Comments Thread For: Shakur Stevenson-Isaac Cruz Lightweight Eliminator Ordered By WBC At Its Convention

[SplitSecond]

Gamboa, Francisco Vargas, Eduardo Ramirez, Jose Romero, Thomas Mattice, Diego Magdaleno

Aren’t you ashamed of this post?

[Rebelrbg]

Aren’t you ashamed of this post?

Not at all, I guess you just watch who the media puts in your face. Jose Romero was 24-0, Ramirez was 27-2, Magdaleno was 32-3, Mattice was 15-1, Vargas was 27-2, and Gamboa is a rite of passage gatekeeper at this point due to his former greatness, which is the reason Tank and Crawford felt the need to fight him. All these fighters are credible opponents with good records trying to get to the same position Cruz is in now, and his record is similar at 24-2. He's ranked second for a reason.

[SplitSecond]

Not at all, I guess you just watch who the media puts in your face. Jose Romero was 24-0, Ramirez was 27-2, Magdaleno was 32-3, Mattice was 15-1, Vargas was 27-2, and Gamboa is a rite of passage gatekeeper at this point due to his former greatness, which is the reason Tank and Crawford felt the need to fight him. All these fighters are credible opponents with good records trying to get to the same position Cruz is in now, and his record is similar at 24-2. He's ranked second for a reason.

Yea..Zepeda>Cruz. He’s actually beaten a top 10 opponent.

[The Big Dunn]

Shakur should beat him very easily to set up a fight with the Haney v Loma winner.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

He's not a champion, he lost his belt on the scale. But, he should beat Cruz, it will be a tough fight, but he should win.

Does that mean he won’t be instated as WBO mandatory though?

[Mammoth]

Why not ??

You think Top Rank and PBC are going to work together for a title eliminator?

[Dakuwaqa]

You think Top Rank and PBC are going to work together for a title eliminator?

I guess not?

Man boxing sucks

[Rebelrbg]

Yea..Zepeda>Cruz. He’s actually beaten a top 10 opponent.

That's funny, he went to a decision on a guy everyone knows, including Diaz who stated it himself, should be fighting at 130, but you're giving him credit for a top ten win. After piling up an entire resume of window washers and tomato cans in Mexico, this was his first real fight. I have no doubt that Cruz would walk him down and destroy him on the ropes. Zepeda is undefeated with a bunch of KOs from cans in Mexico and Ring still only has him ranked at 7 in lightweight and WBC has him at 13. They have Cruz at 4 and 2 respectively.

[Rebelrbg]

Does that mean he won’t be instated as WBO mandatory though?

I doubt it, I don't think any sanctioning body would reward a fighter for losing his championship on the scale.

[Mammoth]

I doubt it, I don't think any sanctioning body would reward a fighter for losing his championship on the scale.

The WBO will do whatever Bob tells them to and probably even tug him off after.