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    Default Re: Is Welterwieght the best weight class in boxing history?

    Quote Originally Posted by cockey cockney
    Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker
    Heavyweight will always be the best division
    Have you been asleep for 40 years?

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    Default Re: Is Welterwieght the best weight class in boxing history?

    I think so, Welterweight is one of the more consistent division. good power , hand speed, skills, stamina.. all the things needed to put on a great show.

    The HW Division was very exciting in the past . However the last 6 - 7 years have been boring as all Fuck . Today HW’s are coming into the sport late with very limited skills . Few today have the skills or background to keep a good sustained offense going , which is needed in any division to keep interest. The Few who have skills avoid each other like the plague.


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    Default Re: Is Welterwieght the best weight class in boxing history?

    i think over history its a toss up between welter and middle
    but we all love two heavyweight bangers in there throwing haymakers lol

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    Default Re: Is Welterwieght the best weight class in boxing history?

    The highest grosing fight was at the Heavyweight division

    The highest grossing non-HW fight was at the welterweight division

    This sais alot about both divisions. However I do agree that the welterweight has bin a huge division throughout hisory. And it has rarely cooled down especially since the late 70s with the great legends of Benitez, Duran, Leaonard, Hearns. Then to the 90s with Whitaker, DLH, Trinidad. Now it's Mously, PBF(I expect he will move back down after the DLH fight), Cotto, Williams and Margarito among others. This is certenly a great time for welterweights, it is by far the hottest division right now.

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    Default Re: Is Welterwieght the best weight class in boxing history?

    It would be the hottest division, if any of those guys would actually fight each other.

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    Default Re: Is Welterwieght the best weight class in boxing history?



    I was really hoping to get more responses out of you bloody SOB's. All these members and very few of you can put up a good arguement.

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    Default Re: Is Welterwieght the best weight class in boxing history?

    Welterweight certainly is always the most competitive. I perfer the weights in this order-

    Top tier-
    heavyweight- The king of boxing. I'll take 9 rounds of hugging for that awesome knockout
    Middle weight- great history, fighters possess power, speed and stamina
    Welterweight- Alway filled with great fighters

    Middle tier-
    Light heavyweight-recently it has not been bad
    Lightweight- Usually filled with great fighters, like welterweight, only it lacks the welterweight punching power
    Featherweight-Only because we are now in the golden era of the featherweights

    Bottom Tier-
    Crusierweight- this division is filled with fat light heavyweights. Needs to build a longer history to be considered more seriously
    Flyweight- Just too small. I dont want to watch guys fight, where it looks like the ref can take them both at the same time.
    Strawweight- I cant believe that there are actually people this small.

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    Default Re: Is Welterwieght the best weight class in boxing history?

    Quote Originally Posted by lance Uppercut
    Welterweight certainly is always the most competitive. I perfer the weights in this order-

    Top tier-
    heavyweight- The king of boxing. I'll take 9 rounds of hugging for that awesome knockout
    Middle weight- great history, fighters possess power, speed and stamina
    Welterweight- Alway filled with great fighters

    Middle tier-
    Light heavyweight-recently it has not been bad
    Lightweight- Usually filled with great fighters, like welterweight, only it lacks the welterweight punching power
    Featherweight-Only because we are now in the golden era of the featherweights

    Bottom Tier-
    Crusierweight- this division is filled with fat light heavyweights. Needs to build a longer history to be considered more seriously
    Flyweight- Just too small. I dont want to watch guys fight, where it looks like the ref can take them both at the same time.
    Strawweight- I cant believe that there are actually people this small.
    I can't say as I agree with your ranlings, but I definitely agree with your logic. And at 6'3", 225 pounds, I can't believe that someone half of my size would want to fight for a living either. CC for you.

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    Default Re: Is Welterwieght the best weight class in boxing history?

    It's easily been the welterweight division.

    Leonard, Robinson, Hearns, Floyd, Mosley, Oscar, Quartey, Trinidad, Fullmer, Whitaker, Duran, and so many more.

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    Default Re: Is Welterwieght the best weight class in boxing history?

