Who is the best lightweight in the world?

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  1. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Here's the TBRB top ten:

    Champion: Vacant
    1. Richard Abril
    2. Raymundo Beltran
    3. Ricky Burns
    4. Paulus Moses
    5. Terence Crawford
    6. Sharif Bogere
    7. Yuriokis Gamboa
    8. Denis Shafikov
    9. Omar Figueroa
    10. Daniel Estrada

    Obviosly Vazquez is going to be back in the mix. Who do you think is the best lightweight in the world right now, the flat-out best?
     
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  2. jas

    jas ★ Legends: B-HOP ; PAC ★ Full Member

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    What weight does mikey fight at?
     
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  3. jas

    jas ★ Legends: B-HOP ; PAC ★ Full Member

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    I would say crawford
     
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  4. Terminator_X

    Terminator_X Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Unfortunately i would say Miguel Vazquez is probably the best even though he's without doubt the most boring fighter in boxing, Richard Abril is a close second both in boredom inducement and being Number 1...the sooner both these guys get beat and are out of boxing the better.

    Hopefully Crawford will live up to his potential as a year from now i think he will be the Number 1.
     
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  5. Boxing Prospect

    Boxing Prospect Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Skills wise Vazquez, excitement wise Figueroa by a long way
     
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  6. anton

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    Talent wise crawford. Proven fighter vasquez
     
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  7. sharpshooter

    sharpshooter Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Gamboa no1 for me, Garcia, Crawford & Verdejo will clean up this year.
     
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  8. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    What sort of a list is that without Jorge Linares and Abril at #1?

    If I remember correctly , Abrill pulled a quit job on Linares cos he knew he was going to get his ass kicked.
     
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  9. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Jorge Linares isn't a top 20 LW, let alone top 10... Whatchoo talkin' bout?

    Abril didn't pull a quit job on Linares either.
     
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  10. Boxing Prospect

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    Abril Hurt his foot...or Ankle...then got a better offer to fight in Russia
     
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  11. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Linares lost back to back fights against DeMarco and Thompson and has yet to fight his way back into our rankings or the Ring rankings. He's back in the Fightnews rankings after Contreras. He's all the way up there at #8 :lol:

    Your odd bout of hysterics may have been a little premature. This is a normal ranking.



    Abril is #2 with Ring, only because they continued to rank Vazquez throughout his inactivity. Fightnews have him at #6. I think Abril could be ranked lower, and it's possible Vazquez will be introduced at #1 and he will be...but I also think Abril is ok where he is, there is definitely nothing Burns, Beltran or Crawford has done to clearly be ranked above him.

    What's happened here is: I called you the IRA in a thread where you're doing your usual crazy turn about Wladimir Klitschko and you've taken a butt-hurt pet. OK.
     
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  12. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Oh I think he's top 20. You really don't think he's top 20?
     
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  13. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    He only holds a few cupcake wins at the weight in addition to the stoppage losses to DeMarco and Sergio (T)...

    So, yeah. Clearly below a guy like Paulus Moses for example.

    Maybe it's not my opinion of H2H, but that's irrelevant with rankings.
     
    Nonito Smoak, Feb 22, 2014
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  14. dannyboy147

    dannyboy147 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Burns will stop Crawford next weekend. But number 1 for me is Vasquez
     
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  15. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    If Burns stops Crawford I'd guess that makes him #1.
     
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