Who do YOU consider Light Heavyweight Champion?

tomasz adamek. but his inactivity due to the lawsuit with king has me frowning. i'd say hopkins but hes retired.

Until Hopkins is out of site for good, which will be soon. Its Bernard. After that, put all the names in the hat and pick one. I'm wit Chuck on this one. We all know that Hopkins is the unpredictable type & may bull some Jay-Z sh*t (retire but slowly resurface in da game). Until I hear the official word that the Title is vacant, BHop is that MAN. Now Can U Dig Dat!!!! :boxing:

What do people think of Chad Dawson as a possible successor to the throne? Maybe not right now but in the near future?

Where do you see Calzaghe if he enters the fold? Who did you have if the fight against Johnson came off? What do you thnk of Chad Dawson in the mix? I can see Calzaghe v Johnson coming off as they are two of the few big name money makers in those divisions. Calzaghe I'm convinced would beat Johnson over 12 rounds, I personally dont see anyone in either the supermiddle or light heavy divisions being able to beat Calzaghe in the next two or three years but... Then I can see a British battle between Woods and Calzaghe with again Calzaghe coming out on top! There is no reason for Hopkins to get involved (other than money) as he has nothing else to prove or gain, Roy Jones is too old and would be humiliated at this point which would be a shame. If things went that way then Calzaghe would probably face Adamek and if he leaves it too long he could face him at the wrong time. I can also see Lacy involved at Light Heavy in a few years as well so....

Glenn Johnson number 1 for me , think Woods will beat him this time if there rubber match is deefinately on for later in the year. Btw the first Johnson Woods fight scoring was a disgrace.

hopkins........ but wait..............didnt he retire?

Maybe Calzaghe will enter the fold?, I suspect he will! Where do you see Calzaghe if he enters the fold? Who did you have if the fight against Johnson came off? What do you thnk of Chad Dawson in the mix?

The lineage is loosely with Erdei, but the level of competition he's fought is very low, and it was won from Gonzalez who beat an old Michalczewski. And Erdei hasn't fought any of the tough US fighters, the way Michalczewski did. I really see no single respectable LHW champion at the moment. The best LHW to me, is Adamek, esp if he can beat Briggs again in the rematch. Hopkins is retired, and he beat a Tarver that several LHW's would have easily beaten. Adamek probably would have stopped Tarver. Tarver was just ripe to be picked apart, which is why he was chasing money fights and not tough competition. Let's see some unifications with Erdei, Adamek/Briggs, Woods, etc and then we'll know. I think the winner of Adamek/Briggs II is certainly the best LHW in my eyes, but it's way past time for a new unification to declare a true champion at 175.

Maybe Calzaghe will enter the fold?, I suspect he will!

Zsolt Erdei is supposedly the lineal champion at Light Heavyweight. Do you accept this? Who do you think is the champion? Well Hopkins is but since he is retired then I suppose whoever has held a ABC title the longest may well be.......Clinton Woods maybe or Adamek.....I don't know.Glen Johnson is still no joke.

hopkins untill he is gone for good, he could beat anyone at LHW for the next 3 years if he wanted to, plz come back B-hop!!!

Yeah but until Woods beats Johnson, I think Johnson is the best right now. I agree that his drop off could be steep and quick. But if you watched the 2 fights with Woods, then you probably know that, regardless of scores, Johnson won both fights. He doesn't hold any belts, but he has gotten a bunch of raw deals because he is willing to fight in other people's backyards. He is simply a solid workman like fighter, but like you said this isn't the welterweight division right now.

Yep, I reckon if he beats Johnson he definitely has the best claim of the current titlists, and then he just needs one more impressive win against either a top contender or belt-holder to become the true champ. You've gotta like Woods; He's a solid boxer, a solid puncher and he can adjust during fights if his opponenet is getting the better of him.

Micky, not sure whether Hopkins being a genuine light heavy or note matters. he beat Tarver, recognised by most as the light heavy champ following Jones jnr. I'm also not sure that Woods can be the Light heavyweight champion until he beats Johnson and unifies against Erdei, Adamek or the WBO champ. I think he could do that though. Johnson won't be able to fight like he naturally does forever, and Woods has the edge IMO over erdei, probably adamek as well. Dont disagree mate, I believe Hopkins has truly retired so that puts him out of the equation, I never really rated Tarver, OK he beat Jones but Jones had faded badly by that time and I think it made Tarver look far better than he was (which was proven to me in his performance against a smaller older Hopkins) I also agree that Woods needs to beat Johnson (third time lucky)but I still feel that Woods is about the best out there currently, its not the best division so that's why I say that!

Micky, not sure whether Hopkins being a genuine light heavy or note matters. he beat Tarver, recognised by most as the light heavy champ following Jones jnr. I'm also not sure that Woods can be the Light heavyweight champion until he beats Johnson and unifies against Erdei, Adamek or the WBO champ. I think he could do that though. Johnson won't be able to fight like he naturally does forever, and Woods has the edge IMO over erdei, probably adamek as well.

I pick Woods, obviously Hopkins would be the choice if he hadn't retired and if he was a genuine L/Heavy. Woods against the rest for me he comes out on top, he is an established Light Heavy who has fought the likes of Jones (Lost), Johnson (Loss and Draw),Julio Gonzalez(Won)and Ole Klemetsen (Won) and is the current IBF Champion after defending the title twice! Dont get me wrong Woods is no Roy Jones but he is a good fighter!

ill say erdei is the champion, cause he is magyar!

erdei is crap....well not crap but NOT champion material........he fights bums and he was gifted two decisions against garay..i've watched all of his fights since his only good fight against gonzalez.....

Until Hopkins is out of site for good, which will be soon. Its Bernard. After that, put all the names in the hat and pick one.

If I had to guess, I think Chad Dawson may be the man to make some noise and grab some of those titles. I think his last fight with Harding was a real learning experience and that he's only going to get better. Agree with your whole post Bozo.. i think at the moment, for a guy coming up, Dawson has a great opportunity to get his name out there to people. He's got the talent.