We are now in the semi-finals of the 147 welterweight tournament. mikey, broner, and dany garcia have been eliminated. we now have the following contenders left:
1. errol spence Jr vs manny Pacman unify IBF and WBA titles
2. Keith thurman vs Shawn Porter unify WBA and WBC titles
if Spence beats pacman and thurman beats porter a showdown in Novemebr for the unified WBA, WBC, IBF titles will be held. the winner facing terence crawford in summer 2020.
If they did a tournament I'd pick Crawford to beat Spence in a final. Unfortunately I don't think we'll see that or Spence-Thurman. I think Thurman may end up waiting it out too long then Spence moving up and PBC and TR unable to come together for the best fight in the sport (Crawford-Spence).
Match them all up I like :-
Crawford: W12 Spence (116-112 type fight), W12 Porter, W12 Garcia (very wide decisions), late stoppage over Thurman and Pacquaio (latter in a one-sided fight)
Spence: L12 Crawford, late stoppages over Porter, Thurman, Pacquaio and clear decision over Garcia
Thurman: KO losses to Crawford, Spence, repeat close decisions over Porter and Garcia, close but clear UD vs. Pacquaio
Pacquaio: KO losses to Crawford, Spence, UD loss to Thurman but close decisions over Garcia and Porter (those are 50/50 IMO)
Porter: KO loss to Spence, wide UD loss vs. Crawford, close decision loss to Pacquaio, close decision loss to Garcia
Garcia: clear but competitive loss to Spence, wide decision loss to Crawford, close decision losses to Thurman and Pacquaio and close decision win vs. Porter.
No one , they are all scared of each other , so much so that a lightweight had to move up 2 weigh classes to fight the best guy at 147.
147 is the weakest division in boxing , it's full off cowards.
At this point the 4 sanctioning bodies should strip all the champions and remove them from the top 10 rankings and let the top ranked fighter's fight for the belts.
The welterweight division was always a very prestigious division where all the best fighter's fought each other. Ever since the May-Pac ducking saga , it's become a dead division.
So Spence-Brook, Thurman-Porter, Thurman-Garcia didn't happen? Crawford vs. PBC guys are easy to make given the politics? Crawford has cleaned out 135, and 140 winning all the belts so he's clearly proven willing. You can't become undisputed being a ducker.
You sound salty that things went horribly wrong for Mikey who has sidestepped matches in the past though he gets credit for stepping up to challenge Spence.
No one , they are all scared of each other , so much so that a lightweight had to move up 2 weigh classes to fight the best guy at 147.
147 is the weakest division in boxing , it's full off cowards.
At this point the 4 sanctioning bodies should strip all the champions and remove them from the top 10 rankings and let the top ranked fighter's fight for the belts.
The welterweight division was always a very prestigious division where all the best fighter's fought each other. Ever since the May-Pac ducking saga , it's become a dead division.