What is your SMW top 25?

:shock: You mean you SERIOUSLY rate Bika (whom Bute beat):deal and Taylor, who hasn't even fought at SMW above the likes of Mundine, Bute, Inkin...?:huh

I am sorry, but I don't see how that could be...do you think Bika would beat Bute in a rematch?:huh


Yeeees...every man IS entitled to an opinion...:blood

(What impressed you so much about Froch's performance against shot Reid last night?):huh

 

Is Froch that good? I had him at 6 until last night...but isn't he slipping?:think

 

Is Berrio that good? :think

 

Axe made the following list:


C:Joe Calzaghe
1.Mikkel Kessler
2.Jeff Lacy
3.Anthony Mundine
4.Marcus Beyer
5.Carl Froch
6.Lucian Bute
7.Librado Andrade
8.Edison Miranda
9.Alan Green
10.Jurgen Braehmer

 

Brickhaus made the following list:


C: Joe Calzaghe
1. Mikkel Kessler
2. Anthony Mundine
3. Lucian Bute
4. Carl Froch
5. Jeff Lacy
6. Denis Inkin
7. Sakio Bika
8. Edison Miranda
9. Alejandro Berrio
10. Jean Pascal

 

McGrain made the following list:

C:Joe Calzaghe
1.Mikkel Kessler
2.Lucian Bute
3.Carl Frotch
4.Anthony Mundine
5.Librado Andrede
6.Allan Green
7.Jeff Lacey
8.Sakio Bika
9.Edison Miranda

 

I don't know enough about the division to go beyond 17 at the moment, with any confidence...I am interested in SMW because it's Bute's division and because it is a very good division at the moment.

I know quite a bit about the division...There are quite a few others who know much more, though, so I started this thread...everyone is biased in some way, but if everyone makes a good case for their favourites and you read between the lines, you can decide what's what.

For example, some people here are unimpressed with Froch, especially after his last fight. The best guy he beat was Tatevosyan - barely World Class. Since then, he beat shot old Reid, who was just in it for a paycheck. Some British posters love Froch and this he is one of the best in the division.

German posters love their German fighters, and they love Inkin, who fights out of Germany. Canadians love Bute and Pascal, whom they overrate a bit. I love Lucian, Joe, Mikkel...but I try to be objective...still, I am sure I am prejudiced as much as everyone else, without realising it...The more of these lists crop up, the better we might form an opinion about who the best 10-15 really are.

(Some people don't have a clue about the division, more broadly, though, like the ones who exclude Inkin from their Top 10 or the ones who put Froch above Bute in the rankings or Bute above Kessler...) One thing is to be biased, another thing is to go overboard...:bart

Still, if I am to be honest, I don't think the best rankings that I personally can do is perfect...I wouldn't give my own best ranking more than 7.5/10 - 8/10...simply because I don't know enough about all the fighters involved...

 

Maxime, Fat Tony, Odo, boxfan99...you all have very good rankings...!

 

That's a very nice ranking, Maxime! Probably the best so far! But is Pascal as good as that, already? Also, Froch and Braehmer will most likely meet next year in a title fight...you picking Braehmer over Froch?

 

Bute beat Berrio and Bika, but he hasn't impressed that much, particularly in his last fight...maybe Choc should really come ahead of him...maybe also Froch is better than 8th...somewhere around 6th/7th?