Thread: Is Welterwieght the best weight class in boxing history?

Heavyweight has alway's been the most popular with the general public but when it comes down to a combination of skills and size is there any better division in history than WW. Give me your opinions. So many great fighters have come through the division.

You could make a million arguments for HW, WW and MW as the best division ever, and none of them would be wrong.

Originally Posted by Brockton Bomber

You could make a million arguments for HW, WW and MW as the best division ever, and none of them would be wrong.

Yea basically... Especially with the amount of great fighters who moved up from welter to Mw, or all the way from MW up to HW eventually..

the fighters of welterweight have attributes of both the heavier weight classes and lower weight classes. Power and punches in volume.

Originally Posted by chamiley

the fighters of welterweight have attributes of both the heavier weight classes and lower weight classes. Power and punches in volume.

CC, that's exactly where I was getting, perfect point. You can't beat the combination.

Originally Posted by chamiley

the fighters of welterweight have attributes of both the heavier weight classes and lower weight classes. Power and punches in volume.

Actually, the concensus is that MW's are where HW power meets LW speed. Welter is a speedier, more tactical division. It's where pure boxers ply thier trade.

Welterweight was always known as the champagne division because it was the weight of the average man in the street .

Originally Posted by Swashbuckling Gordy

Welterweight was always known as the champagne division because it was the weight of the average man in the street .

147 hasn't been the weight of the average man on the street since 1846, and I don't even think they had "streets" back then.

Fighting weight after the second world war .

That was the most heavily populated division, clever dick .

Oscar De La Hoya
Felix Trinidad
Pernell Whitaker
Shane Mosley
Roberto Duran
Tommy Hearns
Sugar Ray Leonard
Sugar Ray Robinson
just to name a few. There were many more, sure some of them competed in other divisions but no other class had more people walk through than 147

I think Super Featherweight is a GREAT div. too, can go toe to toe with the rest.

i think thats a pretty fair/safe thing to say cuz most of the legends started or reached their prime while in 147. with that weight class we had alot of brutal wars, lots of speed, and power what more can a fight fan ask for? generally speaking the higher the weight class u go up the less speed, action/drama. so yeah id concurrrrrrrrrr

Heavyweight will always be the best division

Originally Posted by Beanflicker

Heavyweight will always be the best division

Have you been asleep for 40 years?

Originally Posted by cockey cockney

Originally Posted by Beanflicker

Heavyweight will always be the best division

Have you been asleep for 40 years?

I will back you up there