Better Competition: 154lbs or 160lbs

I agree. At 160, outside of Golovkin and Jacobs, the drop off his fairly steep. Golovkin could only dream of being in a division that had such talent as 154. It will be interesting to see if he fights any of the guys after they move up.

 

low level fighters,bums and tomato cans are the top mw fighters

thats why 160 is known as the bumland division of boxing


154 is a little better

 

Don't think there is much in it but slight edge to 154 lbs.

Ring magazine top 10 for both for comparison:

1 Golovkin
2 Daniel Jacobs
3 Saunders
4 Lemieux
5 Lee
6 Eubank
7 Quillin
8 Geale
9 Ndam
10 Khurtsidze

Canelo ranked at Middleweight but next fight at 154 lbs.
1 Lara
2 Charlo
3 Cotto
4 Jermell
5 Andrade
6 Trout
7 Williams
8 Smith
9 MARTIROSYAN

 

close but 160 winning, nice

 

They still rank Broner at 140 when he has moved up to 147. Can't be too reliable.

 

154 hands down anyone who says 160 doesn't know **** about boxing and should be banned for the sake of the forum.

 

How can we really know how good the top fighters are at 154 if they don't fight each other?

 

154 is much better and deeper than 160. The fighters are about to start facing each other JRock has a fight with one of the Charlo twins lined up for starters.

 

We'll talk then. Right now the only guys any of the top 5 at 154 have faced are Trout and Martirosyan.

 

154 is a hell of a lot better than 160

Canelo vs Lara
Canelo vs Trout
Canelo vs Cotto
Canelo vs Kirkland
Canelo vs Angulo
Lara vs Martirosyan
Lara vs Trout
Lara vs Angulo
Trout vs Cotto
Charlo vs Trout
Andrade vs Martirosyan

:deal

 

Of the top 10 at 154 the only guys that people face are Martirosyan and Trout.

 

This. If those top guys at 154 haven´t fought each other it seems a bit silly to compare 154 to 160. IMO 160 has better and more proven fighters. I could see Andrade proving himself top 5 worthy at 160. Others will fall against Jacobs, Saunders and Lemieux. And I´m not saying 154 doesn´t have talent or boxing skills. Both are pretty good divisions at the moment.

 

These are the matchups within the top 10 of both divisions that have occurred. Decide for yourselves.

160
Golovkin : Lemieux, Geale
Jacobs: Quillin
Saunders:Lee, Eubank Jr
Lemieux:Golovkin, N'dam
Lee: Saunders, Quillin
Eubank Jr: Saunders
Quillin: Lee, Jacobs
N'dam: Quillen, Lemieux
Geale: Golovkin
Khurtsidze : nobody

154
lara: Trout, Martirosyan
jermall: Trout
Cotto: Trout
Jermell: Martirosyan
Andrade: Martirosyan
Trout: Lara, Jermall, Cotto
Williams: nobody
Smith: nobody
Martirosyan: Lara, Jermell, Andrade
Culcay: nobody

 

Where's Canelo in the 154lbs list? That is just picking and choosing what you want to see. Canelo is fighting for a 154 strap again next?

 

I was using the rings top 10. Not picking and choosing. I personally don't believe Canelo stays at 154.