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This thread for future fights then. I am going to start by predicting Kovalev will beat Ward in the June rematch.
I don't follow it as much now, back in the old days it was the Ring, Boxing news and boxing monthly. I was obsessed. Nowadays mates invite me to watch 'big fights' at the pub and I've no idea who the 2 blokes are half the time :-)
There are also some other superb fighters in the division - Jesus Cuellar, Abner Mares and Gary Russell Jnr.
Lee Selby is my personal favourite. He lacks Frampton's work rate but has greater power and more skill - he is an avoided fighter imo.
Also, just below Frampton's weight division is pound for pound contender, the outrageously talented Vasyl Lomachenko - who has the ability to make any of the above look like rank novices........
@celentium - yes sorry your quite right regarding Lomachenko. I meant if Frampton goes up. How do you rate Lomachenko? In the ten years I've followed the sport I don't think Ive seen better foot work.
The way he stays in the pocket whilst avoiding shots and landing his own, it's amazing to watch.
Some people hold the Salido loss against him but Salido turned up heavy and spent the fight leading with his head and throwing low blows. Hell of a welcome to professional prize fighting!
I've not seen Lomachenko in action yet but I've heard great things, how does he compare to Mayweather while in the pocket?
What do you guys think of Guillermo Rigondeaux? He was chasing Frampton for quite a while...
He's an entirely different fighter to Mayweather Imo - he is a 9 fight novice and is nowhere near Mayweather in terms of experience and fight management. However, Lomachenko's amateur career was incredible - he won 2 gold medals and is already a two weight world champion. He is 29 so the clock is ticking.
Like Mayweather Lomachenko doesn't have one punch knock out power and like Mayweather he has great hand speed and accuracy.
However, Mayweather was primarily a defensive counter puncher - possibly the finest exponent of the style (with the possible exception of Wilfred Benitez)
Lomachenko is a more aggressive fighter and has incredible footwork - by that I mean he will change his angel of attack mid combination in a manner I haven't seen a fighter do before. He throws more punches and has a greater variety of shots.
I think Rigondeaux would out box Frampton - he'd be too quick. Would be a good fight though as Frampton is game, probably more powerful and is no slouch himself.
Yeah I'll check some footage out on YouTube. Think I'll watch some full matches first to see what he looks like in real time and then check some slow mo vids that dissect his work.
From what little I have seen, he almost looks like a matador, the way he side steps his opponent and they have no idea where he's gone!
Totally glossed over the Ward fight.
I can genuinely say that the colour of any fighter (or anyone for that matter) does not even register with me. They are men, not members of a race. I think that observation says more about your perception and classification of people, than anything else.
In fact, I'd go further and say your first sentence is really offensive.
They are two athletes first and foremost, at the very top of their game. The fact that they are not white is immaterial, and to me utterly irrelevant.
WTF is wrong with people, when the first thing that gets noticed or highlighted about someone is their race??