Quote Originally Posted by superheavyrhun View Post
OK, since Moore is fighting a warm-up just before Xmas and against Michele Piccirillo for the European title in March, the question of whether or not he'd fight Williams is defunct.

Williams is definitely the dominant force in the division, and I'm not sure there's anyone there that can beat him on his day at the moment. If Moore got offered the fight, I've no doubt he'd take it in the blink of an eye, and he's previously been on the shortlist for a WBC eliminator, and I think he'd have a much better chance against Vernon Forrest, so it may work out better for him in the long run.

However, he needs to get past Piccirillo first, and look at the world belts later in the year. Unfortunately, some people like K-9 get the breaks, and some don't.
I don't think it's fair to say people like Bundrage get all the breaks, he was basically stuck in there to be a patsy for Baysungurov to roll over on his way to a world title shot & instead upset the odds. And as Bilbo says who has Moore fought to really compare with Bundrage's record? Also you have to take into account K-9 this year. He has beaten Ouma, and if you saw the fight with Brewer you would know it was not as simple as your standard loss. It was a split decision, and the knockdown that helped secure Brewer the win on 1 judges card looked a push to a lot of people. It was by no means a straight forward loss. In contrast this year Moore has won both fights, but in the first fought a fairly standard Mexican & in the second a guy with losing record. Ok I can accept part of this may be him not getting the fights he wants, but if he really wanted to further his case he could have chosen to fight someone like Gary Woolcombe or Bradley Pryce who pose a bit of a challenge instead