The time for taking Chris John as a serious featherweight is over.

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With a loaded division, he continues to fight barely passable opposition. Now it's against Simpiwe Vetyeka on December 6, 2013. At some point in time, we need to stop taking John seriously. That time is now.

Completely disagree. Both Mayweather & Pacquiao have been ducking Vetyeka. As proof of this, you can check any Mayweather or Pacquiao interview and I'll bet you any money you'll never hear either of them even mention his name. John is taking on a feared fighter.

Yes because Mayweather has been jumping at the bit to fight dangerous fighters in their prime out of his home country. Talk about double standards

Listen say what you want about Rios, Guerrero and Ortiz in terms of quality as opponents, but John's been really stretching it with his last half dozen opponents. He hasn't fought a top ten opponent since Yordan, if you considered him at that time a top ten fighter.

I think you are being a bit generous. You have to go back to Juarez. Johns an odd duck. I think he has like a real belief in karma or something. He pays Marquez peanuts to fight him at a parking lot and loads the deck against him and claims to be the best feather in the world. They decide to travel Stateside finally and showcase against Juarez only Rocky neglects to read the script. He manages a draw in a fight many thought he lost and then managed a win. I guess that left him with a bad taste in his mouth so he decided to snail back up and stay near home and finish his career in mediocrity.