I'd pick Williams.
I agree, but Fulton offered little in terms of hard punches so the fight probably didn’t feel much different to Inoue compared to 118.
Both of these guys need to cash out in bare knuckle or retire.
If Solis had a knee injury coming in, I’m sure it was more of the routine variety since he came in without a brace and was employing a stick and...
Stephen “Fat Boy” Fulton
Donaire was definitely better at 115. Inoue is definitely better at 122.
Solis, on the night he lost to Vitali, might've been a favorite over your entire list and Gomez, assuming the knee injury wasn't inevitable. I'm...
I think Solis and Gomez would've beaten some of these guys.
They went 2-2 against each other, even better than a trilogy.
I think it would be a rinse and repeat type of fight where Vitali would fail to time Tyson effectively but would be very effective and muting...
Butterbean vs. Kenny Craven
If guys who do three years in the Ring annual’s top 5 are fringe, we’re gonna have to open that door up for a lot of other champions.
As far as embarrassing goes, Vitali against Byrd was bad. He had a serious injury but it was terrible optics in a fight he locked away and few...
The point being that calling prime contenders fringe is bending the truth. They weren’t Derrick Chisora.
Rahman was the top US based contender after Grant, Tua, and Ibeabuchi got cleared out. I put down my money to attend the Joshua—Ruiz fight bc I...
