Comments Thread For: WBC's new No. 1 contenders: Dmitry Bivol, Juan Francisco Estrada and more

[BoxingUpdates]

The WBC's latest ratings update - released October 18 - includes the installation of five new No. 1 contenders.
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[Nightfall]

Appears about right except for the Errol Spence situation. He hasn’t had a single fight at 154

[JeBron Lamez]

Not like any of it matters in actuality though, does it?

[garfios]

Alphabet soups, bivol just lost but he's the #1 contender.

[crimsonfalcon07]

Like how Estrada and Spence can be coming off knockout losses in the division below and get gifted a #1 spot...

That Figueroa v Fulton rematch is going to be interesting though.

[Mick Higgs]

Isn't the Edwards/Yafai fight supposed to be for the WBC interim flyweight title?

[Elheath]

Like how Estrada and Spence can be coming off knockout losses in the division below and get gifted a #1 spot...

That Figueroa v Fulton rematch is going to be interesting though.

With Takuma unification gone, a Vegas showing next April of Inoue-MJ and a comain of Nakatani-Estrada might actually make sense, and can build it up to a clash once they both KO their opponents. However I have a feeling Estrada is vying for the vacant 118 WBC title later next year when Nakatani likely vacates and moves up to 122 to fight Naoya. Funny thing is that after his loss to Tsutsumi, Takuma is No. 2 right now so maybe Estrada will fight Inoue afterall...the younger one, that is lol.

In the case of Fulton though, while it wasn't exactly crisp or pretty, atleast he has fought and won a fight at this division after his bad KO loss from a division below since then. That being said does Top Rank even want to have Carrington at No. 1 of WBC? Unless he improves a lot from the Segawa fight I see him easily losing to both Fulton and Figueroa regardless of which wins the rematch.

[Elheath]

Isn't the Edwards/Yafai fight supposed to be for the WBC interim flyweight title?

Thats how I recall it too. In fact I thought the plan for Teiken was Teraji fighting the winner of Edwards/Yafai and Akui fighting Olascuaga for a double "unification" next spring, followed by a three belt unification in the summer/fall assuming Teraji wins. Dunno about Ayala.