Khan v Kotelnik - the PPV dilemma

Vintagekits

Tyson Fury, Danny McIntosh and Nathan Cleverley free on ITV4 with an additional smattering of Ukrainian boxing on Eurosports;

or

Khan v Kotelnik on SKY PPV for £15 (21 yos).

colly10

Vintagekits wrote: »

Tyson Fury, Danny McIntosh and Nathan Cleverley free on ITV4 with an additional smattering of Ukrainian boxing on Eurosports;

or

Khan v Kotelnik on SKY PPV for £15 (21 yos).

No option for neither? Id like to watch Khan but he's not a big enough draw outside the UK to justify PPV, i can't imagine the figures would be good.
Don't have ITV4 so thats out the window, wouldn't have alot of interest in Fury anyway, would only watch it if flicking through

unknown13

Both

SKY because the card is pritty good

f1dan

SKY PPV

colly10 wrote: »

Don't have ITV4 so thats out the window

If you have sky it's fairly easy to tune in.

Go to services, system setup, add channels

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gary nevillevil

Where's the option for watching Online?

walshb

To be honest, love him or hate him, he is damn watchable.
I have ITV4, and I will watch bits, but I will pay to
watch Khan and his bout will be the main attraction for me.

Thanks for the heads up on the other fights on the other stations!

Great night ahead. You just cannot beat a good fight night.
Of all the sports there are, and I do follow a lot, the
fight nights when there are exciting bouts, beats them all!

BTW, is boards.ie damn slow lately or is it just me?

Big Ears

SKY PPV

I have the tv and the laptop on at the same time and I'll pick whichever fights seem to be better or interest me more.

However if you were to weigh up each option.
Kotelnik v Khan-WBA Light-Welterweight title
Matthew Hall v Anthony Small-British and Commonwealth Light-Middleweight titles
Enzo Maccarinelli v Denis Ledebev-WBO Inter-bollocks title
Kell Brook v Michael Lomax-British Welterweight title

Also Kevin Mitchell, Paul Smith, Frankie Gavin, Billy Joe Saunders and James Degale fighting, although I seriously doubt Sky will show all that.

Then it is probably better value than:
ITV4-
Nathan Cleverly v Danny McIntosh-British and Commonwealth Light-Heavyweight titles
Tyson Fury v Aleksandrs Selezens
John Thaxton v Tom Glover
Andy Murray v Adam Kelly
and possibly(if there's a few knockouts) some of Steve O'Meara v Lee Noble or Lee Purdy v Kevin McCauley.

This is combined of course with Eurosport.
Vyachelsav Uzelkov(WBA #2 Light-Heavy) v Istvan Varga
Avtandil Khurtsidze(WBA #4) v Jamel Bahki-WBA Inter-Bauble Middleweight title.
Valery Brazhnik v TBA

Uzelkov is the one to look out for on this card, he's already knocked out the WBA champ at the weight(Campillo) in 6 rounds and he also has beaten Lakatos.

However as you can see the Sky bill is the one to watch, but that's if you don't factor in the €20+. Depends really how much you value your €20, the main event on the ITV4 bill should be very good but the rest of the action may be a bit uncompetitive on both the Eurosport and ITV bills and leave something to be desired in the excitement stakes.

The fights to watch are:
1.Khan v Kotelnik, probably won't be the most exciting fight but it has the most hype and most interest. Essentially it's the 'big fight' and will bring big fight excitement even if the fight itself is a let down.

2. Hall v Small, should be a barn burner, both possess good power and chins which have shown some vunerability. Hall is aggressive and pressures other fighters, Small leaps in with shots which are dangerous but leave him open. One of them should be getting knocked out, with may see a few knockdowns in this.

3.McIntosh v Cleverly, Cleverly is more rounded and has got to be the favourite but this should be his toughest test to date and it could turn into a real scrap.

damox1

Hi Guys,

What time will Khan & Kotelnik enter the ring?

The Davestator

f1dan wrote: »

If you have sky it's fairly easy to tune in.

Go to services, system setup, add channels

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thanks for that but what number does the station come on because I cant find ITV etc even though i've added the channels?

The Davestator

it's ok, brain freeze over. found them!

Reckon I'll pay to see Khan (hopefully get beaten)

Vintagekits

Both

Aaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!! folded like a biatch and got the PPV!

