Who would you have as fighter of the year?

CJ You are an absolute riot. I've never met such a funny guy before. It's absolutely hilarious seeing you continually detract from Mayweather and Canelo on a daily basis.

I will say this - the match vs Ortiz should have been a No Contest. Cortez was absolutely abominable as a referee in that contest. You can't become distracted like he did and take your focus off the fighters in such a crucial situation like that. I've never seen a referee so poorly manage a situation in my life. I don't think you can DQ'd Mayweather there because 1) he was getting headbutted by Ortiz 2) Ortiz kept trying to hug him and make up and 3) the referee was not in control of the situation and Mayweather can argue he thought Cortez left them to resume fighting.

 

Lopez
Chocolatito

 

Holyfield fought at CW when the limit was 190.
But I do see your point. But there is a problem I have.
Usyk was 215lbs in his heavyweight debut. And it´s not like he is a skinny guy.
Look at the top 10 boxrec HW contenders(besides Usyk and Hunter):
Fury - 270lbs
Wilder - 230lbs
Joshua - 237lbs
Povetkin - 224lbs
Ruiz - 283 lbs
Whyte 252 lbs
Chisora - 260 lbs
Ortiz - 236 lbs
Pulev 248 lbs
Parker - 245 lbs

We have weight classes for a reason. And this is undeniably the era of Super-Heavyweights. Usyk should get full credit for his Cruiserweight run.

 

Povetkin never lost to anyone as bad as Whyte in a two decade career.

 

Yea i have

Your valuation of Wilder imo is daft

He isnt the best HW champ ever, in fact far from it

However your critique of him is crazy imo

Regardless, he still had to stop him
As we saw, he wasnt getting anything on the cards

Its a big deal anytime a fighter wins a title abroad regardless as they face obstacles alongside any fighter across the ring

 

Most likely (So far) Lopez or Fury. Both had huge wins.

 

Just because Wilder was a world champion doesn't mean is one of best HWs at present. I mean no one consider ls Martin to be one of AJs most 5 impressive victories just because he was WC and rightly so (despite handling Washington much easier than Wilder did).

Really have to consider resumes and the quality of opponents (in wilder case they were hand picked and poor).

Compare Wilder best 5 wins with Whytes

Wilder
Ortiz x 2
Duhaupas
Washington
Spzilka

Whyte
Parker
Chisora x2
Rivas
Helenius

It's clear Whytes resume is superior. Parker is level above Ortiz and its debatable that Rivas and Chisora a on par with Ortiz.

If Wilder goes on to beat a Hunter, Povetkin, Whyte, Parker or Ruiz then fair enough he would backed up his at present overhyped reputation.

 

Lopez bar none.

 

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Never reflected on it from that perspective but it makes sense

 

So do these standards apply to all guys who drain weight and/or fight at ******* divisions?

Do you give Errol Spence any credit for his whole career, which has been spent weight draining down 15-20lbs? Same with Canelo, or Crawford?

 

Nope. If your over 200 pounds your a heavyweight. Weigh ins should be irrelevant.

 

If you're 165lbs, you're a super middleweight, not a welterweight. So why don't you give Spence ****? Or if you're 155lbs, you're a JMW (not a LW loool), same goes for Crawford. If you weigh in 170lbs then you're a light heavy, not a junior middle, so why do you give Canelo credit? All of these guys get credit, despite committing the exact same sin, but worse since it's more of their full body weight percentage, yet you don't critique them.

Having a go at cruiserweights for fighting a cruiserweights, is as ridiculous as laughing at junior middleweights for fighting at 154. It doesn't make sense, logically, or in practice.