Which 130 pound title fight are you most excited for this month?

Berchelt vs Valdez should be the most exciting. Diaz is my favorite out of the group so that's a close second

 

Berchelt-Valdez has FOTY candidate written all over it.

 

Berchelt-Valdez by a mile. Should be lots of fun for the whole family while it lasts.

 

Voted Berchelt vs Valdez

Herring vs Frampton at #2
Diaz vs Rahkimov at #3

I admit I have little knowledge of Rahkimov so that limits my perspective on the match up. I get the feeling Diaz may be overlooking this a little and who knows what the lay off can do.

 

Do you guys think Russel Jr could clean out 126-130?

I’m not seeing any standouts except for him.

 

what is it about him that stands out? he was prospect of the year a decade ago and just went neck and neck with nyambayar. you dont think berchelt or valdez can go neck and neck with nyambayar?

 

I"m not excited with all those 3 fights above.

 

Someone give this guy ggg vs rolls or vanes

 

There’s not really much reference points to assess how good nyambayar is, I mean he was unbeaten - so to answer your question, maybe.

As for what makes GRJ stand out, I’m not sure, maybe it’s the speed. It’s ridiculous. Could be one of those guys where that’s all he has though. He has only lost to Loma which I can give him a pass for, but he does need to step up his competition.

 

Dias UD, Berchelt TKO, Herring UD

 

You have issues

 

Very good fighter, spectacularly fast hands. But I don’t think he has the will to clean out the division. Nor do I think he has the physical and mental fortitude to walk thru the fire it would require he walk thru.

There is a reason he is never mentioned in these sorts of conversations.

 

His hands are ridiculous fast. Unfortunately he’s just not active enough and his sustained level of competition, has been overall disappointing, with a couple of exceptions.

It shows in his results, his early fights were the must see events of a top spec tearing thru the ranks. Now, it’s “meh”, he’s hardly discussed, and he’s an afterthought in his own division. All that and he’s only ever lost to Lomachenko.