Big Ears

SKY PPV

Vintagekits wrote: »

Aaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!! folded like a biatch and got the PPV!

Knew you would

Bit of bad news though, it looks like you mightn't get anything more than highlights of Maccarinelli v Lebedev and Brook v Lomax if you get them at all.

I've not idea why they can't show them in full after the Khan fight, the excuse of running out of time is bull**** when Sky Box Office is concerned, there's nothing else going to be on the channel so they should just ****ing show it.
Then again with the way Sky operate they probably get some sick sense of pleasure out of feeling they're ripping people off.

syngindub

so what time is the Khan fight starting at?

mark renton

Anyone gotta stream link?

nacho libre

http://www.p2pstation.net/

sorry. it's changed from boxing to soccer):

try this one:
http://www.justin.tv/vip_boxing_4/old

mark renton

http://www.justin.tv/interimchamp/old

seems to work for me

I miss my dodgy box

JonathanAnon

That stream works good for me. Any one like to take a punt on the number of rounds.?

alanceltic

iv been watchin this stream which is holding up VERY well

http://www.justin.tv/vip_boxing_4/old

cant believe kontelnik is 15-1 to win on points,,,,, value bet lets see if i can score another soft touch after calling dunnes KO last time out!

horsebox09

john47832 wrote: »

http://www.justin.tv/interimchamp/old

seems to work for me

I miss my dodgy box

new versions of the dodgy box are out i got one last week!

mark renton

JonathanAnon wrote: »

That stream works good for me. Any one like to take a punt on the number of rounds.?

I backed Khan to win rounds 4-6 at 5/1

Big Ears

SKY PPV

alanceltic wrote: »

iv been watchin this stream which is holding up VERY well

http://www.justin.tv/vip_boxing_4/old

cant believe kontelnik is 15-1 to win on points,,,,, value bet lets see if i can score another soft touch after calling dunnes KO last time out!

Kotelnik on points is an awful bet, if Kotelnik is doing enough to win rounds(6/7 minimum) it means he's landing on Amir. If he's doing that, then he's going to knock him out.

Kess73

Big Ears wrote: »

Kotelnik on points is an awful bet, if Kotelnik is doing enough to win rounds(6/7 minimum) it means he's landing on Amir. If he's doing that, then he's going to knock him out.

Have to agree with that. One way or another this fight will end in a stoppage. Most likely in favour of Khan, but not long now to wait to find out.

Big Ears

SKY PPV

Kess73 wrote: »

Have to agree with that. One way or another this fight will end in a stoppage. Most likely in favour of Khan, but not long now to wait to find out.

From the looks of it Khan wide on points followed by Khan late stoppage are the most likely results.

Khan's boxing brilliant here and his chin is holding up well.

mark renton

Cant see the fight very clerly - is Khan really that far ahead - sky commentators have been know to be a little biased

Big Ears

SKY PPV

john47832 wrote: »

Cant see the fight very clerly - is Khan really that far ahead - sky commentators have been know to be a little biased

I reckon he is, there's 2 rounds you maybe could have given to Kotelnik(from the view in my ****ty stream) but they've probably gone to Khan.

Kess73

Big Ears wrote: »

From the looks of it Khan wide on points followed by Khan late stoppage are the most likely results.

Khan's boxing brilliant here and his chin is holding up well.

I have to say that the commentators always manage to really annoy me with their overhyping of Khan.



He has looked good tonight and looks on course for the win, but he has shown signs that if he were in with a higher class of fighter that he could be caught quite badly. But at least tonight he is in against a live fighter, and not a total walkover like some of his opponents in the past.


Kotelnik is still in it though, and I am curious to see if his gameplan changes if this goes to the last round as it is starting to look like it will.

Seperate

Kahn's getting caught a bit now, his defence isn't what it was in the first 5 or 6 rounds. He doesn't look strong enough to end the fight early.

He's comfortable on points, Kotelnik will need to chase the KO, which probably plays into Kahns hands.

Kess73

well that's it then. The gits had to prove me wrong and go the distance.

Big Ears

SKY PPV

Excellent display from Khan, he still has huge flaws, he still looks like he'd be easily dealt with by the top boys but he's done fantastic to grab a version of the World title against a real solid operator.

Kess73

Big Ears wrote: »

Excellent display from Khan, he still has huge flaws, he still looks like he'd be easily dealt with by the top boys but he's done fantastic to grab a version of the World title against a real solid operator.

