Most respected division currently?

[toogood4u]

i would like to say that the most respected division comes down to the most respected boxers in and outside of boxing!

so i think the first top four divisions are very bad in respects to their boxing ability and very dissappointing.
except calzaghe =)

but i think the most respected boxers are in the super featherweight division ( well not any more now that morales and barrera are retired) and welterweight(flloyd. williams, mosley cotto, margarito, berto, judah =) )

place your answer and your explanation

[Kev]

There are lots of good divisions and rivalries right now.

Welterweight is number 1 obviously followed closely by super middleweight.

Then superfeather, super bantam and lightweights.

Cruiserweight has produced some great fights in 06 and 07.

The divisions that will really struggle next year for me are light welter, light middle and middleweight.

With Taylor and Miranda gone and with Pavlik possibly leaving to chase Taylor and Calzaghe it's going to be a pretty empty division at 160 next year.

This could be a good thing though with lots of new talents emerging. Chances for John Duddy and Sergio Mora winning world titles probably look best in 08/09 though. Once Pavlik has moved up it's pretty empty.

Who knows maybe even Floyd will venture up?

[Bookkeeper]

There are lots of good divisions and rivalries right now.

Welterweight is number 1 obviously followed closely by super middleweight.

Then superfeather, super bantam and lightweights.

Cruiserweight has produced some great fights in 06 and 07.

The divisions that will really struggle next year for me are light welter, light middle and middleweight.

With Taylor and Miranda gone and with Pavlik possibly leaving to chase Taylor and Calzaghe it's going to be a pretty empty division at 160 next year.

This could be a good thing though with lots of new talents emerging. Chances for John Duddy and Sergio Mora winning world titles probably look best in 08/09 though. Once Pavlik has moved up it's pretty empty.

Who knows maybe even Floyd will venture up?

I agree that WW is the deepest division around, but it seems like it's alway's the deepest division, if we do an all time comparison of divisions it has to be WW

[SweetPea]

I agree that WW is the deepest division around, but it seems like it's alway's the deepest division, if we do an all time comparison of divisions it has to be WW

Absolutely. Welterweight has always been the most talented of divisions. 147 pounds represents the perfect combination of speed, power, and skill. Always has, always will.

[ICB]

Lets do stats on best fighters in each of the divisions.

Heavyweight

Wladimir Klitschko
Samuel Peter
Ruslan Chagaev
Sultan Ibragimov
Nikolai Valuev
Oleg Maskaev
Sergei Liakhovich

Cruiserweight

David Haye
Jean Marc Mormeck
Enzo Maccarinelli
Steve Cunningham
O'Neil Bell
Marco Huck

Light Heavyweight

Chad Dawson
Bernard Hopkins
Clinton Woods
Roy Jones Jr
Danny Green
Glen Johnson
Zsolt Erdei
Julio Cesar Gonzalez
Antonio Tarver


Super Middleweight

Joe Calzaghe
Anthony Mundine
Mikkel Kessler
Lucian Bute
Carl Froch
Denis Inkin
Librado Andrade
Edison Miranda
Sakio Bika
Jeff Lacy

Middleweight

Kelly Pavlik
Jermain Taylor
Felix Sturm
Arthur Abraham
John Duddy
Javier Castillejo


Lightmiddleweight

Cory Spinks
Vernon Forrest
Joel Julio
Daniel Santos
Oscar De La Hoya ??
Roman Karmazin

Welterweight

Paul Williams
Miguel Cotto
Floyd Mayweather Jr
Andre Berto
Luis Collazo
Kermit Cintron
Shane Mosley
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr
Joshua Clottey
Antonio Margarito
Zab Judah
Carlos Quintana

Jr Welterweight

Ricky Hatton
Ricardo Torres
Gavin Rees
Paul Malignaggi
Junior Witter
Herman Ngoudjo
Souleymane Mbaye
Demitrius Hopkins

Lightweight

Juan Diaz
David Diaz
Joel Casamayor
Michael Katsidis
Amir Khan
Acelino Freitas
Jose Armando Santa Cruz
Jonathan Thaxton

Super Featherweight

Manny Pacquiao
Juan Manuel Marquez
Mzonke Fana
Joan Guzman
Edwin Valero
Alex Arthur
Kevin Mitchell
Humberto Soto
Jorge Rodrigo Barrios

Featherweight

Chris John
Steve Luevano
Robert Guerrero
Jorge Linares
Jorge Solis

Super Bantamweight

Steve Molitor
Israel Vasquez
Rafael Marquez
Daniel Ponce De Leon
Kiko Martinez
Juan Manuel Lopez
Celestino Caballero

Bantamweight

Hozumi Hasagawa
Wladimir Sidorenko
Joseph Agbeko
Gerry Penalosa
Wladimir Sidorenko

Super Flyweight


Christian Mijares
Alexander Munoz
Dimitri Kirillov
Fernando Montiel
Jorge Arce
Martin Castillo
Z Gorres
Vic Darchinyan
AJ Banal


Flyweight

Nonito Donaire
Daisuke Naito
Omar Andres Narvaez
Koki Kameda
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam
Takefumi Sakata


Jr Flyweight

Edgar Sosa
Ivan Calderon
Brahim Asloum
Ulises Solis
Hugo Fidel Cazares
Omar Salado
Edgar Sosa


Strawweight

Florante Condes
Roman Gonzalez
Yutaka Niida
Eagle Den Junlaphan
Yutaka Niida
Oleydong Sithsamerchai
Donnie Nietes

[DaxxKahn]

The welterweight division is the hottest division in boxing right now...a pattern it seems to have...I swear that division is never in limbo more then 6 months.....

