147 is CRAZY!!!!

Why is everyone giving Mayorga so many props? the guy is a brawler who throws slow wide puches and gets hit with ease. I can see Baldy being on this list before him. He and Judah should not be on this list

I agree the matchups are crazy. Williams will beat Mosley just like Forest did if not easier, yet Mosley would beat a less active boxer like Cotto. Cintron with his head together under Manny has a good chance against anyone. Floyd would get tested vs both Williams & Cotto so it wont surprise me if he dodges them. Hoya needs to STFU tonight and retire and let the young guns have their fun in the spotlight.... He had his time and his time is up in my opinion. Berto and Chavez Jr are both 2 yrs away and by then Mosley and Margarito may be/should be out of the way.

oh****!! I forgot about Hatton who would be a great matchup against any of them.

 

147 lbs is head and shoulders the best division in the sport today, and probably the best of the last 10 years as well. :good

 

Imo. the idea that "this and this says that 147 is his division now.. and going up and down" is a clear sign that there are too many divisions in the lower weights.

Once you got to 160 or above you generally stay there unless you get fat or old. Except for very few exceptions.

At 140 etc. the fighters go up and down like boomerangs and I really think it is devaluing the whole adea of winning belts in more divisions. There should at the VERY LEASt be 8-10 pounds between each division. And the idea that smaller people should have smaller division differences is obvoiously not working since we see them skipping up and down divisions as if three divisions was one.

In my book multidivision champ in 147 and below generally means little since they are practically all doing it because of the ease of it. It is not the exceptional fighter that does it. Everyone does it - which makes multidovision belts at 147 and below worth little.

But yes, if those people stay at 147 then it is probably the deepest division in boxing right now. For the couple of months that lasts untill they are somewhere else.

 

Well, I disagree with you deram, but you make a good point, there's a lot of weight jumping going on in the lower divisions.

You do realize there are only 7 lbs between SMW and LHW though? There are also only 7 lbs between 140 and 147, 147 and 154, etc.

 

147 is outstanding. Lots of talent and very deep. It's exciting as a boxing fan thats for sure. :good