That is a fair call on tonight. He will look great to a certain level, but also looks as though he would be dispatched with aplomb by the division's best.

I have switched it off now though because I really cannot be listening to the media going on as if he is the second coming.

geurrp the yard

Kess73 wrote: »

I have switched it off now though because I really cannot be listening to the media going on as if he is the second coming.

He's british, what do you expect?

Khans fitness was unreal tonight. Alot of that has to do with freddie roach. Chin held up well. Wonder whats the odds of a hatton v khan match happening. Id say hatton would be to powerful for him.

alanceltic

Big Ears wrote: »

Kotelnik on points is an awful bet,

Well it turned out that way, I was rekoning it would be a close fight and that the judges would give any close rounds in favour of the champ..... i didnt bank on khan spending the entire 12 rounds on his bike and that made for a bad fight from the comfort of my armchair, really exected more from kontelnik

gary nevillevil

Well great night of boxing all-round, But was very sad for poor Maccarinelli maybe thats it for him!
Cleverly looked great in beaten the "showboat" McIntosh tonight.
All in all some great fights and well done to Khan super performance from him against a good fighter in Kotelink....

...I'm hoping for Khan V Hatton in the not to distant future.

walshb

geurrp the yard wrote: »

He's british, what do you expect?

Khans fitness was unreal tonight. Alot of that has to do with freddie roach. Chin held up well. Wonder whats the odds of a hatton v khan match happening. Id say hatton would be to powerful for him.

Khan boxed superbly against a less than impressive world champion.
Khan did what he had to, stuck to the plan and executed it well.

BTW, Hatton hasn't a hope of beating Khan, he's washed up and past it.
And god forbid if he somehow did, Khan should hang his gloves up in shame

Kotelnik really had little to offer and the punch stats say this.
He just wasn't throwing the shots. Khan still looks very ordinary
and vulnerable when he is ATTACKED. He lacks that real composure
and versatility, but what a display of fitness and punching and moving.
Really really impressive; but again, Kotelnik juts didn't seem like
a world beater to me.

Kess73

geurrp the yard wrote: »

He's british, what do you expect?

Khans fitness was unreal tonight. Alot of that has to do with freddie roach. Chin held up well. Wonder whats the odds of a hatton v khan match happening. Id say hatton would be to powerful for him.

Well I expect not to have my intelligence insulted with Kotelnik being called world class and that he was a top tier fighter. I don't expect to have to listen to Khan's defensive work being called world class and being expected to believe it was amazing.


I understand it was the British media hyping up a British fighter in the manner they do so that they can be there for the fall, which will happen in style if Khan goes in against the genuine world class fighters in the division. But even the "Khan, the man who would be king" bit that was flashing up on screen between rounds was a bit much.


It is like the lucky bag commentary over here when Dunne or Andy Lee are fighting. Cringeworthy stuff.


Khan won, and he was well worth the win. There is no doubt on that, but the relentless hype and need to crown him as the best out there bugs me. I know it is the hype maching of the modern game, and it is there for the idiots for like to jump on a winning bandwagon rather than genuine fight fans, but that does not mean I have to like it.

Kess73

walshb wrote: »

Khan boxed superb;y against a less than impressive world champion.
Khan did what he had to, stuck to the plan and executed it well.

BTW, Hatton hasn't a hope of beating Khan, he's washed up and past it.
And god forbid if he somehow did, Khan should hang his glves up in shame

Kotelnik really had little to offer and the punch stats say this.
He just wasn't throwing the shots. Khan still looks very ordinary
and vulnerable when he is ATTACKED. He lacks that real composure
and versatility, but what a display of fitness and punching and moving.
Really really impressive; but again, Kotelnik juts didn't seem like
a world beater to me.

I actually think that a motivated and fit Hatton can beat Khan. But it would need to take place in the next 12 months and no later if Hatton is to have a chance.

triv88

Kess73 wrote: »

if Khan goes in against the genuine world class fighters in the division.

.

How long would khan be able to avoid fighting one of "the big dogs"?

walshb

Well, here's a breakdown of the boys at 140 lbs.

Nothing special and Khan can out box any of them, but can he survive their
assaults?

If I were told that Khan boxed all and all fights went the full route, I would bet that Khan was the victor. The guy is so difficult to outbox.

