I think in my last list,I had Kelly at 10 anyway,but some thought that was too high.In hindsight,I can agree with them.I don't think a win would move him any higher although,strangley,it does show us what Kelly would be like at 168,because JT is a 168 pounder after this fight,win lose or draw I think.
Calderon has to be on all P4P lists. He is THE definition of a P4P fighter,dominating 1 weight class,and moving up and fighting the best of the next weight class in his first fight. NOT skimming divisions or scraping the barrell with opponents,hand picking them. Even esquer,is a tough opponent.
All top 5 have these names in some order: Floyd,Manny,JMM,JC and B Hop. After that,for the next 5,these are the names which imo should be mentioned or are contenders for the next place:
Cotto
Calderon
Pavlik
Rafa
Vazquez(the winner of their fight will prob be number 5)
J Diaz(he has the weakest argument thus far because of a lack of big wins,lots of decent to good ones)
Winky Wright
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