are we close to the end of this great welterweight era?

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  1. MSTR

    MSTR More Speed Than Roy!!!!! Full Member

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    Agreed with this as well. Although the division has been strong for a couple of years now, i wouldn't call it an era.

    It wasn't long ago that Judah moved up into a weak division to fight spinks for the undisputed championship of the world.
     
    MSTR, Jul 2, 2008
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  2. TIGEREDGE

    TIGEREDGE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    i thinks its been an entertaining and exciting era for the welterweight division. i would not call it great YET. but there is time

    we have already had classics like:

    cotto v judah
    cotto V Mosley
    Williams V Margarito

    and the following fights had great potential and got us all talking (well nearly all of them)
    Cotto V Quintana
    Margarito V Cintron
    Margarito V Clottey
    Judah V Mayweather
    Williams V Quintana
    Maywether V Hatton

    We still have Margarito v Cotto to come. Hopefully there will be a de la hoya fight for the winner. hopefully paul williams will stay around and PBF wil come back to fight the main man in the division

    This era has given us more superfights than the late 90's. the only superfights in that era all involved Oscar. Quartey, Tito, Whitaker and co would not fight each other (well tito and sweet pea fought a bit too late).

    Tito had about 5 years of fighting guys who were of no threat to him. DLH V Mosley wa sthe only truly great fight of that era
     
    TIGEREDGE, Jul 3, 2008
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  3. Danny_Rand

    Danny_Rand Slick N Quick Full Member

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    More proof that Mayweather made the boxing world go round. The Welterweight division is chalk full of good fighters and a couple possible greats, and all you people can think about is Mayweather lol.
     
    Danny_Rand, Jul 3, 2008
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  4. TIGEREDGE

    TIGEREDGE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    that division is shaping up well. but the main talents, Casamayor, JMM and Pac are all coming to the end of there careers. there's no young exceptional talents like cotto and williams in that division. yes theres some entertaining fighters and fights to be made

    I bet that some mug will post a response informing me that I have forgot about Amir khan
     
    TIGEREDGE, Jul 3, 2008
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  5. BENNY BLANCO

    BENNY BLANCO R.I.P. Brooklyn1550 Full Member

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    Well there's still plenty of match-ups to be made at 147, especially when Clottey beats Judah and captures the IBF title, here are some match-ups that can still be made..............

    Clottey vs. Berto
    Cotto vs. Williams
    Cintron vs. Collazo
    Quintana vs. Mosley
     
    BENNY BLANCO, Jul 3, 2008
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  6. bigtime-skills

    bigtime-skills Well-Known Member Full Member

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    :patsch I thought this thread was about a GREAT welterweight era:-(
     
    bigtime-skills, Jul 3, 2008
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  7. TIGEREDGE

    TIGEREDGE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    what about
    cotto vs clottey
    williams v cintron
    cotto v cintron
    williams v mosley
    margarito vs mosley
     
    TIGEREDGE, Jul 3, 2008
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  8. antcull

    antcull Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Its not the end.
    The reign of the great Michael Jennings is about to begin.
     
    antcull, Jul 3, 2008
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  9. Shev

    Shev Active Member Full Member

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    If Cotto beats Margarito and Williams then the division becomes cyclical, so it might be the end but probably not if Mayweather infringes again.
     
    Shev, Jul 3, 2008
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