All-time Top 10 vs Current Top 10 Joe Calzaghe vs Lucian Bute Steve Collins vs Andre Dirrell Chris Eubank vs Carl Froch Sven Ottke vs Andre Ward Nigel Benn vs Mikkel Kessler Robin Reid vs Kelly Pavlik Fulgencio Obelmejias vs Robert Stieglitz Victor Cordoba vs Glen Johnson Frankie Liles vs Dimitry Sartison Thulani Malinga vs Arthur Abraham if you want to know how bad the history of the super middle division is, all you need to do is look at these match-ups. i think the current top 10 wins the majority of these fantasy fights. thoughts?
jones and toney are still active and won't be ranked in the 168 lb division anyway and g-man is ranked as a middleweight since he had more fights there.
Compared to the original 8 divisions 168 has a pretty short history. The IBF inaugurated the division in 1984. The division is just now coming into its own. Historically you can't compare 168 to any of the original 8 divisions. If the current trends continue, it will eventually become one of boxings most "glamorous" divisions, but that will take several more years.
Fought mostly and still does at Light Heavy meaning his still fighting and cant be added to either of those lists.
Why are you using Boxrec's top 10? :huh Apply your own knowledge of the divison - if you have any that is - and come up with your own top 10 rather than this lazy attempt at a thread. I would instantly pick Calzaghe over Bute, Eubank over Froch, Benn over Kessler, Liles over Sartison and Obelmeijas over Stieglitz aswell, so I don't see how today's top 10 wins the 'majority' of those match-ups.
Because boxrec's standings are based largely on your wins/loss ratio. Roy has several losses now so his current atg standing is low with boxrec. Calzaghe has so many points because he has points for winning and no demerits for losing. (Same with Mayweather btw)
Why is froch and dirrell above ward and kessler? The four of them should also be above bute even aa ranks higher the bute in current top 10
Calzaghe UD 12 Bute Collins TKO 10 Dirrell Post-Watson Eubank UD 12 Froch / Pre-Watson Eubank TKO 8 Froch In Germany Ottke SD 12 Ward / In US Ward UD 12 Ottke Benn UD 12 Kessler Reid UD 12 Pavlik Stieglitz TKO 5 Obelmejias Johnson UD 12 Cordoba Liles UD 12 Sartison Abraham TKO 11 Malinga I've got the all-time up 6-3 with one dependant upon location.