I think he's still too young and hasn't matured enough to be the best here.
Also, remove Hatton altogether I would say.

Look at where Kotelnik is rated? So, Khan did obliterate him and that
does elevate him. These are July 1st ratings form Eastside.

1. Manny Pacquiao
2. Timothy Bradley
3. Nate Campbell
4. Marcos Maidana
5. Andreas Kotelnik
6. Joan Guzman
7. Junior Witter
8. Ricky Hatton
9. Kendall Holt
10. Lamont Peterson
11. Devon Alexander
12. Juan Urango
13. Ricardo Torres
14. Randall Bailey
15. Victor Ortiz

Kess73

walshb wrote: »

Well, here's a breakdown of the boys at 140 lbs.

Nothing special and Khan can out box any of them, but can he survive their
assaults?

If I were told that Khan boxed all and all fights went the full route, I would bet that Khan was the victor. The guy is so difficult to outbox.

I think he's still too young and hasn't matured enough to be the best here.
Also, remove Hatton altogether I would say.

Look at where Kotelnik is rated? So, Khan did obliterate him and that
does elevate him. These are July 1st ratings form Eastside.

1. Manny Pacquiao
2. Timothy Bradley
3. Nate Campbell
4. Marcos Maidana
5. Andreas Kotelnik
6. Joan Guzman
7. Junior Witter
8. Ricky Hatton
9. Kendall Holt
10. Lamont Peterson
11. Devon Alexander
12. Juan Urango
13. Ricardo Torres
14. Randall Bailey
15. Victor Ortiz

The top three stop him for sure in my eyes. Would be interesting if he fought the winner of next month's Campbell/Bradley bout in terms of finding out how good he actually is.

I think Ricardo Torres would have too much power as well as having a good defense and good footwork.


I would also fancy Witter against him, and as I already said, a fit and motivated Hatton would have a decent chance aganst him.

I would love to see him in with Urango, as he is durable with power. Would either be a case of Khan winning by a massive points margin, or Urango sparking him, but I would enjoy the contrasts.


Maidana, Guzman, Holt, and Ortiz, I would expect Khan to outpoint.



Peterson, Alexander, and Bailey I have not seen enough times to make a reasonable comment on, but looking at their records and who they have fought against, I think I would favour Khan.



So of the 15, he has beaten one, I reckon four would stop him, three would have varying chances of beating him, and the remaining seven he should beat. All imho of course.

T-K-O

Khan as always looks good in the attack but you still worry for the guy when the opponent goes after him. Kotlenik was the perfect foil for Khan he hardly threw a punch and most definitely is not top tier - but a good win non the less.

Skysports are brutal as boxing - the commentators are a joke. Khan takes a love tap on the chin and according to them "he has answer the questions on his chin" :rolleyes:

Skysports - boxing = vomit.

Didn't see Enzo fighthing but saw a picture of his eye - WOW this guys career is in the ****ter. Big fan of Enzo but he has lost it since the Haye defeat.

The Hall V Small fight was pretty good aswell.

shamblertine

Kess73 wrote: »

Khan won, and he was well worth the win. There is no doubt on that, but the relentless hype and need to crown him as the best out there bugs me.

Why shouldn't he be hyped? He's won an olympic medal and a world title at the age of 22. How many other prospects out there have those credentials?

Vintagekits

Both

shamblertine wrote: »

Why shouldn't he be hyped? He's won an olympic medal and a world title at the age of 22. How many other prospects out there have those credentials?

I'll tell ya why - because he has been cynically matched with blown up featherweights and slow vetern "legends" that Khan could keep away from.

The only live boxing that he has faced was Prescott, who actually turned out to be quite limited - cant remember what happened in that fight.

Now he will drop the WBA title instead of defending it against Maidana - cant think why because Kotelnik just beat Maidana so why wouldnt Khan!

walshb

Look, Khan will have to face real quality at some stage, he will!
The Khan bashing here is a joke, he's 22 and has just beat
a world champion, not the best by a stretch, but a guy who
to date is his best opponent. He thorougly beat him and within
18 months, Khan will either still be a world beater or he will have met quality. Till then, relax and enjoy the possible tasty fights that could materialise.

Okay, who the hell would you guys like to see Khan face for his
next three fights? What three men would satisfy you?

