Ranking the Welter Division

[kamicazze]

mayweather and cotto head and shouldrs above! cintron and hetton next! and the chasing pack are the others!

[MaFu MoFo]

mayweather and cotto head and shouldrs above! cintron and hetton next! and the chasing pack are the others!

uhh. Ok...

[Jim Jeffries]

mayweather and cotto head and shouldrs above! cintron and hetton next! and the chasing pack are the others!

Hatton's not a WW, Cintron got smashed down the ladder in his fight with Margarito, Mayweather hasn't proven himself against the top WWs and Cotto needs to fight a Mayweather, Williams or Margarito before he can be "head and shoulders" above the rest.

[SkillspayBills]

Good list man Berto should be there somewhere though. Floyd faces Williams-Cintron winner around July or August. Cotto faces Margarito sometime around March or April then the two can fight to unify the division by the end of the year in 08 or early 09, that's how I would dream things would work out.

[MaFu MoFo]

Good list man Berto should be there somewhere though. Floyd faces Williams-Cintron winner around July or August. Cotto faces Margarito sometime around March or April then the two can fight to unify the division by the end of the year in 08 or early 09, that's how I would dream things would work out.

Added Berto later, my bad.

[Haglerwins]

Some of these top 4-5 rankings in here aren't objective. There are fighters being placed above rank via potential instead of what they've actually done at welter.

[CottoOverrated1]

Looks like quite a few people are posting respectable, sound opinions. Then again, looks like there are a few trolls. I think the true state of the welterweight division will unfold after this year, probably middle of next year. With the year boxing has produced, its way too up-in-the-air to say who's the best in the division; too many things can happen. If Hatton beats Floyd (Hopefully), if Cotto loses to or narrowly beats his next opponent, if Cintron loses (again), Margarito could go on a rampage, Williams could lose (not likely). If any of this stuff happens then previous victories and opponents have to get re-evaluated. By mid-next year, hopefully it'll look something like:

1. Floyd/Hatton (I put him up at 1 because he will continue to to be talked about, actively, if he wins or loses controversially to Floyd).
2. Floyd (If he loses)
3. Williams
4. Cotto / Cintron
5. Hatton (if he loses obviously)
6. Margarito

Just my two cents.

P.S. - Williams reminds me of Kevin Garnett

he is the spitting image of chad johnson

[Wiley Hyena]

Hatton's not a WW, Cintron got smashed down the ladder in his fight with Margarito, Mayweather hasn't proven himself against the top WWs and Cotto needs to fight a Mayweather, Williams or Margarito before he can be "head and shoulders" above the rest.

Agreed.........

IMO the WWs and the Jr. WWs are the best divisions in boxing. The Middleweights are good, but the welters are better. I'm talking generically here. I just like watching those fights....power and speed...it's a beautiful thing to watch. Nothing like the drama of a heavyweight bout between two world beaters...no doubt. But, those are too far and few between. The welters are consistently better fights. IMO.

[MaFu MoFo]

Some of these top 4-5 rankings in here aren't objective. There are fighters being placed above rank via potential instead of what they've actually done at welter.

Dude, that's why we post our opinions. If you get more posts and rankings... you could actually due the math avearge and rank the WW the way we all see at this website.. (well, does who post..) Obviously must eliminate those sick fanatics lopsided ranking... also called error margin.

[MaFu MoFo]

Is it true that a fight Cotto is considering is agaisnt Joshua Clottey???