5 best current beltholders

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  1. Stinky gloves

    Stinky gloves Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    In contrary to the recent thread select 5 best current beltholders.

    My choice in weight order:

    - Wlad ... active, destroys all competition, actively looking for unification
    - Adamek ... active as a beltholder, impressive, no snoozer
    - Froch ... short as a beltholder but targeting big names with other belts
    - Mosley ... no explanation
    - JMM ... no explanation
     
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  2. calzaghe1979

    calzaghe1979 Active Member Full Member

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    Thats a nice list.

    I would like to add Arthur Abraham to it.
     
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  3. warrior85

    warrior85 R.I.P THUNDER Full Member

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    marquez
    mosley
    cotto
    izzy(if hes till champion emeritus)
    wlad
     
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  4. FlatNose

    FlatNose Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Wlad is only the best of a sorrowful lot. Talent and skill wise, he's not even on the level of Zab Judah.

    Adamek never beat a top fighter, just fringe contenders, and was lucky to get the decision over Cunningham who is no ball of fire.

    Froch is unproven at the top level.

    Mosely and Marquez are good choices.
     
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  5. Ring Master

    Ring Master The Originator Full Member

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    JMM
    Mosley
    A.Abraham
    Chad Dawson
    Izzy Vasquez
     
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  6. Stinky gloves

    Stinky gloves Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    by best belt-holder ... it doesn't mean really they are the best skill wise
    or have great legacy but more as they act as the true champions
    (within the belt limits).

    So I'm not considering PAC or Mayweather as a good belt holders
    (even if they have one) because they really don't care about belts ...
    FLoyd care about money, PAC about big names.

    As for Abraham ... I thought about him but he seems to lack
    DESIRE to unify his belt with others.

    Dawson .. he does not care about his belt, he is ducking his mandatories
    and rely on money instead.
     
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  7. Scar

    Scar VIP Member Full Member

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    In no order.

    Abraham
    JMM
    Mosley
    W.Klitschko
    Darchinyan
     
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  8. DemolitionDan

    DemolitionDan ATG and HoF Full Member

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    Miguel Cotto
    Shane Mosley
    Juan Manuel Marquez
    Arthur Abraham
    Vic Darchinyan
     
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  9. Who'sNext

    Who'sNext Active Member Full Member

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    zab judah? is he hw? if not i don't see your point...
    adamek - beat o'neill bell and cunn (kd'd 3 times so i don't consider it as "lucky decision")
    froch - maybe too early on that kind of list but i like his attitude - no fear, no mercy ;)
     
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  10. the_brigand

    the_brigand I'll Eat Her Later... Full Member

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    1. W.Klitschko - actively attempting to unify, fights mandetories as soon as they come up, attempts to pick interesting voluntary defenses, has completely dominated his division for several years.

    2. M.Cotto - takes care of his mandetories, made fights with top Welterweights Margarito and Clottey. Win or Lose, belt or no, he's made the most interesting fights WW in the last two years for someone who holds a belt.

    3. J.M. Marquez - cleaned out the super lighweight division by fighting the best two fighters available. has held belts at other weight classes and fought meaningful challenging opponents in the process.

    4. V. Darchinyan - held flyweight belt for a long time, moved and unified belts at super flyweight, makes entertaining fights.

    5. nobody - plenty of good young fighters holding belts, many have just gotten a hold of theirs so it's too early to call them good or bad, politics at the lower weights make unification nearly impossible and other guys, who are top fighters, moving around in weights too much to really 'hold' anything.
     
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  11. PolishPummler

    PolishPummler Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Say what you really feel.

    They suck because i dont like Euro fighters and Euro fighters suck because they are well...Euro.

    Then again with that kind of comparison why bother watching Boxing...:patschbecause all HW's fight like 140lbers except for Wlad.

    I love blind hate...it cause's people to say the most off base stupidist yet funniest **** ever.
     
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  12. KCD

    KCD All aboard. Full Member

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    Wlad

    JMM

    Cotto

    Mosley

    Calderon
     
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  13. Best User Ever

    Best User Ever Guest

    lol qft
     
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  14. EireFightFan

    EireFightFan Active Member Full Member

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    Paquiao
    Mosley
    JMM
    Adamek
    Calderon
     
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  15. qwertyz

    qwertyz Ready to rumble Full Member

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    Pacquaio
    Adamek
    Kessler
    Cotto
    JMM
     
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