Monday, July 30, 2007

New Poll: Who is Closest to a World Championship?

Before I explain the new poll, thanks for the great response to the last poll: "Who is the Beltway Boxer of the Half-Year?" There was more response to this poll (321 votes) and more comments (four pages worth) than any other poll here on the blog.

Here are the results:

Tim Coleman (3) 1%

Nick "Flash" Collins (67) 21%

"The American Dream" Mike Dietrich (93) 29%

Jimmy Lange (16) 5%

Jessie "The Beast" Nicklow (23) 7%

Anthony Peterson (16) 5%

Lamont Peterson (11) 3%

Reginald Taylor (2) 1%

Darnell "The Ding-A-Ling Man" Wilson (74) 23%

Other (16) 5%


The new poll will need some explanation. The Beltway Boxers chosen for this poll have one thing in common: They are currently ranked in the top 15 by at least one of the four major governing bodies (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) and/or Ring Magazine.

Here's a quick ratings breakdown:

Eric Aiken: #9 IBF -- Featherweight

DeMarcus Corley: #10 WBA -- Lightweight

Keith Holmes: #10 WBA -- Light Heavyweight

William Joppy: #14 WBC -- Super Middleweight

Emmanuel Nwodo: #13 IBF -- Cruiserweight

Anthony Peterson: #1 WBO, #5 WBC, #10 Ring Magazine -- Lightweight

Lamont Peterson: #5 WBA -- Junior Lightweight

Hasim Rahman: #4 WBC, #8 IBF, #11 WBA -- Heavyweight

Tony Thompson: #4 WBO, #10 Ring Magazine -- Heavyweight

Darnell Wilson: #6 WBO, #9 Ring Magazine, #10 IBF, #14 WBA, #14 WBC -- Cruiserweight


Hopefully, this will help you in your choice.

Tomorrow, we will have a special post that will celebrate the second birthday of Boxing Along The Beltway!

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's got to be Tony "The Tiger" Thompson!

Anonymous said...

Tony is going to have to wait another year for a shot at the wbo...only if wlad klitch.gets in the ring with him can he get a shot at the ibf...everyone else is tied up...unfortunately for tony darnell or anthony peterson may beat him to it

Anonymous said...

Look at poll fan are crazy vote for Nick Collins, Mike Dietrich, J. Nicklow they are not in the top 15 so how do they get vote the Peterson bros. are rank high maybe because they are the king of the beltway. I think Anthony Tony Darnell well get a shot at championship

Anonymous said...

Seth Mitchell will be the next world champion. He fights friday at Rosecroft. He will knock someone out friday and he will knock anyone else out there who is in the heavy weight division..

Anonymous said...

its nice to see that seth has fans,but believe me when i say this. you have no clue what the hell you are talking about. seth is still in the beginner class.
he has the experiance of a seven year old right now.

Anonymous said...

WoW the next world hvy wieght champ could be Seth Mithel"5 Years" one of the most classeyest people I have ever delt with They will know what to do with next step
and I hope they ask me
Thank You
Jake Smith

Anonymous said...

I thinks its great to have such an enthusiatic fan base Seth. Realistic there not. Enthusiatic and maybe a little naive. If thats the case Im going to be next heavyweight champion of the world. I just started working out at the gym. Realistically, tony thompson

Anonymous said...

Seth Mitchell is the best pound 4 pound boxer in the world today.
You can ask the guys he knocked out. They will all tell you the same thing.

Anonymous said...

SETH MITCHELL will be world champ in 2008

Anonymous said...

anthony peterson i mean come on hes in the ring rankings and about seth you guys have no idea what you r talking about