Is the welterweight division dormant?

[ijudge]

Inactivity kills. Literally. Look at Vernon Forrest. That should be a lesson to everyone. If he fought a couple more times, the WBC wouldn't have to strip him of his belt. He would've gotten the Pacquiao payday if he had been more active. Instead, Pacquiao and Margarito fought for a vacant belt and some trash hoodlum shot and unalived Forrest for the $50 bucks in his wallet.

[Teetotaler69]

Lol it's trash. A sure sign is that if a bum like Barrios is a top 3 guy then the division is garbage

[MONGOOSE66]

It used to eclipse all the other divisions.

Umm, YEA! That’s a no brainer.

[jqSide]

Is the welterweight division dormant?

It's a dormant wasteland and will continue to be so for years to come. The top players are too scared to even take stay-busy fights.

[Bullrider]

Any brighter news we can look forward to in this dormant division? Any new prospect?

[Bullrider]

Lol it's trash. A sure sign is that if a bum like Barrios is a top 3 guy then the division is garbage.

Barrios would be a better fight for Boots than inactive Cody, though.

[Bullrider]

I could understand if fighters are having grueling bouts, but they will have a tune-up....then become inactive...then tune-up or significant match-up....rinse/repeat. It's truly frustrating. It's hard to develop an affinity for a boxer if they don't fight!

Been that way for a long while now. Fans wait patiently only to see them come back in meaningless fights. Then after the fight the waiting begins again for months on end.

[QueensburyRules]

- - Bud with the looks and personality of a rattlesnake and Boots already wore out and don't even have a decent promoter or manager.

[Pappy O’Daniel]

Sadly it very much is. That was always thee division too. Boxing is in a bad state all around.

[Bullrider]

- - Bud with the looks and personality of a rattlesnake and Boots already wore out and don't even have a decent promoter or manager.

Bud is 36 and his sights are pointed on the next division/s. Ennis will be 27 by the time he takes his next fight, and he's expected to start having a hard time making the weight. Nothing is clear in this division's current picture. Inactivity is widespread.