man you guys have no love for carlos molina dont you? lol... molina at best is the solid number 2 in that division only behind floyd..def would be higher than lara, trout, andrade, or kirkland
you my nikka but....
where's your list?
you think Molina, who got a SD against Ishe could be seen as a clear #2? the Kirkland fight was fukked up, but still, I believe Kirkland was on his way to stopping Molina for one. Two...the corner fukked up, no matter how inadvertent and technical it was. I have seen many fighters get KD at the bell and have count administered and their corners didnt jump in the ring while the count was being administered. What if they purposely did it and thought it would buy Molina more time?
on these lists, I was trying my best to go with winners. Molina is a recent winner but Kirkland has that W over him. Andrade undefeated. Lara been winning against good opposition and has the controversial loss to PWill. Trout is the only one not winning but he lost to the 2 top guys...so that was a judgement call. If I were to omit Trout, I could place Molina in there but below Kirkland. I think Trout beats both of them though.
again, I feel uneasy placing guys ahead of guys who have beaten them already unless its clear that said guys are on the decline, which I dont see that in Kirkland or Trout even. Cotto wouldve been my #6 but after him, I still would put Mundine ahead of Molina. Molina biggest win against the terrible Ishe Smith who lost every step up fight he had (K-9 is no step up
) and even lost to Joel Julio
Outside of that, he beat guys who were coming off losses like Spinks and
Cintron. Mundine did beat R. Alvarez when he was coming off a loss...but that loss was to Trout.
