Rate the Lightweights...Here are current Ring rankings

I see only Katsidis and Khan has good KO rate.

David Diaz has the lowest KO percentage and not yet tested with A+ fighters. I predict he' ll have the shortest reign in the division. imo

 

I think lightweight is a very strong division - I rate Amir Khan pretty highly, but feel that until he has overcome either a puncher, or someone with a punchers chance, he needs to be excluded from the top 10.

 

To be a bit controversial - Katsidis went UP in my estimations after his defeat to Casamayor!

1. Casamayor
2. Campbell
3. Juan Diaz
4. Katsidis
4. Julio Diaz
5. David Diaz
6. Santa Cruz
7. Romanov
8. Khan
9. Raheem
10. Peterson

 

how is Kahn ahead of Peterson. I think Peterson should be 9 and Kahn 10.

 

I agree with your observation, although i disagree with your assessment. Diaz surely don't pack as much power as Katsidis or campbell, but as you've noticed, Diaz is unrelenting pressure. The guy just gets stronger as the fight goes on. Plus he just doesn't let up on his workrate.

I just don't think Diaz is that weak. Just my two cents.

(Unless of course it's Pac he faces next )

 

I would have agreed up until Khans last fight , Im a big fan of both Petersons but Khan was brilliant against St Clair he barely put a foot wrong. I reckon thats enough to edge Peterson ( just ! )

 

this is a good list and in my estimation, if pac wins over diaz, i'd rate him at 3 behind casa at (1st) and campbell at (2nd). and the next fight of pac should be with casa to legitimize the wbc belt.

 

Also meant to say Earl beat Romanov and Khan minced Earl so....

 

I myself never ranked Katsidis very high (wins over Earl - we know what Khan did to him - and Amonsot - nobody have EVER heard of him before) and of course he lost via KO to Casamayor who won a terrible decision vs. Santa Cruz before that, so the Diaz-conqueror Campbell rules my list. Also Diaz lost a close fight with a terrible cut vs. a fighter who threw 1132 (powerful) punches... that loss and the unifications put together is better in my book than Joel's last few fights (for example a close victory over the shot and weight-drained Corrales (R.I.P. champ!)...

From 3 to 10 it's difficult... for example Peterson is very talented but I think Khan fought the better competition so far...

Champ: Nate Campbell
1. Juan Diaz
2. Joel Casamayor
3. Jose Armando Santa Cruz
4. David Diaz
5. Jose Alfaro ('regular' WBA champ, KO'd Corley and defeated Singwancha)
6. Julio Diaz
7. Michael Katsidis
8. Yuri Romanov
9. Amir Khan
10. Kid Diamond/Raheem

 

Champ-Casamayor

1 Campbell
2 J Diaz
3 Julio Diaz
4 D Diaz
5 Katsidis

I think Pac would fit somewhere around 1 or 2 but I'll wait to see how he fares with Diaz first.

I wanna put Peterson there but I really want to see him with a higher level opponent first.

Julio Diaz is down but he'll bounce back. Good technical fighter.

Casa is the champ. Belts mean squat when you've got a champ.

 

he has the talent and he had fought some speradic god fighters. but as you said he hasnt fought the right fights to give him credence at 135

 

What has Raheem done to get him a top 10 ranking?

 

C. Casamayor (would probably be 3 otherwise)
1. Campbell
2. Juan Diaz
3. Julio Diaz
4. Jose Santa Cruz
5. Amir Khan
6. Michael Katsidis
7. Anthony Peterson
8. Urbano Antillon
9. Zahir Raheem
10. David Diaz

I don't think it's a deep weight class at all anymore, but there are a lot of upstarts who could make the division deep really quick.