Best Division in Boxing?

With the potential of how many junior lightweights are planning on moving up to lightweight, will that division be better than the current welterweight situation?

Lightweight: Manny Pacquiao, Juan Manuel Marquez, Joan Guzman, Edwin Valero, Joel Casamayor, Nate Campbell, Juan Diaz, David Diaz, Michael Katsidis, Amir Kahn.

Welterweight: Floyd Mayweather (he didn't retire..), Miguel Cotto, Shane Mosley, Paul Williams, Antonio Margarito, Carlos Quintana, Zab Judah, Joshua Clottey, Luis Collazo, Kermit Cintron, Andre Berto.

Thoughts?

I'd say both divisions are exciting. A draw.

Both divisions are incredibly strong, I went with WW though.

I went with 147 but both are extremely deep. Anthony Peterson is another guy you can add to 135

The lightweight division is exciting but the welterweight Division is packed with nothing but stars.

I went with the WW

Heavyweights.

LW

140 because Hatton is there. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by boozeboxer

140 because Hatton is there. :rolleyes:

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It will be ... as soon as Pacquiao jumps to 140 since JMM, Guzzy, Valero will follow PAC where ever he goes... ;D

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I'm most excited about the welters at the moment. There have been some great fights in the last year and more to come it seems.

Of the two presented I picked the Welters.

But these are strongly rivalled by Super-Flyweight, Flyweight and
Super-Bantamweight.

can i not vote cruserweight ;D;D;D

I picked WW. Although alot of guys are moving into the LW division, they are still unproven at the new weight class so we don't exactly know how that's gonna turn out just yet.

Another thing, the WW division didn't exactly get weaker with floyd leaving. He wasn't fighting any of those top guys anyway so the division remains the same as far as I'm concerned.

I think the welters are the best division, Floyd or no Floyd.

The talent at 147 is a lot deeper then 135.

While the Lightweights are stars, the Welterweights are Super Stars.

Plus now that the 2 best WW in the world are fighting eachother we are 1 step closer to having 1 "true" champ.

i think the supermiddle division is interesting, featuring a group of aging superstars who fight anywhere from middle to LH.

You have RJJ, Calzaghe, Hopkins, Wright, and arguably Trinidad (though he should probably be no higher than middle.) Add the 2 kids, Pavlik and Taylor, and you have much potential for some interesting fights.

However I don't see much happening and time is running out. Calzage seems to have spent a career avoiding the best until Hopkins. RJJ has to be very picky at this point. Hopkins and Wright seem to want to fight anyone but no one wants to fight them, probably b/c of their frustrating defense-first style doesn't exactly put fannies in the seat.

Calzaghe-Pavlik makes the most sense since they're both peaking. They also have some holes in their game that a clever RJJ could expose, and that would be a terrific way to end his career.

Welterweight is the best division right now. About 10 years ago it was the best division and then those same guys made junior middleweight the most exciting division. That may happen again very soon.

Before lightweight, I think the next best division is junior featherweight.

The lightweight division is set to explode with superfights but right now welter is the best crop of big names

Cotto comes out on top for me

Best lightweight ? Probably Casa

A lot of those guys at 135 are either blown up featherweights or guys who will eventually move up into 140-147.

Lightweight division has too many ifs and buts about it however talented it currently is.

I can honestly name at least 10 big fights at 147 that could and probably will happen over the next 2-3 years floyd or no floyd!!

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Originally Posted by hattonthehammer

A lot of those guys at 135 are either blown up featherweights or guys who will eventually move up into 140-147.

Lightweight division has too many ifs and buts about it however talented it currently is.

I can honestly name at least 10 big fights at 147 that could and probably will happen over the next 2-3 years floyd or no floyd!!

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I want to lean over to the Lightweight division now. Cotto vs Margarito is huge but that's all that's going on right now. Lightweight is already up and started and looks like it's going to get more active. Maybe Guzman and Marquez aren't proven 135 fighters yet, but they sure are dangerous nonetheless.

We've already seen Campbell's upset over J. Diaz, Casamayor's thriller over Katsidis, and Pacquiao's clinic over D. Diaz. Coming up and already signed are Casamayor vs Marquez, Campbell vs Guzman, and Katsidis vs J. Diaz. AND possibly, Pacquiao vs Valero also in the same weight. That division is easily the most active and mouth-watering at the moment to date for me. There's barely any ducking going on in the division, everyone is looking forward to win their matches so they could already start training to fight another match-up's winner. Plus Campbell, Casa, JMM, and Guzman aint getting any younger so they would want fights to happen as quickly as possible before the clock cathes up with them.

...Not to mention, Amir Khan could be thrown into the mix at some point..

both are strong but WW edges it.

I also forgot to mention, Santa Cruz, who had a great showing against Casamayor and David Diaz, who didn't exactly show he's a good fighter but he definitely showed heart and had a great personality and I'm sure he gained some fans that night.

You could throw those guys in the lightweight mix as fighters who are there for the contenders to beat. Sort of like how Rocky Juarez was for Barrera and Marquez, Vargas was for Mosley, Mayorga was for De La Hoya, ETC.

Israel vs. Rafael
Molitor vs. PDL
Juanma vs. Caballero
Jhonny Gonzalez vs. Rey Bautista
Concepcion vs. Kiko Martinez
Cordoba vs. Medina


They're just some fights off the top of my head that could be made from the SBW top ten.

the both are strong divisions. i voted for WW.

lightweight for me coz my man is there.

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