Your SMW/168 Order

Carl Froch has never lost to Andre Dirrell, check Borec if you don't believe me. Got luck against Taylor? If knocking someone out is 'getting lucky' then there have been some very lucky fighters throughout history. Aside from maybe Kessler, can you name me someone in the super middleweight divsion who has a better resume than Carl Froch? I'll leave it with you.....

 

But he did beat Froch, who is certainly top 3. Kessler is a tough one to rank, but he is definetely ahead of Bute. Mikkel's resume proves that.

 

1) Ward
2) Kessler
3) Froch
4) Bute
5) Dirrell
6) Johnson
7) Abraham

 

How can you have a fighter Kessler who has 2 defeats he is not in his prime(best shape) and was totally outclassed by Ward in his most recent defeat winning only 1 round. Won his last fight who was very close and looked like his timing was wrong and his accuracy betrayed him most of the times; ahead of an undefeated Bute who knock's out everybody including some who were considered unknockable after a fight with the same man?

 

This, I agree with. Bute's best wins are decent, but beating Andrade and Bika does not make you the best super middleweight in the world. Ward, Froch and Kessler all have clearly superior resumes to Bute. How people can rank him above Ward and Froch is beyond me.

 

It's not all about resume.

Ps: I saw the above post

 

Kessler's win over Froch was hardly disputed.

 

Bute's resume is pretty weak in comparison to Ward, Froch and Kessler's if you look at it. Kessler's two defeats have come to the former best super-middle in the world, and the current best. Managing to beat evey other opponent he has faced is pretty stellar. Bute has not even fought anyone remoteley good as Ward or Calzaghe, his best win is over Andrade, a fighter who had him down for about 12 seconds in their first fight. Kessler may be slipping, but his resume speaks for itself. If you are going to argue that Bute's resume is better than Kessler's, then good luck.

 

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1. Andre Ward (clinic performances overall, dominated Kessler with ease, too bad you cannot expect a KO by him)
2. Lucian Bute (learned from his first inofficial defeat vs. Andrade and cleaned the second tier of SMWs out. Brutally.)
3. Carl Froch (excellent resume, surely the best among all SMWs but the Dirrel and Kessler fights leave some question marks)
4. Andre Dirrel (tends to run like a chicken but possesses mad skills. Should have gotten the decision against Froch and schooled Abraham)
5. Mikkel Kessler (was heavily outclassed by Ward and no, the headbuts were no game breaker for him. Kessler was clearly inferior. He looked good vs. Froch, though)
6. Glen Johnson (still does what he does best: give you hell. There's nobody in the 168-175 range who can deal with him easily)
7. Sakio Bika (very solid fighter and I give Bute and Ward credit for beating him. Nobody has ever looked comfortable in the ring with him)
8. Arthur Abraham (when Dirrel and Froch outboxed him they didn't even look like they needed to make much of an effort to do it. Easily outboxable by world class opposition@168)

And after that I see guys like Stieglitz, Andrade, Brinkely, Green and so on.

168 is becoming the hottest division in boxing and I'd be surprised if not at least one of these guys makes it into the HoF once their carieers comes to an end because there are a lot of legecay improving fights in the air for everyone.

 

Why would Carl Froch be ahead of Mikkel Kessler whom he lost to? Is it because his career is in the balance?