top 10 fighters between 160 and 175

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  1. o_money

    o_money Boxing Junkie banned

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    No I'll admit I completely forgot about them when I was drawing up this list.
     
  2. o_money

    o_money Boxing Junkie banned

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    Yeah right now he does. Two years ago different story.
     
  3. kgs83

    kgs83 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    eeerrr no! Pav is good, but his hype is better. More skill than JC, what next?? flying pigs.
     
  4. USboxer1981

    USboxer1981 The Real Def. MVP Full Member

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    1) Kelly Pavlik
    2) Joe Calzaghe
    3) Jermain Taylor
    4) Mikkel Kessler
    5) Arthur Abraham,
    6) Bernard Hopkins
    7) Lucian Bute
    8) Winky Wright
    9) Chad Dawson
    10) Antonio Tarver

    My personal belief is that JT will beat Kessler, and Pavlik will beat Kessler and Calzaghe
     
  5. rantcatrat

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    Why there is grief over Calzaghe chosing RJJ? Just check all the top 10 from 160 - 175 lists. Is RJJ on any of them? Where is Pavlik? # 2 on most. Would you rather see a # 1 v. # 2 or a # 1 v. unrated?
     
  6. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    Strange use of the word 'strange.'
     
  7. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    Closest to correct list so far.

    1. Calzaghe
    2. Kessler
    3. Dawson
    4. Johnson
    5. Hopkins
    6. Tarver
    7. Abraham
    8. Pavlik
    9. Taylor
    10. Bute
     
  8. AussieMauler

    AussieMauler Relative Unknown Full Member

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    1. Mundine
    2. Mundine
    3. Mundine
    4. Pavlik
    5. Mundine
    6. Mundine
    7. Mundine
    8. Mundine
    9. Mundine
    10.Mundine

    I am not sold on Pavlik as top four but after his last win over Lockett....he may go higher when he beats AA... WHO just missed out behind Mundine for number 18.

    :blurp
     
  9. BoppaZoo

    BoppaZoo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    1. Calzaghe
    2. Pavlik
    3. Hopkins (But i think he only has 1 more fight left in him)
    4. Kessler
    5. Abraham
    6. Dawson
    7. Taylor
    8. Bute
    9. Froch
    10. Mundine
     
  10. daredevil1989

    daredevil1989 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    why such high rankings for kessler?? hes a straight up one two fighter who showed he was incapable of adjusting as calzaghe did...looked like a deer in the headlights for most of that fight
     
  11. BoppaZoo

    BoppaZoo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Mate Kessler can fight he put a beat down on both Andrade and Mundine and what he just did to Sartison was well you saw.

    As for Calzaghe i think Nervs got to him aswell as Calzaghe is just that good at home just like the Celtics.
     
  12. o_money

    o_money Boxing Junkie banned

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    Yeah sorry i guess that wasn't a well made point. He doesn't have more skill then JC but he'd kick his ass if they fought right now. Thats more what I was trying to say.
     
  13. TheH1tMan

    TheH1tMan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I don't need to make one - is is pretty much perfect. I would perhaps change Andrade for Mundine though. Mundine is now MW and he is technically extremely good. Problem is that Andrade might well beat him in h2h.
     
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    BoppaZoo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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