Vintagekits

Both

walshb wrote: »

Look, Khan will have to face real quality at some stage, he will!
The Khan bashing here is a joke, he's 22 and has just beat
a world champion, not the best by a stretch, but a guy who
to date is his best opponent. He thorougly beat him and within
18 months, Khan will either still be a world beater or he will have met quality. Till then, relax and enjoy the possible tasty fights that could materialise.

Okay, who the hell would you guys like to see Khan face for his
next three fights? What three men would satisfy you?

easy wan B!

at LWW

Maidana
Campbell
Hatton

at LW

Murray
Valero
JMM

Big Ears

SKY PPV

I'd take any 3 from:
Maidana
Torres
Holdt
Alvarado
Ortiz
Bradley v Campbell winner
Witter v Alexander winner
Urango v Bailey winner

or of course Pacquiao, hell if he was going to fight Pacquiao I wouldn't mind him fighting Eric Crumble twice first. But obviously you can't expect him to fight Pac.

The other 8 however, if Khan wants to prove he really belongs in that top 10, they're the guys he's got to beat.

walshb

Big Ears wrote: »

I'd take any 3 from:
Maidana
Torres
Holdt
Alvarado
Ortiz
Bradley v Campbell winner
Witter v Alexander winner
Urango v Bailey winner

or of course Pacquiao, hell if he was going to fight Pacquiao I wouldn't mind him fighting Eric Crumble twice first. But obviously you can't expect him to fight Pac.

The other 8 however, if Khan wants to prove he really belongs in that top 10, they're the guys he's got to beat.

Indeed, an let's wait and see. That's all I was saying. Remember, Kotelnik was rated top 5 according to the Ring, wasn't he?

So, Khan is 22 and I think he's done at 135 lbs and we should see him meet
top ten names from here on in at 140 lbs.

If he wants to hold onto the belt, he will be forced at some stage
to meet these top names.

BTW, he hasn't ruled out meeting Hatton, though Warren did sy it
right when he siad that, "That wouldn't be good for boxing," and that "Hatton
should retire."

Vintagekits

Both

walshb wrote: »

Indeed, an let's wait and see. That's all I was saying. Remember, Kotelnik was rated top 5 according to the Ring, wasn't he?

So, Khan is 22 and I think he's done at 135 lbs and we should see him meet
top ten names from here on in at 140 lbs.

If he wants to hold onto the belt, he will be forced at some stage
to meet these top names.

BTW, he hasn't ruled out meeting Hatton, though Warren did sy it
right when he siad that, "That wouldn't be good for boxing," and that "Hatton
should retire."

the thing is he wont hold onto the belt because he would have to face Maidana.

walshb

Vintagekits wrote: »

the thing is he wont hold onto the belt because he would have to face Maidana.

You seem to be know this for certain?

How can you be sure. It's not even 24 hrs since the win. Is
Maidana the mandatory opponent?

This is what I mean, let's at least wait and see.
Khan is a class fighter with vulnerabilities and he
will be tested and either he will pass the test or he
will be found out.

Big Ears

SKY PPV

walshb wrote: »

Indeed, an let's wait and see. That's all I was saying. Remember, Kotelnik was rated top 5 according to the Ring, wasn't he?

So, Khan is 22 and I think he's done at 135 lbs and we should see him meet
top ten names from here on in at 140 lbs.

If he wants to hold onto the belt, he will be forced at some stage
to meet these top names.

BTW, he hasn't ruled out meeting Hatton, though Warren did sy it
right when he siad that, "That wouldn't be good for boxing," and that "Hatton
should retire."

Kotelnik was #5 and he deserved that ranking too.
But Kotelnik suited Khan perfectly style wise, that's not to take anything away from Amir. I didn't expect him to beat a fighter of that calibre no matter what style.

His chin seems to have improved from the move up in weight, Roach has obviously strengthened his legs, probably his neck somewhat and of course being less dehydrated are all things which can improve punch resistance. His defence has improved ten fold and that's the one thing Khan needed most.

One improvement which really impressed me was Khan's footwork, Khan's always had great footspeed but his footwork(despite a lot of people praising it) has been awful. He used to go in and out in straight lines. That made him so much easier to tag, and especially to counter.

Now he uses his feet really well, lots of lateral movement and gets in and out real quick and darts away again, his awareness of where he is in the ring too is very good. He rarely gets trapped in a corner or on the ropes.
Freddie also has thought him how to spoil correctly and when to spoil aswell, vital tools even if they seem a small thing.

