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Last year, the answer would have been clear - Usyk. But, he will no more compete at CW.
I believe in Joshua, but he has not faced the best opponents - Wilder, Fury (and Usyk).
Lomachenko has not faced the only worthy opponent at LW - M. Garcia.
So, this is the very difficult question for me. What do you think ?

IMO only Usyk at cruiserweight. Problem is top guys won´t fight each other so often. Every weight is pretty competetive. Maybe Naoya Inoue is dominant? We will see if he can win WBSS

Without including Usyk at CW, it's Moonsri at minimum weight, I guess.

If Usyk moves up, then it's Naoya Inoue

Boxing Writer wrote: ↑04 Feb 2019, 14:39 If Usyk moves up, then it's Naoya Inoue

Let us wait.....He is not the champion yet, he only has the worthless secondary belt, as I know...............

no need to wait..the guys the best . hands down

oogiebe wrote: ↑04 Feb 2019, 14:32 Without including Usyk at CW, it's Moonsri at minimum weight, I guess.

I still think he hasn't made enough of a claim to be unambiguously ahead of CP Freshmart yet.

Boxing Writer wrote: ↑04 Feb 2019, 14:39 If Usyk moves up, then it's Naoya Inoue

I'd fancy him to beat everyone at bantamweight too, but with Nery, Tete, Rodriguez and Oubaali there's simply too much food left on the table to call him "most dominant" already.

Maybe Inoue counts as "most clearly superior to everyone else in his division", though I'd probably give Lomachenko that title. Think he would absolutely undress Mikey. Maybe Commey could give him a few problems, but I wouldn't bet on it.

Without Usyk there isn't anyone. Every division has at least two rival claimants to be "the man" currently, though without Inoue or Estrada at super-fly maybe Rungvisai has a shout, though he still has Nietes, Yafai and arguably Ancajas (haven't seen his last fight) still around.

ValMar wrote: ↑04 Feb 2019, 13:52Lomachenko has not faced the only worthy opponent at LW - M. Garcia.

You can't fault anyone for not having a fought a guy who's going into his third weight class of his last three fights. I don't know what division Garcia should even be thought of as a part of right now.

tough question, honestly noone has cleared out any division and remained in it.
Id have to go with loma or callam smith. i first thought of not counting loma cause i feel he needed the mikey garcia win, but i dont think mikeys ever going back to 135, so yea id say loma 135 or smith 168 most dominant. mainly cause the other divisions realy lack anything resembling dominance.

no true standout is kinda a nice thing to have, but also sadly refelcts the top dogs not fighting each other...

Lomachenko is a great champion, I have no dilemma about that, but, he has a bad luck, because his opposition is pretty weak, at the best case - the average (the similar destiny as their compatriots, Klitschko brothers).

Unfortunately, he moved up at LW without facing Davis (A+ fighter IMHO) and Berchelt (A or A+, I can not decide), and I hope the both of them will move up at LW in the near future and fight against Loma.

Mikey Garcia is the special case, I am not sure if he can make the weight for LW anymore, but if he is capable to do this, the match against Loma will be (likely) competitive. Loma's skillset is better than Mikey's, but Mikey is the stronger and more powerful, absolutely.

I can not know Mikey's plans, I am not sure that he (and his team) knows which weight division is the most suitable for him, but I would like to see him fighting Loma this year (BTW, I think that 99% boxing fans share my opinion).

Nobody mentioned Prograis, here, on this topic. I feel he might be capable to become the undisputed LWW champion. He needs only a bit of good luck (and the fair judging, of course).

Ken Shiro

ValMar wrote: ↑05 Feb 2019, 13:22
Nobody mentioned Prograis, here, on this topic. I feel he might be capable to become the undisputed LWW champion. He needs only a bit of good luck (and the fair judging, of course).

Reggie might be #1 SLW. He has to face the winner of Taylor Vs Baranchyck first. Right now Taylor has the better resume now Crawford has exited the division. The gap left by Crawford, in my opinion, has yet to be filled.
Hopefully all the delays and financial insecurities surrounding the WBSS will go away and we can find out who the top dog at SLW is bu the end of the year.
My vote is Josh Taylor, not Prograis.
We will have to wait and see...

If I will pick, I'll go wit Ken Shiro. I just think he's the best at Flyweight after beating Acosta.