147 is CRAZY!!!!

dont forget what merchant said...Oscar is comming to 147 too.

 

its a very deep division. Welterweight always has been a good division. Its always provided some very good fights. I love welterweight.

 

Don't forget about Clottey, that man can box with the best of them.

 

Im glad. Williams and Cintron proved tonight that they are major players at WW now. Cintron is becoming an offensive machine under Steward. His right hand has always been great but now its just devastating. Williams proved that he can make his style work at the elite level. Fighters like Cotto and Mayweather will have very tough fights against either of these 2 fighters.

 

147 is great - the best division in boxing

 

dont forget motocity carr as a contender back in the 90's


light and middleweight where also great divisions through out history

 

and look at the up and comers..

clottey
berto
julio

 

mayweather ALREADY beat him
mosley ALREADY beat him... twice
williams... he would NOT destroy, too many punches, too big, can fight at any distance. i honestly dont think oscar destroys him... im not even sure he wins right now against this young fighter, who throws 1000 punches a fight.

cotto... good fight

margarito
cintron
mayorga

are the easiest fights for him... but i dont see how he cleans out the division at all, especially since 2 of the top fighters there, hes 0-3 against.

 

how you guys rank them?

include these guys

clottey
berto
judah

 

My list


Mosley
Mayweather
Williams
Hoya
Cotto
Mayorga
Clottey
Margarito
Cintron
Judah
Berto

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chavez jr...

they are actully hard to rank, because some beat others while lose to others... but i have them ranked here based on where i think they stand overall in the division, and head to head, combined. so while i think clottey may beat cotto or whatever, i cant put him above cuz his standing in the division isnt even close.

 

You could put Hatton amongst them and Tszyu has made noises lately(although who knows what's left or how committed he'd be).Still, it would be another BIG name making the division what many of us wanted at either 140 or 147 for a long time.
DLH
Mosley
Tszyu
Mayweather
Hatton
Cotto
..........................................WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

ill never add hatton... hes much too small imo. hell, he looks small against some 140lbers, let alone 147 with guys like williams, margarito, hoya there. hes 5'6, and with his 'fighting' style, cant use it effectively against guys who are naturally much, much, much larger then him, like pure boxer can ala spinks, mayweather...

 

Yep and I happen to think Kermit Cintron is the 2nd best Welterweight in the world.

 

I think Hatton can overcome the size. For one, he gets too close to his opposition to fear reach. There has never been a boxer that has kept him on the end of a jab. And really, how many of these fighters at 147lbs could hurt him more than Tszyu did? A few.

When you think of how well guys like Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray Leonard moved up, I could see Hatton doing alright. I'm not trying to compare his skills to either of those, but it shows it can be done. If he adjusts properly to 147lbs, unlike against Collazo, I think he could do well. He'd get battered by De La Hoya and Mosley though.