Who do you YOU consider the man at each weight class?

[Jim Jeffries]

i dont think Hatton should be considered the best 140 lbs fighter ,i think u have to say its Witter or Malignaggi untill Hatton addresses the situation

If that was the case, you wouldn't be able to consider Mayweather the best fighter at 147. Hatton has beat far better fighters than Witter or Malignaggi.

[warp1432]

Straweight: Don't know. I would have said Kyowa, but he lost a couple of months ago.

Jr. Flyweight: Calderon
Flyweight: Daisuke Naito (or Donaire. Daisuke because he beat the man)
Jr. Bantam: Mijares
Bantam: Hasegawa
Super Bantam: We'll find out tommorrow
Feather: Jorge Linares
Super Feather: We'll find out on the 15th
Lightweight: Juan Diaz (pretty close with Casamayor)
Jr. Welter: Ricky Hatton
Welter: Floyd Mayweather
Jr. Middle: Vernon Forrest
Middle: Kelly Pavlik
Super: Joe Calzaghe
LH: Bernard Hopkins
Crusier: David Haye
Heavy: Wlad

[Scott9945]

well they are current Champions for a start Hatton is not

The question was who is the MAN, not who is the champion. Hatton beat Kostya Tszyu. Paulie M has beaten nobody.

[ELPacman]

Well see, I was gonna say Hatton for Jr. Welterweight, but...the man fights like such crap, I truely don't feel he's the best at 140lbs. I think someone else is out there, just waiting to shine. So I'm unsure on 140lbs and rather say, there's nobody that is THE MAN.

[-Hyperion-]

Ok forget about what others think, The Ring, P4P status, anything like that. Who do you feel is THE MAN to beat at each weight class? Don't have to name every class if you don't want.

Strawweight - Ivan Calderon
Flyweight - Fernando Montiel
Super Bantamweight - We'll find out tomorrow
Super Featherweight - We'll find out March 15th
Lightweight - Juan Diaz
Welterweight - Miguel Cotto
Middleweight - Kelly Pavlik
Super Middleweight - Joe Calzaghe
Heavyweight - Wladimir Klitscko(even after the bad performance)

calderon moved up to light fly... montiel is a super fly(and not that good..)and you left out a bunch of divisions.....

[Scott9945]

calderon moved up to light fly... montiel is a super fly(and not that good..)and you left out a bunch of divisions.....

Montiel looked pretty damn good KO'ing Martin Castillo.

[-Hyperion-]

Montiel looked pretty damn good KO'ing Martin Castillo.

meh, all he has is athleticism(power-speed)....see his fight vs cecilio santos....hell even a shot castillo was ripping him apart before getting caught with that great left hook....that's the thing about montiel, he can pretty much change a fight with 1 punch...but as long as you dont get caught and exploit his **** defense, he's done...if cecilio santos was durable or a decent puncher he wouldve stopped montiel....

[HeartAttack]

well they are current Champions for a start Hatton is not

WOW, I didn't expect this ignorant of a comment from you. There is only one champion at 140lbs, and that is Ricky Hatton. He is the linear champion and even though he fought the 147'b champ his last fight, doesn't mean he isn't the champ at 140. Someone has to take his 140lb belt for them to be the champ. You can argue if someone else is better, but Hatton is the champ.

I am a hard-lined believer in linear champions (I HATE alphabets) So that is taken into account for my rankings.

Heavyweight: No one-top contender is Wladimir Klitschko
Cruiserweight: David Haye
Light Heavyweight: Bernard Hopkins
Super Middleweight: Joe Calzaghe
Middleweight: Kelly Pavlik
Light Middleweight: No one-top contender Cory Spinks
Welterweight: Floyd Mayweather
Light Welterweight: Ricky Hatton
Lightweight: Joel Casamayor, People's Champ: Jose Santa Cruz
Jr. Lightweight: No one-top contender Manny Pacquiao
Featherweight: N one-top contender Chris John
Super Bantamweight: Israel Vazquez
Flyweight is all I care about below 120 and there is no champion but Nonito Donaire is the top contender.

I dont agree with all the rankings, but champions are only linear and titlist just equate to contenders. While some of these can change soon and I like guys like Juan Diaz, Vernon Forrest, and the Marquez brothers more than the champions or contenders. They need to win the title to be champions.

[Gareth Ivanovic]

meh, all he has is athleticism(power-speed)....see his fight vs cecilio santos....hell even a shot castillo was ripping him apart before getting caught with that great left hook....that's the thing about montiel, he can pretty much change a fight with 1 punch...but as long as you dont get caught and exploit his **** defense, he's done...if cecilio santos was durable or a decent puncher he wouldve stopped montiel....

I agree. That's why I think Mijares would beat him. He's on a whole different level boxing skills wise than Montiel. I would see Mijares slipping his punches and attacking with good combos like he usually does. The only reason why Navarro hit him so much because he threw like 1300 punches and Mijares slipped a majority, which showed in Navarro's low connection percentage. I love watching Mijares.

BTW it's funny when people say they don't watch the lower weights because they say they can kick their asses. To me that's being pretty bold and a stupid reason for not watching the smaller fighters.

[Randall_Hopkirk]

Hatton's last fight at 140 (Castillo) was against the #1 contender according to the ring magazine. When have Malignaggi or Witter beaten a top 3 Light-Welter? Probably never.