Who's number 1 at FW now?

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  1. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    Given the fight last night and the departure of Lomachenko, who is the top dog at FW now?

    I reckon it's between Frampton, Selby and Russell.
     
  2. Jacko

    Jacko Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Frampton and Russell Jr are a bit better than Selby, for me.
     
  3. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    I reckon it's Frampton.

    Be interesting to see the rankings update.
     
  4. Gannicus

    Gannicus 2014 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    Russell Jr. Russell Jr. is the lineal champ. The others must get in line. Who is the best? Well I don't know.
     
  5. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    I'd pick Selby to beat Frampton. He has the longer reach, he's slick, and his boxing skills are superb. Frampton's wins over Quigg and LSC are better than anything Selby has done, and both those guys can definitely beat Selby, but styles make fights. When has Frampton fought a a slick boxer with nearly a 10 inch reach advantage that can box like Selby?

    Frampton/GRJ is 50/50 to me I think this is a far more exciting fight than Selby/Frampton. Selby/Frampton will be a chess match. Selby uses his reach and controls the distance well. I can see GRJ going for Frampton's head, and both of them landing huge shots.

    Selby/GRJ I'd favor GRJ's style based off Selby's last performance.

    It's hard to say who is the best FW. Valdez is there too, and so is Cueller and many more FW's. FW is stacked. They have to fight each other to earn that spot. Based of resume right now, we'd have to go with Frampton though, even though he only has one win at FW, a win over LSC is the best win @ fw.
     
  6. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    Lineal? Based on what?
     
  7. Faceplant

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    LordSouness Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It's obviously Frampton. He now has the best win in the division.

    GRJ and Selby don't have any top 5, possibly even any top 10 wins to their name. LSC was legit top 2 or 3 in the division.
     
  9. MrHello

    MrHello Active Member Full Member

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    Russell has Jhonny Gonzalez ,who was considered the 2 best at the time and for Selby he has Gradovich ,who also was top 10
     
  10. Kush

    Kush Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    1a Frampton
    1b LSC
    3 Russell
    4 Valdez
     
  11. N17

    N17 Loyal Member Full Member

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    GRJ until Frampton beats him.
     
  12. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    Either Frampton or Russell jr

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  13. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    I had the same question.

    I think it could well be Selby but its open to debate and I wouldnt argue either way.
    Could be Frampton as he beat who I would of thought was the top FW when he fought them
     
  14. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    Russell did beat a champ, but I dont like all of this lineal thing as if it means something, as Russell had lost to VL but then you would have someone suddenly argue he is the lineal champ.
    Either way Russell does look like a good fighter and is a tough fight for any FW
     
  15. Cafe

    Cafe Sitzpinkler Full Member

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    Probably Russell has the best win, then Framps then Selby and then Valdez.