Any of you still think 160 is a "Ghost town"

[Sancho Puncho]

It will be bustling town the next day the sheriff moves elsewhere.

[Scipio2009]

Saunders, Lemieux, Jacobs, GGG, Charlo, Eubank, Sulecki, N'dam, Canelo. Yep, still a ghost town I believe.

Golovkin/Jacobs and Saunders are the top three names at the weight, with Eubank Jr being thrown into the mix mostly on potential/flashes at this point. Lemieux is still a limited fighter, N'Dam is always tougher than he's had any right to be, and Sulecki is still working his way through to the top.

Don't kid yourself into thinking that middleweight is as deep ad talented as divisions like 154, 147, or 126.

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It's a good division but it's criticized in microscopic detail because of the ethnicity of the champion.

Nothing new and no big deal. Just enjoy the potential fights. Any of those guys vs any of those guys is a good scrap.

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Golovkin/Jacobs and Saunders are the top three names at the weight, with Eubank Jr being thrown into the mix mostly on potential/flashes at this point. Lemieux is still a limited fighter, N'Dam is always tougher than he's had any right to be, and Sulecki is still working his way through to the top.

Don't kid yourself into thinking that middleweight is as deep ad talented as divisions like 154, 147, or 126.

154 has future potential but is kind of raw right now. Lara and Trout are active. Cotto is semi-retired. The rest are undefeated prospects.

For all sane purposes, Canelo is a middleweight. I think he's only weighed in below 154 once in the past 3 years and he fights heavier than GGG.

[Damn Wicked]

Middleweight is just as good as most other divisions. Lots of people have been sch*tting on Keith Thurman's and Pacquiao's performances recently, and even though they're at the top of the welterweight pack I don't hear many people saying that 147 is a weak division.

[boliodogs]

Middleweight has lots of good to very good fighters. GGG is not just good. He is extraordinary and he stands out above all the rest. He is so much better than all the other middleweights that he makes the division look weak but it isn't weak. The bookies making him an 8 to 1 favorite over a champion of Jacob's quality shows how good GGG seems to be.

[Fists_of_Fury]

Middleweight has lots of good to very good fighters. GGG is not just good. He is extraordinary and he stands out above all the rest. He is so much better than all the other middleweights that he makes the division look weak but it isn't weak. The bookies making him an 8 to 1 favorite over a champion of Jacob's quality shows how good GGG seems to be.

Such a quality REGULAR champion. How much does HBO or Team Golovkin pay you? Or are you smoking what Abel was during his talk of GGG and Robinson?

[j0zef]

It's a fine division, it always was. Golovkin eats a few uppercuts, Eubanks postures like a little girl, Canelo officially announces he's moving to 160 after circus vs. Chavez, Lemieux knocks out a contender and suddenly it's a good division.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

I guess you are just in denial. Saunders is solid, especially when he is focused, he thought he should only make weight for the guy and he would beat him but it turns out it isn't. It's not a matter of what when Charlo officially moved up to 160. Lemmy just knocked out stevens Cold, Jacobs beat quillen, and N'dam just knocked out his opponent. Its the matter of accepting that 160 is heating up. And we got Eubank who looked great in his last fight at 168 but said he would move down to 160.

First you say Red is in denial but then you say some mythical stuff as if it is a fact. The one who might be in denial is you sir.

[The Akbar One]

Saunders, Lemieux, Jacobs, GGG, Charlo, Eubank, Sulecki, N'dam, Canelo. Yep, still a ghost town I believe.

Jacobs and Golovkin could be top 10 guys in the 90s. Saunders, Lemieux, N'Jkam, etc, no. The verdict is still out on Charlo. He hasn't fought a middleweight contender yet. The division is still fairly weak over all.