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Originally posted by BrilliantAJ View PostIt's likely to be Raymond Ford against Kholmatov for the vacant WBA - both have Matchroom affiliation, probably lands on a December card.
I haven't checked where they usually fight at, but given that Matchroom just recently won a purse bid for the MJ-Gonzalez WBA title eliminator that was also likely to be around December, maybe one of them will be added under the currently not-so-very-enticing Prograis-Haney December 9 PPV, and the other one under the Sunny-Bam unification or something.
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Originally posted by SilverMiles View PostFeatherweight division has been in turmoil for the past several years. All the best fighters leave the division before really cementing their dominance in the division (Shakur, Lomachenko, Navarette,) while others are simply placeholders (GRJ, Leo Santa Cruz).
Hearn calling Wood #1 isn't that big of a stretch since he has defeated more ranked opponents than the others but Wood would be an underdog against almost all of them.
Robeisy and Venado are legit champions with skill, and Rey Vargas isn't cookie crumbs yet either. Fulton has also moved up and definitely looking for a chance at a belt, Figueroa is still there, and Naoya has said multiple times that he plans to make the featherweights his essential final weight class (excluding possibly one memory match at super feather right before retirement). Heck, his skills I'm not sold on yet but at least in terms of social media/Mayweather buzz there will be that Moton kid for a few years I'm assuming, unless he flees to another division.
Now, if Venado and Robeisy decide to leave before Inoue gets there, then the luster wears off a bit.
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WBA top 5 right now:
Otabek Kholmatov
Raymond Ford
Reiya Abe
Mirco Cuello
Tomoki Kameda
WBA will doubtless be scheduling some eliminators. I think Ramirez is probably tops in this division. Venado has a lot of holes in his game. I want to see those two fight. Wood is at least exciting to watch, since he keeps saving himself with his power.
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Originally posted by crimsonfalcon07 View PostWBA top 5 right now:
Otabek Kholmatov
Raymond Ford
Reiya Abe
Mirco Cuello
Tomoki Kameda
WBA will doubtless be scheduling some eliminators. I think Ramirez is probably tops in this division. Venado has a lot of holes in his game. I want to see those two fight. Wood is at least exciting to watch, since he keeps saving himself with his power.
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Originally posted by Elheath View PostSimply by the ranking it will probably be Kholmatov vs Ford, but I'd love to see Reiya Abe get a chance as well. Last I recall he won the title eliminator for IBF against Venado, but Venado is trying to do a unification with Robeisy instead (which I personally would love to see even at the cost of Reiya's opportunity) so having a chance at a vacant belt will be nice.
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Originally posted by Regge View PostHahaha my how low British standards are if Wood is considered "great" smh embarrassing.
Hearn with his typical BS.
The guyThas zero wins over any future HOF and gets beat up most of his fights. Beating Warrington I guess clasifies him as "great" that's sad that Hearn feels the need to BS the British public.
Figueroa, Lopez and Robeisy would 100% annihilate Wood.
Which of those guys has a win over a future hOF? Which of those guys is getting in the HOF? None and none is the answer. Only Inoue at 122/126 will be in the HOF
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