The Welterweight division is hands down the hottest division in boxing right now. There's 4 different belt holders, and now I'm starting to wonder if any of the 4 will fight to unify this year. Cotto - WBA champ. He's fighting Gomez next, then he'll fight the winner of Margarito vs. Judah sometime in June/July. So he's booked for the first half of the year. The WBA has also appointed a new WBA Interim champion... so basically a mandatory for Cotto. Mayweather - WBC & Ring champ. He's fighting De La Hoya in September, then he'll take the rest of the year off. Cintron - IBF champ. He backed out of the Williams fight with an "injured hand". He says he'll be back in the ring sometime in April. He also has a mandatory to take care of in Joshua Clottey. Williams - WBO champ. He's fighting Quintana on Feb. 2nd. No plans that I know of after that fight. so.... what possible fights can we realistically expect in '08 between the belt holders?? do you see any unification this year? and who? I can see the winner of Cintron vs. Clottey fighting Williams later on in the year.... other than that, I can't see anything else.
yea all i can see is Cintron vs Williams later in the year. as for the others.....De la hoya ****ed it all up