the 3 best cruiser weights on our globe

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  1. Bluku Bluku!

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    It was the best and strongest division.. but then huck lost, hernandez retired,chahkiev and kudrayshov lost

    Its still one of the best divisions
     
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  2. FilipMNE

    FilipMNE Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Usyk 18th :lol::patsch
     
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  3. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    YPH said he wasn't likely to come back, and Jones was caught 3 times on the same stuff during his career, by a Russian (he didn't want the b-sample tested after), a Swiss and an undisclosed lab. The only reason he's out of his ban is because he made a deal that he doesn't fight as a CW anymore (not being able to make it in a legal way) with the WBA.
    So believing Jones was innocent and that he would return to Cruiser is a bit far fedged.
     
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  4. TheFonz9

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    Tony Bellew beats anyone at Goodison Park
     
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  5. Odo

    Odo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Why??????

    Cruiser weight is surely not the best one out there,but for certain one of the better ones.
    Super middle is a truly poor division,and even light heavy is not as loaded as it is cruiser weight.And lets not speak about the big boys' league.
    Nah! There are Usyk,Lebedev,Drozd,Huck,Glowaki,Makabu,Briedis,Ramirez,Afolabi
    Dorticos,Shumenov,Kalenga,Mnchu,Durodola,Kudryashov,old guns like Maccanirelli,Flores,Jones,Arslan,Hernandez,young guns like Gevor and so on.
    Lots of very interesting matches can be made at cruiser.
     
    Odo, Feb 21, 2016
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  6. Richmondpete

    Richmondpete Real fighters do road work Full Member

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    They need to change the name of the division to junior heavyweight. Where did the term cruiser weight come from?
     
    Richmondpete, Feb 21, 2016
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  7. Odo

    Odo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Lebedev would be a tough nut to crack for Usyk IMO.Huck would not go the distance with the Ukranian hero and neither would Drozd.
     
    Odo, Feb 22, 2016
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  8. Super Hans

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    Brook signed to fight Rios on 4 seperate occassions. Rios never signed once.

    I'm afraid your hero, PED cheat Rios ducked The Special One. He had flashbacks to failing a drug test in England like he did against shot Pacquiao after he got schooled. :hi:
     
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  9. Odo

    Odo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I quite disagree with you,but you are entitled to your opinion.
    ;)
     
    Odo, Feb 23, 2016
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  10. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    Jones had been caught at the same stuff earlier in his career, then again in Russia, after which he refused to have the B-sample tested (probably knowing the result already) and got stripped but somehow got the result.
    Then he got caught by a Swiss lab, one he himself, the WBA and WADA agreed on and who are about the most neutral people on the face of the earth, on the same stuff AGAIN!
    Don King also lost a courtdate and had to pay $1.5M on damages caused by Jones testing positive again and the fight being cancelled. Also the WBA then suspended Jones only for him to be able to return as a HW late last year under strict conditions, to fight at HW only and having to undergo regular random drugtesting.
    He's lucky he's from Panama, otherwise he probably wasn't allowed to return at all.

    Last time he made CW in a (presumably) legal way was way back in 2011. He won't be returning to that weightclass.
     
    Robney, Feb 23, 2016
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  11. 11player

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    3 best?
    Lebedev
    Usyk
    Makabu
     
    11player, Feb 25, 2016
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  12. Super Hans

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    Well the top 3 are quite clearly Bellew, Afolabi and McKenize.

    Bellew beats McKenzie
    McKenzie beats Afolabi
    Afolabi beats Bellew


    Styles make fights :deal
     
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  13. Odo

    Odo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Usyk is outsandingly good but this doesnt mean that he has to stop every opponent in front of his cannons within the first 3 rounds.He can bang but he doesnt enter the ring with swinging arms and daggers in order to knock him opponent out as soon as possible.
    Overrated??? What can I say,mate???
    He has only shown his skills in 8 pro fights so far.Sure,we all rate him that highly due to his great amateur career and the way he has won his pro fights so far.
    Based on achievements he still has a long way to go the golden throne of glory and fame.
    Briedis is for real,a capable and competent operator inside a box ring,but I just cant see the same God given talent in him which I do see in Usyk.
     
    Odo, Feb 28, 2016
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  14. turnip

    turnip Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Briedas possibly the best .would like to see a fight with Huck .a crossroads fight.I think briedas wins KO.
     
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  15. Odo

    Odo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I was quite impressed with Briedis' performance against teak tough gate keeper Abdul,too.He beat Abdul black and blue.I even thought that he could take Abdoul out of action while watching their fight.
    Damn! Abdul has an iron beard.He has fought the who is who of the cruiser weight division,but I have never seen him so outclassed before.
    Based on beaten names you are probably right in ranking him higher than Usyk at this point of time,but............................very soon............Usyk will be the nr.1 at cruiser weight.
     
    Odo, Mar 8, 2016
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