Is Mikey Garcia the best at 140?
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140 is kinda bereft of talent, so I'd be inclined to say yes.
Other than Mikey, I'd say Postol and Indongo are the best at 140. Lipinets is ok, but nothing to write home about. Taylor seems ot have some talent and Prograis might just be special.
Other than Mikey, I'd say Postol and Indongo are the best at 140. Lipinets is ok, but nothing to write home about. Taylor seems ot have some talent and Prograis might just be special.
Have any of y'all never heard of Eduard Troyanovsky?
Troyanovsky was 25-0 and won almost every single fight by KO, before that shock knockout at the hands of Indongo. Indongo isn't top 5 on any of the rankings, after he lost the belt they demoted him straight to Top 10.
Troyanovsky was 25-0 and won almost every single fight by KO, before that shock knockout at the hands of Indongo. Indongo isn't top 5 on any of the rankings, after he lost the belt they demoted him straight to Top 10.
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Prograis is the prospect to look out for.
Agreed. I too like Mikey, but he needs to build off that good broner win with a couple key names. Idk if the man he is facing next will do it for him. I’d love to see Mikey vs Crawford in the future. I’d like to see loma in the mix as well, though I’d hate it at the same time because Mikey and loma are two of my favorites.
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Yeah 140 is a lot more interesting with Mikey and Loma in the mix
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Troyanovksy never left his zip code in Moscow. He was a paper champion. 140 division was terrible terrible filled with fake champions + Bud Crawford
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Postol is much bigger than Garcia, that would be a relatively tough fight for him probably just for that reason. He would probably win though.
He really should be at 135, clearing out the division and then fighting Loma.
He really should be at 135, clearing out the division and then fighting Loma.
I ain't saying he's the best fighter but he was a top fighter in that pool and he still has KO power. He's in the same league as Indongo and the British guy Indongo beat. Even if that guy had a few more notable names.
Look at the rankings right now, how many of them do you recognize, or the names on their resumes? They're all Troyanovsky caliber fighters. This division hasn't had notable names since all the big names moved up to WW.
And if you didn't notice Crawford moved up too, so he's not in the conversation anymore. Its Troyanovsky and the rest now. And in this class i see Troy pretty highly.
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I know Crawford moved up, thats the whole point of debating whether Mikey is the best at 140.
Troyanovsky sucks man. Lipnets, Kondo, Prograis, Postol....are all better than him at 140, as is Mikey. He's terrible. Ricky Burns was dogshit too. It just shows you how bad 140 was that both those guys had titles.
Those are all good fighters. But how that make Troy the one who sucks? None of the others have a strong resume yet. Once it turns into some sort of Kell Brook like situation where Troy's the one fighting bums but the others fighting legit competition, i'll 100% be with you.
Its going to take at least 2 years to figure out who are the top dogs at this division. Its completely fresh right now.
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He's almost 40 and he never fought anyone who was worth a damn (arguably until Indongo who cold-cocked him, but we don't even really know how good Indongo is outside of his performances against a washed up Burns and getting destroyed by Crawford). He looked like a half decent fighter against garbage opposition, but I think it's pretty safe to assume that Garcia is better than he ever was.
The Ring has Troyanovsky (#6) ahead of Lipinets (#7) in their rankings btw. Kondo not even ranked. @JayE Mike Garcia IS the best in the division right now, I never said otherwise.
Eduard Troyanovsky expected to face the winner of Rances Barthelemy and Kiryl Relikh for the WBA Light Welterweight title.
'I'll face Barthelemy-Relikh winner for WBA title’ - Former world champion Troyanovsky
https://www.rt.com/sport/413198-wba-title-barthelemy-relikh-troyanovsky/
Eduard Troyanovsky expected to face the winner of Rances Barthelemy and Kiryl Relikh for the WBA Light Welterweight title.
'I'll face Barthelemy-Relikh winner for WBA title’ - Former world champion Troyanovsky
https://www.rt.com/sport/413198-wba-title-barthelemy-relikh-troyanovsky/
