Top 5 post cold war welterweight fights that should get made?

[therealpugilist]

Mayweather has unified the WBC and WBA titles, Porter holds the IBF and Manny Holds the WBOgus belt.

This is how I think these fights should happen in chronlogical order

1) Manny Pacquaio vs the winner of Porter/Brook this unifies two more belts and leaves one fight left to determine the undisputed welterweight champion

2)Keith Thurman vs Marcos Maidana pits the two biggest punchers in weight class and could be some type of title elimanator...if Maidana wins he earns another shot and if Thurman wins it shows his worth on the world class level

3) Timmy Bradley vs Amir Khan the fight should have happened back at 140...both are still top fighters just at a higher weight....fight could and should be some type of title eliminator considering Timmeh is ranked #2 and Khan #9 at ww

4) winner of Thurman/Maidana vs the winner of Bradley/ Khan to determine the number one contender to face the undisputed champion first

5) Mayweather vs the winner of Pacquaio vs Porter/Brook to determine the undisputed champion at the weight

[Kuyukut]

please do planet earth a favor... log-off and go stand in the middle of a freeway.

thank you

[therealpugilist]

please do planet earth a favor... log-off and go stand in the middle of a freeway.

thank you

do us both a favor and dont post on a thread you dont like. Grow up

[tjones1989]

please do planet earth a favor... log-off and go stand in the middle of a freeway.

thank you

What exactly is wrong with his list?

[Rudiamonds]

For the most part those fight could be made with the exception of PAC and tim

[vman075]

What exactly is wrong with his list?

The only thing wrong is Thurman-Maidana could happen now. No cold war preventing that. Im not sure that warrants having to stand in the middle of a freeway though

But i guess this isn't necessarily saying fights that could happen if the cold war end

[Divine Hammer]

how come the wbo belt is bogus?

[Ringlife]

1. Mayweather vs Pac
2. Porter vs Marquez
3. Bradley vs Khan
4. Thurman vs Prov
5. Rios vs the Ghost

[therealpugilist]

how come the wbo belt is bogus?

IMO the WBO is a step down from the WBA, WBC and IBF

but a step up from regional titles, like the USBA, NABF, or Euro titles

The WBA and WBC are where the lineage begins in all weight classes

The IBF over the last 30 gained notoriety because they allow their champions to unify with the other organizations and had great champions to bolster their rep like Aaron Pryor, Larry Holmes, Hagler were some of the first champions

The WBO has the worst rankings, the worst champions and most of their titleholders fight unworthy contenders,or hold their title hostage in whatever country they live. Often they strip their world champions after they unify with other belts


IMO if it wasnt for Calzaghe finally unifiying or Hopkins unifying 10 years ago they would have no credibility

Look at the WBO and compare their champions and contenders to the IBF, WBA, and WBC

Only Wladimir Klitshcko unified, Ringondeaux has the WBA and WBO AND Donnie Nietes at 108 have the wbo and recognized as the lineal or ring champion

Mayweather, Yoan Pablo Hernandez, Adonis Stevenson, Andre Ward, Akira Yaegashi, Danny Garcia, and Sergio Martinez all hold one or two of the top 3 titles and are ring/lineal champions

[Divine Hammer]

i have to disagree, sorry. wba is by far the worst belt with all their super and regulars.

IMO the WBO is a step down from the WBA, WBC and IBF

but a step up from regional titles, like the USBA, NABF, or Euro titles

The WBA and WBC are where the lineage begins in all weight classes

The IBF over the last 30 gained notoriety because they allow their champions to unify with the other organizations and had great champions to bolster their rep like Aaron Pryor, Larry Holmes, Hagler were some of the first champions

The WBO has the worst rankings, the worst champions and most of their titleholders fight unworthy contenders,or hold their title hostage in whatever country they live. Often they strip their world champions after they unify with other belts


IMO if it wasnt for Calzaghe finally unifiying or Hopkins unifying 10 years ago they would have no credibility

Look at the WBO and compare their champions and contenders to the IBF, WBA, and WBC

Only Wladimir Klitshcko unified, Ringondeaux has the WBA and WBO AND Donnie Nietes at 108 have the wbo and recognized as the lineal or ring champion

Mayweather, Yoan Pablo Hernandez, Adonis Stevenson, Andre Ward, Akira Yaegashi, Danny Garcia, and Sergio Martinez all hold one or two of the top 3 titles and are ring/lineal champions