Imagine, this day in age, a boxer trying to make it to the top. He needs great skills, a good resume, he needs the major belts (WBA, WBC, IBF), he needs to fight in America, he needs to beat people of the p4p list. Surely you need most of this criteria before you can be acclaimed as a top boxer in the world!? Imagine, if you will, a mythical boxer lets say at 168 for arguements sake, being a WBO champion for many years, a questionable resume, never fought anywhere near the US and has never beaten anyone on a p4p list. But this individual makes it into the top 5 (and mostly top 3) of boxing writers, trainers and fans lists at a time when he is past his prime. This, ladies & gentlemen, is a boxer who has defined a division in need of defining. A true stand out performer at the optimum weight of the average human male. Achievement is everything in sport. No previous boxer has held the IBF, WBA, WBC, WBO and Ring belts at 168 before. This is the defining point of the Super Middleweight division, the history is now. Every SMW in the future will be compared to the current king and his achievements. Nobody else at this weight, including the great Roy Jones Jnr can compare with the achievements of so many defences and a clean sweep of titles. Can you imagine if this gentleman had fought in the States - oh look, he is fighting ATG Bernard Hopkins in April - and he's top 5 p4p (in general). Beat Hopkins, this pioneer becomes truely immortal.
