Like most people, I'd love to see the action pick up between the top welters. Right now if forced to put the top six welters in any kind of order, I'd put...
Spence Jr. and Crawford at the top, since they're unbeaten and you can't argue with that. Thurman has victories over both Garcia and Porter, so he'd be a close third. But then there's Pacquiao, the old man in the group, with more career accomplishments than any of them, so he's pretty close in that regard. That leaves Porter and Garcia and, although I very much dislike Porter's boxing style and love Garcia's, the head-to-head here goes to Porter. So right now my order would be:
1. Spence Jr.
1a. Crawford
2. Pacquiao (in the time it took to write this I changed my mind about the order)
2a. Thurman
3. Porter
4. Garcia
Having said this, I can see why Garcia is irked about his perceived lack of respect. I rank Spence and Crawford at the top also because of their sheer talent. But I also do it grudgingly because both have serious arguments "against". Spence needs to step up his competition. When the biggest names on your record are a damaged Kell Brook and a totally undersized Mikey Garcia, you've got a lot catching up to do. At some point patience will start wearing thin, and fans will want something other than raw talent. Crawford is a relative newcomer to welter and although he's faced bigger names than Spence's, they've all been at the lower weights.
Thurman's probably got more welter bragging rights than either Spence or Crawford, but based on his last outing and huge layoff before that, there's no way I can put him at the top. Meanwhile there's Pac Man, who at this point I think can beat Thurman. Finally, someone's got to bring up the rear in the "Big Six". Unfortunately that's got to be Danny, who lost to both Thurman AND Porter. But they were close fights.... no wonder he's pissed.
In any case, these guys can't continue avoiding one another. There's plenty of fights to be made among them.


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