Comments Thread For: Prograis Eyeing Unification at 140 Next, Puello, IBF Winner

[STREET CLEANER]

The WBC gave him a voluntary, so long as the opponent is ranked by the WBC. Puello, Matias, and Ponce, are not ranked by the WBC! Rumor has it that Puello will fight Gary Antuanne Russell next! If that is false, then Russell should be the target! I would love that fight! On another note, how is Sandor Martin ranked above Gary Antuanne Russell, by the WBC, with a loss to Teofimo Lopez on his record? What did Teofimo Lopez do at 140, to be ranked at WBC #1 @ 140?

The sanctioning bodies are corrupt. Any fighter that will bring higher sanctioning fees they will bend the rules and award un-earned rankings.

Guys like Barboza has to wait around

[_Rexy_]

Don't recall him ever holding 2 titles, but he was high-risk low-reward then and at the time he was stuck in the WBSS. Now he's just a high-risk low-reward for the others even with the belt now. Aside from Puello being the weak link of the titleholders and assuming Matias grabs the IBF belt next month, all these young dudes at 140 doing all that talking are going to hafta go thru hell one way or another to be a champion.

He was unified when he fought Josh Taylor. Had the WBC and WBA

[A.B Counterhooks]

Taylor is busy rematching and has hinted that he will go to WW. Regis has mentioned it before that is the fight he wants but Taylor has to clear his upcoming fight.

Taylor moving up to ww!?...huh...interesting.

[Bronx2245]

Russell is going to beat puello and then fight nobodies from latin america for the next five years. Puello should have lost that last fight.

Wow! If he's Champion, he would have to fight mandatories, and the WBA would determine who he fights, unless it's voluntary! If those "nobodies" make it to mandatory position, then they are somebody!

[Jsmooth9876]

So you want to see him win, move up to 147, just to
get ko'd in his first fight.

I'd like that too.

I don't care what the result is. I want Crawford to have someone decent to fight seeing as the other guy at 147 don't wanna fight him.

[STREET CLEANER]

Taylor moving up to ww!?...huh...interesting.

The original plan was to go up and fight Crawford, Catrell derailed that plan.

[M111]

Completely disagree with casuals opinions that fighters need to move up and down to secure their legacy to get bolig fights or secure their legacy. Hagler fought at 160 for his whole career and is one of the greatest ever. If you’re that good or that dominant you don’t need to move. I can see Bivol staying at 175 for his whole career. In the lighter weights people do move up more often as they mature. Doesn’t happen so much beyond 160/175. Taylor, Prograis, Spence, Lopez all big for their weight as they’ve been young enough to get away with it. You get older your capacity to cut weight and jumping divisions reduces - Spence moving to light middle. Your advantages reduce, you’re no longer special for the division. This is what teo found out. Others such as Pacquiao, Loma, Mayweather, Inoui can just jump up and up as they have much more in every department, that’s what makes them truly special. Prograis is probably the best fighter at 140 now but isn’t quite in that class of fighter. Great speed and light on his feet but missing a bit of rhythm and timing. Taylor has declined. The Catterral fight wasn’t an anomaly. I think Catterral beats him comfortably this time around.

[P4P Forever]

No one cares about those vacant trinkets..

real champ @ 140 is Josh Taylor, he never lost any straps in the ring..

Lol stop