State Of The Division: Middleweight
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State Of The Division: Middleweight
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Nice breakdown here from Eric Raskin: http://www.insidehboboxing.com/inside/2014/10/15/state-of-the-division-middleweight
"The middleweight division has as clear and indisputable a current championship lineage as any weight class in boxing. Bernard Hopkins won a unification tournament in 2001 (then added another alphabet belt, for what that’s worth, by knocking out Oscar De La Hoya three years later); Jermain Taylor decisioned Hopkins in ’05; Kelly Pavlik knocked out Taylor in ’07; Sergio Martinez outboxed Pavlik in 2010; and earlier this year, Miguel Cotto overwhelmed Martinez at Madison Square Garden—the very arena in which Hopkins stopped Felix Trinidad to begin this unbroken lineage.
As clear and indisputable as the identity of the 160-pound division’s true champion is, the identity of the division’s best fighter is almost as unanimously agreed upon. And it’s not the same as the lineal champion, which is where this conversation starts to get very interesting."
Nice breakdown here from Eric Raskin: http://www.insidehboboxing.com/inside/2014/10/15/state-of-the-division-middleweight
"The middleweight division has as clear and indisputable a current championship lineage as any weight class in boxing. Bernard Hopkins won a unification tournament in 2001 (then added another alphabet belt, for what that’s worth, by knocking out Oscar De La Hoya three years later); Jermain Taylor decisioned Hopkins in ’05; Kelly Pavlik knocked out Taylor in ’07; Sergio Martinez outboxed Pavlik in 2010; and earlier this year, Miguel Cotto overwhelmed Martinez at Madison Square Garden—the very arena in which Hopkins stopped Felix Trinidad to begin this unbroken lineage.
As clear and indisputable as the identity of the 160-pound division’s true champion is, the identity of the division’s best fighter is almost as unanimously agreed upon. And it’s not the same as the lineal champion, which is where this conversation starts to get very interesting."
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Re: State Of The Division: Middleweight
Lance wrote:Wow!!! an article bigging up a fight. Well done! Never said it was a meaningless fight did I? But nobody considered number 1 vs number 2, and what were the odds on Pascal?
What had happend to Hopkins to get him ranked below Pascal by the way?
why dont you drop the insults and try debating in a more civil tone? makes you sound insecure
You're the one accusing people of not knowing what they're talking about (when you're incorrect yourself). What's civil about that? It's ignorant.
How about losing to Calzaghe, fighting Pavlik at 170 and then two unranked fighters while Pascal beat the world rated Diaconu (twice)?
Even if we go your (incorrect route). Dawson still beat Hopkins (your supposed number two) after beating the real number two (Johnson).
Stevenson then beat Dawson. Same deal.
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