Erdei on the p4p list?

Erdei schooled Gonzalez, the lineal LHW champ who upset Michalczewski. Since then, his LHW competition was indeed **** as you pointed out. But he did beat the WBC cruiserweight champion on Saturday on 3 weeks notice, giving away 18 pounds(!) at the weigh-in and brawling out a close win in a very entertaining fight. Fragomeni only lost to the Haye who went on becoming the undisputed CW champ and HW champ beating Valuev. It was the very solid win you seem looking for in Erdei's career, but maybe you missed it.

Marquez went up from 135 to 145. Pavlik went up from 160 to 170. Erdei went up from 175 to 200 on three weeks notice and faced a reigning champ. And beat him. Not too many overcame such circumstances recently.

P4P top 10 ranking? Definitely not. But he had a great win on Saturday.

 

Where does everyone keep getting this three weeks' notice thing? I just posted a link that proves it was 5 1/2 weeks notice.

Agreed that it was a good, solid win. But it was easily the best win of his career, and he didn't exactly outclass the guy. I mean, he did for the first four rounds, but if that fight goes to 13, Erdei probably gets knocked out.

With a couple more solid wins, he could knock on the door of the top 20. But that ship has probably sailed. Erdei already looks like he's past his best, and he squandered away his prime facing guys who weren't even top 50 LHWs, much less top 10 or 20.

 

3 weeks, 5 weeks, doesn't matter, he came in at 178 because he was supposed to face a LHW then the CW opportunity came and he took it without a question. Universum does this all the time: using these champs as cash cows in low caliber fights, then when the opportunity comes - Khan-Kotelnik - they cash out on them. Only Erdei refused to play their game and beat Fragomeni. Of course he was dead tired in the end, but still took the title from the champ. Maybe this is the sign for Universum to bring on something big at LHW? I don't know, man.

 

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