Imagine you are about to be a boxing promoter and you needed to choose your fighters. Which fighters in each weightclass would you choose? (ONLY ONE PER WEIGHT CLASS to make the decision harder)? Would you choose your fighters based on being the best, bringing in the most money, being a big name, a young up-and-comer, or a seasoned veteran, etc? Also, if you have the time, why you chose each fighter.
MY FIGHTERS (I'll start at Junior Featherweight cause I don't really follow the lower divisions)
Jr. Featherwt - Israel Vasquez (people pay to see exciting fighters)
Featherwt - Jorge Linares (only 21 years old and can only get better)
Jr. Lightwt - Manny Pacquiao (in his physical prime, huge fan-base, and the most fan friendly fighter to watch in a LONG TIME)
Lightwt - Juan Diaz (undefeated and young)
Jr. Welterwt - Ricky Hatton (has a whole country backing him up as well)
Welterwt - Miguel Cotto (another fighter that has his country on his shoulders. also a young hungry fighter. I would choose mayweather but i feel him teasing with retirement and not fighting the rightful opponent would frustrate me as a promoter)
(skipping Jr. Middlewt, pretty dead weight class)
Middlewt - Kelly Pavlik (finally got his name on the map and i would love to be the one representing him after he takes the belts from Taylor)
Super Middlewt - Mikkel Kessler (same reason as Pavlik except taking the title from Calzaghe)
(skipping Lt Heavywt and Cruiserwt)
Heavywt - Vladimir Klitschko (overall the best heavyweight out there)
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