZ.
     
  14. lepinthehood

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    The best american lw is ryan martin
     
  15. Team Burnett

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    lol the Cumbrian english farmer with a strange Japanese fetish strikes again!
    Who the hell is he? lol Japanese fighters above super featherweight are all completely useless