Peter Quillin has looked very raw in his ascension which is pretty much par for the course considering he only had a couple years of amateur experience and behind his speed, power and tenAacity there is no well polished skillset and he was very rough around the edges in the Dinisio Miranda fight and badly hurt at times. I don't know what the deal is with him not having a fight since September with nothing scheduled but he has got some good rounds in.

Raul Martinez, Killersheep's guy, was Nonito Donaire's last opponent, he lost in 4.


Abner Mares is still there, he just split with Nacho Bernstein, you would think you would see and hear about someone like Mares a little more then we have in the past year.

Povetkin has looked very good so far and the skepticism has just been about his size and we'll see how he fares against Wlad, should let us know where he stands, if he's a cut above the Sultan and Ruslans of the division.

Anthony Hanshaw was a popular pick after his Showtime 168 tournament bout I'm sure that most people took those picks back after seeing him against Mendy. He gave admirable showings in the Jones and Dirrell bouts but it's clear he's not going to be a champion in a loaded division.

Barry Hunter has big plans for both of the Petersons and is making sure they see everything before moving up but at some point you have to test them. I would have loved to see Lamont fight Kendall Holt like it was talked about that would have springboarded him, instead Holt struggles with D-Hop and loses to Bradley, it wouldn't have been to much for Lamont imo.

Credit to OumaFan for spotting Timothy Bradley as something, I was never impressed with him before the Witter bout and I had seen him around but he has made himself into a champion though I think the question remains on just how good he is.

Reports have Tyrone Brunson being totally exposed in his last outing.

I still haven't given up on Chazz Witherspoon and what he has left will be measured by Carl Davis Drummond next whom I think he has the ability to beat. He performed with great heart in the Arreola fight and you can call me crazy but I think he would have had some more spots of success in that bout if he stuck behind his jab like he did early. Probably not a world beater but definitely not a bum either, I don't think.

Andre Ward is performing pretty much EXACTLY how I expected him to and when his competition grows so will his stature because he has the skills.

Antonio Johnson just lost to the guy I had next on my list of prospects Francisco Santana. Just to much inactivity for Johnson in the ring as he has spent most of the past 3 years in the camps of other fighters as a sparring partner. Santana had a controversial loss to Karim Mayfield in a very good fight and had some time taken away from him when he busted his eardrum training for the fight with Johnson.

Katsidis is always fun to watch but he's no worldbeater.

Juan Manuel Lopez is all there, I can't wait for everyone of his fights.