The 10 Greatest Bantamweights

Flea, outstanding! I hung on every word. We disagree on the top ten but we definitely agreed on #1. Great article and great series.

 

Great series - and I'm already looking forward to the next division!

 

Excellent work as usual. Really enjoyed every write-up. Bantamweight has delivered so many great fighters and pound for pound some of the best action but perhaps due to a general lack of top US or British talent in the divisions not one we see discussed enough.

I always say I consider Olivares to be the most entertaining elite fighter caught on film alongside Matthew Saad Muhammad. So many epic fights like the Kanazawa re-match. Great fighter and one of my very favorites ever.

I’d love to see the rubber match with Castillo. Unfortunately I’ve only ever seen a tiny clip from it which is odd considering the first two films are out there and were at the same venue on the same networks. The first two fights are classics. Castillo III stands up with Rose and Chacon II as his finest wins IMO.

 

Great verdict Flea...enjoy your work and educated research!

 

Hey bro I really enjoyed this whole series even though it was difficult waiting the past 2 months lol. I did learn a lot...got a question for you. McGrain did a list of top 50 in other weight classes do you have any plans to take these beyond top 10’s into top 20+ or only top 10?

Follow up question. You obviously did extensive research into the bantams as you compiled and evaluated this ranking...did you go beyond top 10 in your evaluations and if so how far did you go and/or what might 11-25 look like?

 

Tremendous series and a wonderful read. Thanks for posting those.

 

That was so insightful, Flea. Truly. Thanks for taking what must have been an enormous amount of time to put this together. Your diligence certainly shined through in your work. I look forward to the next division!

Thanks again, pal.