Allright, this is obviously the most well-stacked and exciting weight class in boxing right now.... Every organization and magazine has their own rankings for various reasons but what do you guys think? Here's my top 10 and why
1 Kostya Tszyu
2 Floyd Mayweather
3 Vivian Harris
4 Sharmba Mitchell
5 Miguel Cotto
6 Ricky Hatton
7 Arturo Gatti
8 DeMarcus Corley
9 Artur Grigorian
10 Leonard Dorin
Tszyu and Mayweather are both good enough to be #1, but Tszyu has been more consistent in his performances against top competition than Floyd.
Vivian Harris is experienced and to me at least has proven himself enough to be 3 right now.
Sharmba looked like shit in his last fight, but Tszyu has a way of doing that to fighters. Looking at the division, I still think he's up there.
Cotto is great, and may be one of the best pfp one day, and maybe he's better than Mitchell and Harris, but he hasn't fought enough top opponents to gauge yet.
Hatton at #6.. we'll see how he does against Kostya...
Gatti is my favorite fighter. He's improved alot, he should be top 3, but considering this division's talent, realisticly, 7 is as good as it gets for him skill-wise.
Corley hasn't fallen off yet and is a well accomplished fighter. Anyone doubting him will be surprised when he fights cotto. I think he'll give cotto a tough match.
Grigorian is experienced, but needs to fight someone good to really put his name in there.
Leonard Dorin had a tough loss to Gatti, and may be too small for 140, but if he decides to stay here, I still see him doing well, and I think he's a better fighter than Jesse James at this point.
You seem to forget the experts said the same thing when tyzsu
fought motor mouth juda.Kostya wouldnt handle his hand speed and
slick ring craft plus his ko power.WHAT happen kostya killed him with astunning right that wasnt thrown with his full power it was great timing.Alot of people underestimate kostyas boxing
ability they think he is just apower puncher but when you watch his fights closley just watch his footwoork the angles he throws his punches from youll be amazed.kostya constentlly spars world rated middlewiegths and when they get out of the ring they will tell you he hits just as hard and even harder than most middlewieghts.Please bring on pretty boy it wiil be another big mouth he shuts up...
Judah is a good fighter but any expert will tell you that Floyd is on a different level then Judah. Zoo looks better against lefties then right handers. Floyd would dominate the overated Zoo
1. Tszyu
2. Cotto
3. Mayweather Jr.
4. Gatti
5. Harris
6. Hatton
7. Mitchell
8. N'Dou
9. Leija
10. Spadafora
Not a bad list, lets face it all the same names really just jumble them up - all I would say is you might as well take Spaddy off the list because he isn't going to be boxing for some time with all his problems.
LMAO!I agree.I bet Zab Judah gave his close buddy PBF some good advise by telling him to avoid Zoo at all cost.You know,if Zoo didn't shut Zabs big mouth up,Zab would probably still be a top p4p fighter with a pretty record just like PBF has now.
THANK YOU MATE.
You seem to forget the experts said the same thing when tyzsu
fought motor mouth juda.Kostya wouldnt handle his hand speed and
slick ring craft plus his ko power.WHAT happen kostya killed him with astunning right that wasnt thrown with his full power it was great timing.Alot of people underestimate kostyas boxing
ability they think he is just apower puncher but when you watch his fights closley just watch his footwoork the angles he throws his punches from youll be amazed.kostya constentlly spars world rated middlewiegths and when they get out of the ring they will tell you he hits just as hard and even harder than most middlewieghts.Please bring on pretty boy it wiil be another big mouth he shuts up...
LMAO!I agree.I bet Zab Judah gave his close buddy PBF some good advise by telling him to avoid Zoo at all cost.You know,if Zoo didn't shut Zabs big mouth up,Zab would probably still be a top p4p fighter with a pretty record just like PBF has now.
Floyd beats Zoo and he has enough power for 140. He's by far a better boxer with better defense then anyone in the division
You seem to forget the experts said the same thing when tyzsu
fought motor mouth juda.Kostya wouldnt handle his hand speed and
slick ring craft plus his ko power.WHAT happen kostya killed him with astunning right that wasnt thrown with his full power it was great timing.Alot of people underestimate kostyas boxing
ability they think he is just apower puncher but when you watch his fights closley just watch his footwoork the angles he throws his punches from youll be amazed.kostya constentlly spars world rated middlewiegths and when they get out of the ring they will tell you he hits just as hard and even harder than most middlewieghts.Please bring on pretty boy it wiil be another big mouth he shuts up...
