People are overrating this division bigly because of the good old days.
We had 2 ATGs best of their generation in this same division, and we also had a period where there were many great fighters operating in it at the same time.
Like prime Cotto, prime Margarito, prime PAC, prime Floyd, Mosley, Paul Williams etc. And even then there were some solid B guys on the lower end of the welterweight rankings like Clottey, prime Berto & prime Collazo who weren't great, but in their prime they would give you a run for your money, certainly no pushovers.
Now if you look at Welter there are some top guys like Thurman and Spence, who would give the best of 08-10 a tough fight but would ultimately come up short. And then there are bang average guys like Porter, Brook, Bradley and Garcia (who was great at 140 not 147).
I think underrated divisions include 154 and 160.
154 has Charlo, Lara, Andrade and Lubin who are really good. I would argue that 154 is on par with welterweight if not better. Middleweight is also criminally underrated (we all know why).
We had 2 ATGs best of their generation in this same division, and we also had a period where there were many great fighters operating in it at the same time.
Like prime Cotto, prime Margarito, prime PAC, prime Floyd, Mosley, Paul Williams etc. And even then there were some solid B guys on the lower end of the welterweight rankings like Clottey, prime Berto & prime Collazo who weren't great, but in their prime they would give you a run for your money, certainly no pushovers.
Now if you look at Welter there are some top guys like Thurman and Spence, who would give the best of 08-10 a tough fight but would ultimately come up short. And then there are bang average guys like Porter, Brook, Bradley and Garcia (who was great at 140 not 147).
I think underrated divisions include 154 and 160.
154 has Charlo, Lara, Andrade and Lubin who are really good. I would argue that 154 is on par with welterweight if not better. Middleweight is also criminally underrated (we all know why).
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