Quote Originally Posted by SecondRoundKO
I haven't seen the Rosario fight, but still, he only fought a couple fighs and putting him over fighters like Carter, Jack, Ambers, even Castillo doesn't sit well with me.
To start of with, you got to try and see Chavez/Rosario, IMO the Greatest one sided fight you could ever see. And if you do watch it, try to remember that Rosario's 7/8 year old son, watched the entire fight from ringside.

Anyway, back to your excellent point. There is no doubt the likes of Carter, Jack, Ambers and Castillo all have superb long term pedigree's at Lightweight; and nine times out of ten, I would be arguing with you, that a fighter with six fights in the division, perhaps should not be rated above the fighters you have mentioned.

But usually in boxing there are one or two fighters in a particular era who are that good, they break down the sound logic that a grizzled veteran like Beau Jack should be rated above any fighter who has had half dozen bouts at Lightweight. IMO Chavez in 85 though to 89 was that good; and from 87 though to 89, Chavez was that good as a Lightweight, thus he has a top 10 ranking, despite only having six fights at the division.