So why did you earlier rank KT above him! I'm confused?
I already wrote in another post that I think Floyd is the better but I'll give Zoo his respect as the champ for now since Floyd has only had one fight at the weight
Floyd beats Zoo and he has enough power for 140. He's by far a better boxer with better defense then anyone in the division
So why did you earlier rank KT above him! I'm confused?
i agree with your rankings but mayweather would not cope
with king kostyas power and pressure.plus idont think
mayweather has the power at 140 to back up most of these guys.by the way im new to this forum and are abig Kostya tyzsu fan .and yes im from australia..
Floyd beats Zoo and he has enough power for 140. He's by far a better boxer with better defense then anyone in the division
1.zoo
2.Mayweather (still think he will beat Tszyu)
3.Cotto he will get at PBF eventually
4.Gatti
5.Hatton
6.chop chop
7.Harris
8.Mitchell
9.Leija
10.N'dou
i agree with your rankings but mayweather would not cope
with king kostyas power and pressure.plus idont think
mayweather has the power at 140 to back up most of these guys.by the way im new to this forum and are abig Kostya tyzsu fan .and yes im from australia..
Tzyu's the champ.
Vivian Harris hasn't suffered an embarassing loss and is very proven.
Arturo Gatti is probably gonna lose a fight sometime soon, but we all know he can be.
Floyd Mayweather hasn't had an important fight at 140 yet, but he'll be the favorite against Gatti.
Mitchell was just one notch below Tzyu before he got knocked out, so it is actually a considerable drop.
Ricky Hatton has to have credit for keepin on in the face of a complacent manager, and for being the first to stop Ray Oliveira.
Miguel Cotto could easily have Hatton's place.
Junior Witter just keeps winning. You can't ask for a whole lot more than that. He's like a minitaure Jawaid Khaliq or Kofi Jantuah. Eventually he'll get a title shot, but prolly won't be able to do anything with it.
Jesse James Leija gets big points for beating Panchito, and an old gatekeeper like himself has to be given credit.
Demarcus Corley hasn't done anything recently(no, beating an ancient Darryl Tyson doesn't count.) and after he loses to Cotto will probably be dropped altogether.
Lovemore N'dou may deserve a better rating, and he'll always be tough, but I just don't see an outstanding future for him.
how the hell can some of you have cotto so high if he hasnt done much or beat anyone worth of mentioning...i mean if he has no trouble beating hist next opponent, corley (before 5rounds) then you can say he deserves to be top 5..until then he's to high on some of these list
I feel the same way to a large extent, but the guy has undeniable skills
THE MAIN THING IS, HE HASN'T FOUGHT ANYBODY WITH THE ATHLETICS AND SPEED OF fLOYD, OR WITH THE ACCURACY AND POWER OF tSZYU (sorry caps) Until he does, he will stay at 5 in my book...
There are way too many Cotto nuthuggers out there
didn't he fight in april of 04 a while after his fight with Spadafora?
I dont remember the dates or how it went exactly but I know that he was supposed to have a fight but he couldnt make weight and he was upset and retired. I think when he couldnt make weight he had to forfeit his title
how the hell can some of you have cotto so high if he hasnt done much or beat anyone worth of mentioning...i mean if he has no trouble beating hist next opponent, corley (before 5rounds) then you can say he deserves to be top 5..until then he's to high on some of these list
Thats what I keep trying to tell these guys
how the hell can some of you have cotto so high if he hasnt done much or beat anyone worth of mentioning...i mean if he has no trouble beating hist next opponent, corley (before 5rounds) then you can say he deserves to be top 5..until then he's to high on some of these list
Wow, I must have been sleeping or something... I Didn't know he officially retired... I just couldn't see him going out like that...
He was retired before the Gatti fight and came out of it to fight him
Leonard Dorin Retired 2-3Months ago
:(
Wow, I must have been sleeping or something... I Didn't know he officially retired... I just couldn't see him going out like that...