Bored as S***, home for holidays, tried to figure out what a pound for pound list for the little guys would look like. I know most people don't care about the lower weights but some of the best fights are at these weight classes and there are some very good fighters. Two of them, Marquez and maybe Lorenzo Parra, I'd include on a regular pound for pound list. Problem is some of the Asian fighters I've either never seen or not seen much of, but I guess you have to include them. Any way, I know not many will care (actually I can think of the few that will) but here's a list. If anybody else has got some input go right ahead.
1)Rafael Marquez: Great fighter, top ten P4P on a regular P4P list, clearly the best at 118 and I think at 122 too
2)Lorenzo Parra: Another great fighter, on my regular P4P list.
3)Ivan Calderon: Maybe hasn't fought the best fighters but a great fighter, maybe top five in skills overall
4)Israel Vazquez: Really gotten better, good wins over Gonzalez and Larios
5)Jorge Arce: I'm sure some people would have him higher on this list but, whether its his fault or not, he hasn't been fighting the best lately. He could easily be as high as number 3 on this list.
6)Vic Darchinyan: Might have him a little high, but still a good fighter.
7)Masamori Tokuyama: Haven't seen him but one time, but a good fighter, wins over Navarro, Kawashima, Penalosa and Kirilov although for all I know some of those might not have been good decisions.
Hozumi Hasagawa: Only seen him on youtube. Looks real good though, very fast, beat Sahaprom twice
9)Eagle Kyowa: Again, haven't seen him all that much, beat Mayol who I thought was pretty good, apparently barely got by a guy who he should have handled fairly easily last time.
10)Martin Castillo: Didn't know who to put here, thought about Caballero. Don't know if he was looking past Nashiro, or if Nashiro's just that good. Good fighter though, looked great against Morel and the first Munoz fight, not so great the second Munoz fight and then lost to Nashiro so I guess this could be a reach.
Honorable Mention
Celestino Caballero
Pongsalek Wonjogknam
Roberto Vazquez
Nobuo Nashiro: I know he beat Castillo but I have a hard time putting a 9-0 guy on a P4P list, don't know if it was a fluke or not
Jose Navarro
Luis Perez
Dimitri Kirilov
Silence Mabuza
Fernando Montiel
Ricardo Cordoba
Wladimir Sidorenko
Ponce de Leon
Munoz
Jhonny Gonzalez
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