new stacked division: Featherweights!

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  1. Skilletscuz

    Skilletscuz mma champ Ronda Rousey Full Member

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    Daniel Ponce de Leon & Miguel Angel Garcia have won their summer fights and got themselves in the top10 in BoxRec.
    This is BoxRec's Top8, which is gushing with talent and ability

    1 - Juan Manuel Lopez (29W, 26KO, 0L)
    2 - Chris John (43W, 22KO, 0L)
    3 - Celestino Caballero (34W, 23KO, 0L)
    4 - Rafael Marquez (39W, 35KO, 5L)
    5 - Yuriorkis Gamboa (18W, 15KO, 0L)
    6 - Elio Rojas (23W, 13KO, 1L)
    7 - Daniel Ponce de Leon (39W, 32KO, 2L)
    8 - Miguel Angel Garcia (23W, 19KO, 0L)

    Other previous titleholders and contenders also in the top 25
    Steven Luevano
    Jhonny Gonzalez
    Bernabe Concepcion

    The BEEG punchers -
    Lopez, Gamboa, Ponce de Leon, Garcia
     
    Skilletscuz, Aug 15, 2010
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  2. Vitor Belfort

    Vitor Belfort Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Gamboa needs to fight somebody good next. Lopez vs Marquez should be good. Gamboa should fight caballero or john next.
     
    Vitor Belfort, Aug 15, 2010
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  3. Swarmer

    Swarmer Patrick Full Member

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    juanma seems to be picking his **** up. rojas will be a good fight for gamboa but Juanma's career is moving at the right paceand Gamboa's is not.
     
    Swarmer, Aug 15, 2010
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  4. jpab19

    jpab19 Exploding Muffin Dad Full Member

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    Why is Marquez so high up when he's only fought once at Feather against a shot Vasquez.
     
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  5. TommyV

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    Antonio Escalante has moved up from 122 aswell. Hopefully we will see Poon and the winner of Nishioka/Munroe join him.
     
    TommyV, Aug 15, 2010
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  6. TommyV

    TommyV Loyal Member banned

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    You will see why on September 18th. :smoke
     
    TommyV, Aug 15, 2010
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  7. jpab19

    jpab19 Exploding Muffin Dad Full Member

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    I know how good Marquez is, im saying he's only had one fight there against a guy way past his best so shouldnt be as high as fourth.
     
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  8. TommyV

    TommyV Loyal Member banned

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    If Floyd moves up to 154, where do you rank him?
     
    TommyV, Aug 15, 2010
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  9. Finesse74

    Finesse74 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This division is one of my favorite right now, but no one is fighting each other right now. Hopefully it'll happen next year after JML knocks out RMM.

    Chris John and De Loan shouldn't be near top 5.
     
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  10. jpab19

    jpab19 Exploding Muffin Dad Full Member

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    Depends who he fights, if he fights someone faded like Marquez did, middle or somewhere near the bottom of the top 10. If Marquez had fought Juanma, Gamboa, John first and won i'd rank him at number one or two .
     
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  11. TommyV

    TommyV Loyal Member banned

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    So you'd rank him below the likes of Martirosyan or Rhodes? I don't get this business of discarding somebodies previous achievements when they move up to a new weight.
     
    TommyV, Aug 15, 2010
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  12. jpab19

    jpab19 Exploding Muffin Dad Full Member

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    I wouldnt put him below those two, but below the likes of Cotto, Williams, Martinez etc , obviously if he fought a good fighter i'd rank him higher, like I said about Marquez. I'm not discrediting his acheivements but he was moving up in weight and fought a shot fighter also moving up.
     
    jpab19, Aug 15, 2010
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  13. Brickhaus

    Brickhaus Packs the house Full Member

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    Also, Orlando Salido, Cristobal Cruz, Jhonny Gonzalez, Juan Carlos Burgos, Daud Yordan, etc. Stacked division.
     
    Brickhaus, Aug 15, 2010
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  14. Kid Cubano

    Kid Cubano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    If gamboa beats salido sept 11 he should fight John next and if Juanma beats RMM he should fight caballero next.
    then next summer we could see gamboa-lopez in a showdown,big PPV.
     
    Kid Cubano, Aug 15, 2010
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  15. pavlikfan

    pavlikfan Active Member Full Member

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    HBO should do a 4-man tourney with the big boys if Juanma can get by Marquez.

    Of course, when was the last time HBO actually accomplished anything?
     
    pavlikfan, Aug 15, 2010
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