Does the Middleweight division need a 'Hope'? Are there any?

[W1LL]

Surely there must be somebody who can save us. Could they be on this list? Or might they come from 168 or 154?

#8 ranked Maciej Sulecki, 23-0 (8 KO) Republic of Poland
#11 ranked Sergiy Derevyanchenko, 9-0 (7 KO)
#12 ranked Ievgen Khytrov, 14-0 (12 KO) NABF
#15 ranked Ryota Murata, 11-0 (8 KO)
#16 ranked Dwight Ritchie, 14-0 (1 KO) OPBF
#19 ranked Tommy Langford, 17-0 (6 KO) Commonwealth and WBO Inter-Continental
#21 ranked Kamil Szeremeta, 14-0 (2 KO)
#22 ranked Rob Brant, 21-0 (14 KO) WBA-NABA
#25 ranked Terrell Gausha, 19-0 (9 KO)
#34 ranked Yamaguchi Falcao, 11-0 (5 KO) WBC Latino
#38 ranked Jason Quigley, 11-0 (9 KO)
#42 ranked Walter Kautondokwa, 13-0 (12 KO) WBO Africa
#54 ranked Esquiva Falcao, 15-0 (12 KO)
#62 ranked Artur Osipov, 10-0 (6 KO) Russia
#64 ranked David Toussaint, 10-0 (8 KO)
#67 ranked Luis Arias, 16-0 (8 KO) USBA and WBC United States (USNBC) Silver
#68 ranked Mark DeLuca, 16-0 (10 KO)
#75 ranked Kemahl Russell, 10-0 (8 KO) Jamaican
#80 ranked Marcus Morrison, 13-0 (10 KO) WBC International Silver
#86 ranked Rashidi Ellis, 16-0 (11 KO)
#107 ranked Bo Gibbs, Jr., 18-0 (8 KO) USA Oklahoma State
#110 ranked Malcolm McAllister, 8-0 (8 KO)
#111 ranked Steve Rolls, 14-0 (8 KO) NABF Junior
#126 ranked Alan Emmanuel Castano, 11-0 (7 KO)
#133 ranked Ibrahim Guemues, 10-0 (10 KO)
#151 ranked Reece Cartwright, 14-0 (7 KO) IBF Youth
#194 ranked Grant Dennis, 7-0 (1 KO) BBBofC Southern Area
#201 ranked Craig Richards, 6-0 (2 KO)
#204 ranked Jama Saidi, 9-0 (4 KO)
#208 ranked Norbert Harcsa, 7-0 (1 KO)
#212 ranked Arlind Sulejmani, 8-0 (3 KO)
#218 ranked Gael Haros, 6-0 (4 KO)
#227 ranked Jose Gomez, 10-0 (4 KO)
#233 ranked Sam Hogan, 11-0 (4 KO)
#248 ranked Jonathan Wilson Sanchez, 10-0 (2 KO)
#250 ranked Connor Law, 9-0 (2 KO)
#255 ranked Mark Lucas, 7-0 (3 KO) interim PABA
#264 ranked Patrick Wojcicki, 6-0 (4 KO)
#271 ranked Rachid Achoui, 6-0 (2 KO)
#285 ranked Kazuto Takesako, 5-0 (5 KO)
#291 ranked Gift Cole Chiori, 13-0 (10 KO)
#316 ranked Angel Salomon, 12-0 (11 KO)
#328 ranked Bakhram Murtazaliev, 6-0 (4 KO)
#331 ranked Mario Jassmann, 8-0 (7 KO)
#333 ranked Renato Oliveira, 9-0 (2 KO)
#335 ranked Bilel Jiktou, 5-0 (2 KO)
#340 ranked Vincenzo Gualtieri, 7-0 (3 KO) German International
#341 ranked Dan Breeze, 10-0 (0 KO)
#348 ranked Kieran Smith, 7-0 (3 KO)
#350 ranked Lendrush Akopyan, 6-0 (4 KO)
#355 ranked Nathan Wheatley, 5-0 (0 KO)
#361 ranked Max Lovell, 5-0 (0 KO)
#362 ranked Tey Lynn Jones, 5-0 (1 KO)
#372 ranked Miguel Angel Suarez, 14-0 (9 KO)
#374 ranked Bobby Bryant, 16-0 (9 KO)
#379 ranked Genaro Ortiz, 8-0 (4 KO)
#381 ranked Stevie Weimer, 12-0 (3 KO)
#394 ranked Cesar Nunez, 7-0 (5 KO)
#395 ranked Yernar Yeshenov, 5-0 (4 KO) WBC Youth Intercontinental
#406 ranked Jack Flatley, 6-0 (2 KO)
#418 ranked Isaac Tadeo, 8-0 (4 KO)
#485 ranked Sandro Reinhardt, 6-0 (5 KO)
#488 ranked Zeynel Elbir, 8-0 (8 KO)

