Comments Thread For: Devon Alexander, Maidana and The Welterweight Flood

[crold1]

youve got glen johnson number 4 in your super middle weight rankings? :S and dzindzirik isnt the wbo champ anymore.

You're right on the latter. Oversight on my part; I'll fix that this week (meanto change that a couple times and kept forgetting). As to Johnson, I see no reason to drop him. He lost hard to Froch, wide to Bute, but no one else has really done anything to merit moving past him. Dirrell was rehabbing from his career threatening, crippling, what's my Dr.'s name head injury and came back against Willie Standup. When he makes a real move, I'll reconsider.

[D4thincarnation]

Welterweight is where the money is at, that why they move up.

It is also one of the original 8 divisions, and thus has a richer history.

Fighting at welter also offers them a chance of winning the Many/Floyd sweepstakes and become a multi-millionaire.

Welter alongside middleweight and heavyweight have been the marque division in boxing, where the biggest stars of the sport have fought.