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The super welterweight division is a bit thin in terms of top-tier talent on the championship level. It isn’t the glamor weight class that it once was, but Tim Tszyu has a few options, emphasis on the word few.
Curmel Moton has the type of talent that makes you stop and stare. The way he fights, you’d find it hard to believe that he’s only 17 years of age. That shock factor, however, dissipates once you realize that he’s been training alongside Floyd Mayweather and his entire team since he was roughly eight years old.
Lamont Roach might be the most patient man in the world. Back in 2019, his career came to a standstill. It was a difficult time for the super featherweight contender. He slowly worked his way to a world title shot against then champion Jamel Herring but came up incredibly short. Roach took some time to feel sorry for himself. But after roughly a year on the shelf, he bounced back to pick up four victories in a row.
Oscar De La Hoya has been looking for a breakthrough star in the lightweight division. One that won’t only put butts in seats, but someone capable of winning a world title.
Fighting the next available welterweight contender doesn’t excite Terence Crawford. He’s 36 now and has punched people in the face for a living for a decade and a half. It’s been fun. It also made him a rich man.
It wasn’t the big-name opponent he was hoping for but Shakur Stevenson could have a mega fight on his hands sooner rather than later.
It seemed incredibly unlikely. Not because Edwin De Los Santos wasn’t good enough, but more so because Shakur Stevenson wasn’t exactly interested.
Confidence has brought Ryan Garcia a long way. It’s also been his downfall. For most of his career, the 25-year-old hasn’t been pushed to his limits. Even against Luke Campbell in 2021, Garcia peeled himself up off the canvas and went on to stop his man in the seventh.
Devin Haney was professional no matter what, even if it meant he was killing himself on the scales. He never planned on sticking around the lightweight division for so long. Haney was merely supposed to grab a title, make a few defenses then make his way up in weight. A funny thing happened though, the opportunities just kept on coming.
As Erickson Lubin stood atop the ropes beating his chest, a fairly large population of fans that walked through the doors at the T-Mobile Arena booed him relentlessly.