The most mediocre world champion of the last ten years...

[TheBranMan]

difference is Bradley's beaten Holt, and was schooling Campbell until the headbutt

Great. What's Holt ever done? Headbutted Torres to defeat. That's literally it.

What does Nate Campbell have in his arsenal that makes beating him seem such a great achievement? Especially at 140?

All Campbell has is a surprise close win over Juan Diaz - who again has a history of being in very close fights against mediocre - but marketable fighters.

Holt also has wins over the bum that is David Diaz (if he's considered a "big win" for Manny why not for the first guy to do it), Hlatshwayo (a good solid fighter), Arnaoutis (need i say more? lol), and D-Hop

as for Campbell, did you forget that he also beat Ali Funeka? the same Funeka he dropped like a bag of bricks twice, and the same Funeka that basically dominated the undefeated Joan Guzman, and possibly the #1 or #2 guy at 135 now that Marquez has evidently left lightweight, don't try to change history cause come fight night most people had Campbell on their p4p lists and viewed the fight as a 50/50 fight, and IMO if it weren't for the headbutt Bradley still would have stopped him late

Agreed. I've purposefully tried to stay out of this thread, but people are starting to question Bradley, Campbell, Juan Diaz... I need to step in now. You can make any fighter sound bad if you try hard enough. Hell, I could say that all of Manny Pacquiao's big wins come off fighters who were either past their prime, or coming off recent losses. Hell, even Floyd Mayweather only seems to fight against boxers that are either smaller or slower than him... see what I mean people?

If the point of this thread was to prove that Kotelnik isn't mediocre, sorry but you've failed. If you think really hard, sure, you can find worse champions, but I don't think Kotelnik will ever go down as anything special in boxing history... mmmm.... mediocrity.
BTW, Maidana won their fight easily. That was a complete robbery in my eyes.

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Great. What's Holt ever done? Headbutted Torres to defeat. That's literally it.

What does Nate Campbell have in his arsenal that makes beating him seem such a great achievement? Especially at 140?

All Campbell has is a surprise close win over Juan Diaz - who again has a history of being in very close fights against mediocre - but marketable fighters.

Holt also has wins over the bum that is David Diaz (if he's considered a "big win" for Manny why not for the first guy to do it), Hlatshwayo (a good solid fighter), Arnaoutis (need i say more? lol), and D-Hop

as for Campbell, did you forget that he also beat Ali Funeka? the same Funeka he dropped like a bag of bricks twice, and the same Funeka that basically dominated the undefeated Joan Guzman, and possibly the #1 or #2 guy at 135 now that Marquez has evidently left lightweight, don't try to change history cause come fight night most people had Campbell on their p4p lists and viewed the fight as a 50/50 fight, and IMO if it weren't for the headbutt Bradley still would have stopped him late

Agreed. I've purposefully tried to stay out of this thread, but people are starting to question Bradley, Campbell, Juan Diaz... I need to step in now. You can make any fighter sound bad if you try hard enough. Hell, I could say that all of Manny Pacquiao's big wins come off fighters who were either past their prime, or coming off recent losses. Hell, even Floyd Mayweather only seems to fight against boxers that are either smaller or slower than him... see what I mean people?

If the point of this thread was to prove that Kotelnik isn't mediocre, sorry but you've failed. If you think really hard, sure, you can find worse champions, but I don't think Kotelnik will ever go down as anything special in boxing history... mmmm.... mediocrity.
BTW, Maidana won their fight easily. That was a complete robbery in my eyes.

No it wasn't to show that Kotelnik wasn't mediocre. The point was to give your lost of ten of the worst world champions over the last 10 years. Only Mick has done that.

I'm not even saying Kotelnik isn't mediocre. I'm saying that he's probably on par with the people who've been mentioned as credible opponents for Khan. Turns out, post fight that the Kotelnik win didn't really mean much. My point is, a win over Holt, D-Hop, Maidana, Even Campbell at 140, Paulie et al would mean as little as the win over Kotelnik, once the dust has settled.