The thing with Khan's footwork however is he has to expend a lot more energy than his opponent. While his stamina is good, and he doesn't waste as many shots as he used, he probably covered twice the distance that Kotelnik did last night. That's probably why he was so tired in the 11th and 12th round and I'd be quite worried about those last two rounds if I were Freddie Roach.

A bigger puncher certainly could of got to him in those rounds, because that's when Kotelnik was really getting through to body and head and at times Khan did stupid things like drop his hands and lean all the way back to avoid a punch. If he got caught like that he'd have met the canvas. There were other times during the fight where Khan made stupid little mistakes when Freddie needs to work on.

One big problem for Kotelnik was that he was the one who had to come forward and try and force the fight. That's not his game at all, he's a counter puncher with a tight guard and defence. Offensively he's not a great fighter though and being forced to make the fight was awkward for him and he wasn't too sure how to go about his task.

Most of the guys I mentioned know how to come forward, a guy like maidana it's all he'll want to do and although he and Kotelnik are similar in level Maidana is much better at coming forward and due to his power is a much tougher proposition for Khan. Maidana does have a dodgy defence though and he's shown he can struggle somewhat with speed and if there's one guy on my list I think Khan could knock out it's him. But it'd be an exciting great fight.

However I've heard rumours already that Warren wants to drop the WBA belt before fighting Maidana and I could just imagine it now 'Khan's beat Kotelnik, Kotelnik beat Maidana, what's the point in the fight, it'd only be going backwads'.

I'd like Hatton to have one more fight(one strongly in his favour) and get out of the sport with a win. I wouldn't recommend Hatton fighting on and hence I'm not putting him in the list.

If Warren has Khan fighting Miguel Vasquez next though, I might just have to do a Terry Marsh.

walshb

Big, perfect assessment of Khan and I agree with every word on your breakdown of his performance. Major improvements and areas that are vulnerable. The stamina is top notch and anyone who has boxed will tell you that moving and punching is the hardest of all and takes serious legs
and stamina.

Maidan beat Ortiz recently who didn't look great and neither of them are a patch on Khan skill wise or boxing wise and if Khan boxes clever, he beats Maidan easily. Yes, the power is still an issue for Khan, but I saw real improvemnets and maturity and if he improves a bit on the inside, he will
go even further.

Saying everything, there was just something that was seriously lacking
with Kotelnik and if that is what is considered a world beater, then boxing is suffering. The worlds best aint what they used to be

Big Ears

SKY PPV

walshb wrote: »

Saying everything, there was just something that was seriously lacking
with Kotelnik and if that is what is considered a world beater, then boxing is suffering. The worlds best aint what they used to be

Kotelnik was made the look a lot worse that he is because Khan forced him into coming forward. He looks a much better fighter if he's allowed to fight on the back foot and counter.

But you know yourself he's not a World beater. I said he deserved his rank, and he did for the results he's gotten. But in terms of how good a fighter is he's not really top 5 at the weight.

Things Mightn't be what they used to be and it's a lot easier to call yourself a World Champion but how fantastic is the #1 at the weight ?

Manny Pacquiao
Ricky Hatton
Tim Bradley
Ricardo Torres
kendall Holt
Junior Witter
Juan Diaz
Nate Campbell
Juan Urango
Lamont Peterson
Marcos Maidana
Randall Bailey
Paul Malignaggi
Demetrius Hopkins
Devon Alexander
Victor Ortiz
Mike Alvarado
Paul McCloskey
Herman Ngoudjo
Sirimongkol Singwancha
Ionat Dan Ion
Denis Shafikov
Victor Caya
Cesar Cuenca
Ajose Olusegun

That's a list(in specific order) of the top guys in the division other than Khan and Kotelnik.
I'd certainly see quite a lot of them beating Kotelnik and from that you can see it's a reasonably deep division.

It's just when you've 6+ belts floating around it makes things seems a bit worse. Currently at this weight you have WBC(Witter v Alexander), WBO(Bradley), WBO interim(Peterson), WBA(Khan), WBA interim(Maidana), IBF(Urango), IBO and Ring(Pacquiao).

I suppose you could say this division has a lot of good fighters but only one great fighter, and he mightn't even stay at the weight. It shows that there's opportunities for our own Paul McCloskey out there. He should be European champion come September.