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Quote Originally Posted by killersheep
Quote Originally Posted by CutMeMicK
Quote Originally Posted by killersheep
Everyone knows I am a Jhonny Gonzalez fan, so I am going to make my case for putting him on the top 10
EVEN THOUGH he lost to Vazquez (in a barn-burner where he scored 2 knockdowns and was ahead on the cards)
His previous 3 fights were against well-respected and dangerous fighters

10/29/05 vs Ratanachai Sor Vorapin - Jhonny was the underdog, but just schooled him and got a 7th round TKO

2/25/06 vs. Mark "too sharp" Johnson - Jhonny picked apart the slick Johnson and finally pummeling him into retirement in the 8th round

9/16/06 vs. Fernando Montiel - Jhonny was involved in a chess match with Fernando (who I also consider to be a great boxer) and eventually took a split decision

Upcoming fights

He is taking a quick tune-up fight in February
on 2/9/07 against Alex Baba
and on 3/17/07 will be defending the WBO title that he still holds against Gerry Penalosa
Good post...
CC# for taking the time to post something like that it takes resarch....


But I must say that if you do the same for Fernando Montiel & Martin Castillo the same format applies.
Not really, because Castillo lost to a super young Nobuo Nashiro (who is currently 9-0) and has been inactive since.

And Montiel is going through a 10 month lay-off after losing to Gonzalez, which was his ONLY fight in 2006. I think more p4p emphasis should go on sheer activity, a guy who fights only once a year, shouldn't be on a p4p list.
Nashiro just fought Dec. 2nd and won, the fact that hes 9-0 shouldn't count against Castillo as Nashiro has shown he belongs.

I see what your saying about Montiel, but the reason hes taking that lay-off is due to promotional issues that hes having not because he want's to.
Point being with Castillo is that not only did he lose (on my birthday weekend for those taking notes) back in July, but he has yet to schedule anything else. That is one of the reasons I rate Jhonny higher than Castillo. And regardless of the reasons that Montiel has been inactive, he has been inactive. I don't know how Nobuo has got such big fights so early in his career, but yeah for being 9-0 it is prolly THE most impressive 9-0 in all of boxing.

Boils down to this
Castillo is a great fighter with a solid record, but he just misses the top 10 for me.
Montiel has been to inactive.
Nobuo, has an impressive record, but he has only fought on his home turf (which is pretty common for the lower weight guys)

Gonzalez should just crack the top 10.