thing is he still had options at 140, he could rematch Matthysse, Herrera, or Peterson, or he could fight Provodnikov, Crawford, Vargas, Barthelamy, or Figueroa Jr (who just had a big W against Burns)

so 140 is pretty stacked, although welter is getting along and filling up with good names, all things considered fighting Malignaggi as your debut at the weight class isn't the worst fight you could take (Porter smashed him but Malignaggi put Broner through hell), but in no way is it the toughest fight in the division