I shall be doing my best to keep track of all on this list, and any other 'Hope's who enter the top 500.

[LoadedWraps]

What do you mean by "hope"?

Hope for what?

"Save" you from what? Are you in danger? I am a 6 year 5 tour army veteran, do you need my assistance?



I don't see anything wrong with the division that it needs "hope".

I expect GGG to unify and then move on after he does just that and breaks B-Hop's record and the division and boxing will move on like divisions always have.

hope by definition is: "a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen".

How can you talk about hope and not explain what this "certain thing" you want to happen is? Just doesn't make sense imo.

[W1LL]

Well. We have:

• A fearsome Kazakh champion who refuses to move up despite there being nobody to challenge him.
• A British champion who won't fight anybody.
• An American champion who won't fight anybody.
• A Mexican cashcow who won't fight anybody.

[Canelo and GGG]

They will come from 154 ,when Canelo will slay boogyman it can be boring again doe, Lara vs Canelo 2 in MW would be good.

[bojangles1987]

MW doesn't need a hope, it just needs fighters to start fighting each other. It's ****ing absurd how no one besides Golovkin wants to fight anyone, and Golovkin is left with nothing because no one else wants to fight anyone.

[mannysavage]

Sergiy Derevyanchenko, Ievgen Khytrov and the brazilian Falcao brothers are the "hope" if you mean those with potentional to beat Golovkin in the coming years, also the guys from 154: Jarrett Hurd, Charlo Twins, JRock, Canelo etc are all big 154lbs and will most likely move up in a not too distant future, those are right now imo the biggest "threats" to Golovkins reign, no need to go looking for 168lbers, he got options soon

[Graz]

No one in the MW division beating Golovkin. He's going to have to move up to get any real competition.

[The D3vil]

MW doesn't need a hope, it just needs fighters to start fighting each other. It's ****ing absurd how no one besides Golovkin wants to fight anyone, and Golovkin is left with nothing because no one else wants to fight anyone.

Welp, you just said everything I was about to

[The D3vil]

Surely there must be somebody who can save us. Could they be on this list? Or might they come from 168 or 154?

