Not far from how I'd have it! Top 7 down to Ngoudjo I'd agree, after that you could probably rank people where you like but for what its worth I'd swap Lynes for MÂ’Baye
Really hard to judge Bradley at the moment. Witter has never been the sort of opponent where you can gauge how somebody good is after fighting him. It was a pretty basic plan to beat Witter, be more aggressive, outwork him, look for a right hand over the top and at times counter the counter puncher. None of which he'd beat Hatton with, so he'd need to come with a new gameplan.
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i dont think history will give a **** personally....hattons accomplishments outwiegh Witter who....???
True that. Unless Witter comes back and makes a bit of noise, maybe wins a title again or a rematch, in 20 years from now he will just be seen as another fighter who held a belt for a while. People can say he's past his best etc... Personally, I think he just came up against a fighter with the perfect gameplan to capaitalise on his flaws. Witter basically pissed his prime away fighting the likes of Christopher Henry, Biensas, Lauri and all those other nobodies he took on during that amazing "14 fight KO streak".
The Lazcano fight is what it is, a comeback against a fighter who is still a top ten contender. An opportunity for Hatton to establish that he still has it at world level at 140 and and work on improving a few areas of his game. If he passes with flying colours, great. If he struggles or loses, maybe it's time to get out of the game. I don't know why people feel the need to tell out and out lies re: the Mayweather fight and make out it was Calzaghe-Lacy or Hopkins-Trinidad again. It was a good, competitive bout for the first six rounds which was ultimately won by the better fighter as his crisp and accurate counterpunches won the day in the later rounds. Fair enough. No knock on Hatton, that's just the way things are and I can guarantee if he had pulled it off Mayweather would have been "no good" as well due to hand injuries or "coming out of retirement" or some such crap. As for not fighting anyone good, Maussa ranked top 5 after his win over Harris. Collazo, top 10 at the weight above on short notice. Urango looking good now and the only man ever to beat him. Castillo #1 challenger in Ring rankings. Lazcano #7 with a view to setting up Malignaggi who I guess is now #1 contender. If regular fights with top 10 opposition in your weight class is not any good then who is? I agree a Pac fight would be completely pointless. The Pac Man is not proven at 135 let alone 140.
Boxerec's updated list; Hatton Malignaggi Castillo Hopkins Torres Bradley Witter Kotelnik Urango Ngoudjo Lynes