    Quote Originally Posted by Brockton Bomber
    Quote Originally Posted by lance Uppercut
    Welterweight certainly is always the most competitive. I perfer the weights in this order-

    Top tier-
    heavyweight- The king of boxing. I'll take 9 rounds of hugging for that awesome knockout
    Middle weight- great history, fighters possess power, speed and stamina
    Welterweight- Alway filled with great fighters

    Middle tier-
    Light heavyweight-recently it has not been bad
    Lightweight- Usually filled with great fighters, like welterweight, only it lacks the welterweight punching power
    Featherweight-Only because we are now in the golden era of the featherweights

    Bottom Tier-
    Crusierweight- this division is filled with fat light heavyweights. Needs to build a longer history to be considered more seriously
    Flyweight- Just too small. I dont want to watch guys fight, where it looks like the ref can take them both at the same time.
    Strawweight- I cant believe that there are actually people this small.
    I can't say as I agree with your ranlings, but I definitely agree with your logic. And at 6'3", 225 pounds, I can't believe that someone half of my size would want to fight for a living either. CC for you.
    ITs the size of the fight in the dog not the dog in the fight .

    Im not surprised your obsessed with size, BB.


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    Default Re: Is Welterwieght the best weight class in boxing history?

    Yes, I think welterweight is the best division in the sport.

    It's the perfect weight for the combination of both speed and power.

    Also, it's the crossroads division that most great fighters pass thru.

    On one hand, you have the great lightweights who move up to welterweight for a greater challenge. Fighters like Armstrong, Duran, Whitaker, Mosley, Mayweather, De La Hoya, among others.

    Then you have the slightly bigger fighters who start their careers at 147 before moving up to other divisions. Leonard, Robinson, Hearns, Trinidad, etc.

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    Default Re: Is Welterwieght the best weight class in boxing history?

    I am not sure if Welterweight is the best division since they are all good if good fighters are there. The worst division is heavyweight. Either you have lazy fat guys who fight well one fight and then unmotivate themselves because of being undisiplined by not having to make weight. Heavyweight now should have a Superheavyweight division because the Kliichkos have too big and advantage. The size will not save them everytime, but it can make a difference most of the time. I think as for eras, the welterweights of the early 80s were the best era in my mind.. one of them anyway. Leonard, Hearns, Benitez,Duran, Cueves. 5 Hall of fame fighters at the same time. Interestingly Duran and Hearns fought them all. Hearns records vs. the 5 was 3-1-1 (2) And Duran's record was 2-3 (1)

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    Default Re: Is Welterwieght the best weight class in boxing history?

    Quote Originally Posted by brazilianbomber

    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.
    Welterweight is the toughest division to be in. That is what my coaches have always told me because I fought as a superlightweight, jr welterweight and welterweight in the amateurs. But i mean even from a boxing fan's point of view, which division can u name that has more stars in it at one time or another in their careers; off the top of my head...

    pernell whitaker
    roberto duran
    carlos palomino
    sugar ray leonard
    sugar ray robinson
    hammerin hank armstrong
    felix trinidad
    oscar delahoya
    pipino cuevas
    wilfredo benitez
    the hitman tommy hearns
    ricky hatton
    kermit cintron
    meldrick taylor
    floyd mayweather junior
    shane mosley
    carmen basilio
    mickey walker
    ike quartey
    miguel cotto
    antonio margarito
    zab judah
    simon brown
    vernon forrest
    cory spinks

    this division just has a huge amount of great fighters in it as well as a lot of good ones. I think it is probably the division with the most talented fighters throughout history.

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    Default Re: Is Welterwieght the best weight class in boxing history?

    heavyweights are the kings--when boxing comes 2 mind the hw division is usually first thought--hw seems 2 attract the most attention. well as of right now the hw division is prob the weakest ever in boxing history. but the best division is just a matter of opinion

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    Default Re: Is Welterwieght the best weight class in boxing history?

    Yes, in fact from 135 to 160lb Lightweight to Middle you will find most of History's greatest fighters.

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