#8 ranked Maciej Sulecki, 23-0 (8 KO) Republic of Poland
#11 ranked Sergiy Derevyanchenko, 9-0 (7 KO)
#12 ranked Ievgen Khytrov, 14-0 (12 KO) NABF
#15 ranked Ryota Murata, 11-0 (8 KO)
#16 ranked Dwight Ritchie, 14-0 (1 KO) OPBF
#19 ranked Tommy Langford, 17-0 (6 KO) Commonwealth and WBO Inter-Continental
#21 ranked Kamil Szeremeta, 14-0 (2 KO)
#22 ranked Rob Brant, 21-0 (14 KO) WBA-NABA
#25 ranked Terrell Gausha, 19-0 (9 KO)
#34 ranked Yamaguchi Falcao, 11-0 (5 KO) WBC Latino
#38 ranked Jason Quigley, 11-0 (9 KO)
#42 ranked Walter Kautondokwa, 13-0 (12 KO) WBO Africa
#54 ranked Esquiva Falcao, 15-0 (12 KO)
#62 ranked Artur Osipov, 10-0 (6 KO) Russia
#64 ranked David Toussaint, 10-0 (8 KO)
#67 ranked Luis Arias, 16-0 (8 KO) USBA and WBC United States (USNBC) Silver
#68 ranked Mark DeLuca, 16-0 (10 KO)
#75 ranked Kemahl Russell, 10-0 (8 KO) Jamaican
#80 ranked Marcus Morrison, 13-0 (10 KO) WBC International Silver
#86 ranked Rashidi Ellis, 16-0 (11 KO)
#107 ranked Bo Gibbs, Jr., 18-0 (8 KO) USA Oklahoma State
#110 ranked Malcolm McAllister, 8-0 (8 KO)
#111 ranked Steve Rolls, 14-0 (8 KO) NABF Junior
#126 ranked Alan Emmanuel Castano, 11-0 (7 KO)
#133 ranked Ibrahim Guemues, 10-0 (10 KO)
#151 ranked Reece Cartwright, 14-0 (7 KO) IBF Youth
#194 ranked Grant Dennis, 7-0 (1 KO) BBBofC Southern Area
#201 ranked Craig Richards, 6-0 (2 KO)
#204 ranked Jama Saidi, 9-0 (4 KO)
#208 ranked Norbert Harcsa, 7-0 (1 KO)
#212 ranked Arlind Sulejmani, 8-0 (3 KO)
#218 ranked Gael Haros, 6-0 (4 KO)
#227 ranked Jose Gomez, 10-0 (4 KO)
#233 ranked Sam Hogan, 11-0 (4 KO)
#248 ranked Jonathan Wilson Sanchez, 10-0 (2 KO)
#250 ranked Connor Law, 9-0 (2 KO)
#255 ranked Mark Lucas, 7-0 (3 KO) interim PABA
#264 ranked Patrick Wojcicki, 6-0 (4 KO)
#271 ranked Rachid Achoui, 6-0 (2 KO)
#285 ranked Kazuto Takesako, 5-0 (5 KO)
#291 ranked Gift Cole Chiori, 13-0 (10 KO)
#316 ranked Angel Salomon, 12-0 (11 KO)
#328 ranked Bakhram Murtazaliev, 6-0 (4 KO)
#331 ranked Mario Jassmann, 8-0 (7 KO)
#333 ranked Renato Oliveira, 9-0 (2 KO)
#335 ranked Bilel Jiktou, 5-0 (2 KO)
#340 ranked Vincenzo Gualtieri, 7-0 (3 KO) German International
#341 ranked Dan Breeze, 10-0 (0 KO)
#348 ranked Kieran Smith, 7-0 (3 KO)
#351 ranked Lendrush Akopyan, 5-0 (3 KO)
#354 ranked Nathan Wheatley, 5-0 (0 KO)
#361 ranked Max Lovell, 5-0 (0 KO)
#362 ranked Tey Lynn Jones, 5-0 (1 KO)
#372 ranked Miguel Angel Suarez, 14-0 (9 KO)
#374 ranked Bobby Bryant, 16-0 (9 KO)
#379 ranked Genaro Ortiz, 8-0 (4 KO)
#385 ranked Stevie Weimer, 12-0 (3 KO)
#395 ranked Cesar Nunez, 7-0 (5 KO)
#396 ranked Yernar Yeshenov, 5-0 (4 KO) WBC Youth Intercontinental
#406 ranked Jack Flatley, 6-0 (2 KO)
#417 ranked Isaac Tadeo, 8-0 (4 KO)
#485 ranked Sandro Reinhardt, 6-0 (5 KO)
#488 ranked Zeynel Elbir, 8-0 (8 KO)

I shall be doing my best to keep track of all on this list, and any other 'Hope's who enter the top 500.

I think we're waiting for guys like Rob Brant and Derevyachenko.

Don't sleep on guys like Erickson Lubin, who's at 154 now, but I think is like 6ft tall.

[siablo14]

GGG is there. Anyone looking to be the man in the division has to dethrone him.