The champions actually have not even peaked yet...

Cotto, Williams, Cintron....and the WBC champion is the P4P king...

[CutMeMick]

The WW by far...
2008 is gonna blow 2007 out of the water.

[OumaFan]

WW like pretty much everybody else

I will say this, I don't know why the cruisers get so little respect or attention, been some exciting fighters and exciting fights there the last few years. For the most part I'd rather watch the cruisers than the heavies, they've got the power and lack the one punch at a time sluggishness that a lot of the heavies seem to have.

[Kev]

WW like pretty much everybody else

I will say this, I don't know why the cruisers get so little respect or attention, been some exciting fighters and exciting fights there the last few years. For the most part I'd rather watch the cruisers than the heavies, they've got the power and lack the one punch at a time sluggishness that a lot of the heavies seem to have.

Yeah the Mormeck Bell rematch was my favourite fight of 2007

[ICB]

WW like pretty much everybody else

I will say this, I don't know why the cruisers get so little respect or attention, been some exciting fighters and exciting fights there the last few years. For the most part I'd rather watch the cruisers than the heavies, they've got the power and lack the one punch at a time sluggishness that a lot of the heavies seem to have.

Yeah the Mormeck Bell rematch was my favourite fight of 2007

I did enjoy it but if i remember right, Mormeck was running the last 4 rounds. And then the action went completely as i remember it.

[C-Lo]

Lets do stats on best fighters in each of the divisions.

Heavyweight

Wladimir Klitschko
Samuel Peter
Ruslan Chagaev
Sultan Ibragimov
Nikolai Valuev
Oleg Maskaev
Sergei Liakhovich

Cruiserweight

David Haye
Jean Marc Mormeck
Enzo Maccarinelli
Steve Cunningham
O'Neil Bell
Marco Huck

Light Heavyweight

Chad Dawson
Bernard Hopkins
Clinton Woods
Roy Jones Jr
Danny Green
Glen Johnson
Zsolt Erdei
Julio Cesar Gonzalez
Antonio Tarver


Super Middleweight

Joe Calzaghe
Anthony Mundine
Mikkel Kessler
Lucian Bute
Carl Froch
Denis Inkin
Librado Andrade
Edison Miranda
Sakio Bika
Jeff Lacy

Middleweight

Kelly Pavlik
Jermain Taylor
Felix Sturm
Arthur Abraham
John Duddy
Javier Castillejo


Lightmiddleweight

Cory Spinks
Vernon Forrest
Joel Julio
Daniel Santos
Oscar De La Hoya ??
Roman Karmazin

Welterweight

Paul Williams
Miguel Cotto
Floyd Mayweather Jr
Andre Berto
Luis Collazo
Kermit Cintron
Shane Mosley
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr
Joshua Clottey
Antonio Margarito
Zab Judah
Carlos Quintana

Jr Welterweight

Ricky Hatton
Ricardo Torres
Gavin Rees
Paul Malignaggi
Junior Witter
Herman Ngoudjo
Souleymane Mbaye
Demitrius Hopkins

Lightweight

Juan Diaz
David Diaz
Joel Casamayor
Michael Katsidis
Amir Khan
Acelino Freitas
Jose Armando Santa Cruz
Jonathan Thaxton

Super Featherweight

Manny Pacquiao
Juan Manuel Marquez
Mzonke Fana
Joan Guzman
Edwin Valero
Alex Arthur
Kevin Mitchell
Humberto Soto
Jorge Rodrigo Barrios
Featherweight

Chris John
Steve Luevano
Robert Guerrero
Jorge Linares
Jorge Solis

Super Bantamweight

Steve Molitor
Israel Vasquez
Rafael Marquez
Daniel Ponce De Leon
Kiko Martinez
Juan Manuel Lopez
Celestino Caballero

Bantamweight

Hozumi Hasagawa
Wladimir Sidorenko
Joseph Agbeko
Gerry Penalosa
Wladimir Sidorenko

Super Flyweight


Christian Mijares
Alexander Munoz
Dimitri Kirillov
Fernando Montiel
Jorge Arce
Martin Castillo
Z Gorres
Vic Darchinyan
AJ Banal


Flyweight

Nonito Donaire
Daisuke Naito
Omar Andres Narvaez
Koki Kameda
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam
Takefumi Sakata


Jr Flyweight

Edgar Sosa
Ivan Calderon
Brahim Asloum
Ulises Solis
Hugo Fidel Cazares
Omar Salado
Edgar Sosa


Strawweight

Florante Condes
Roman Gonzalez
Yutaka Niida
Eagle Den Junlaphan
Yutaka Niida
Oleydong Sithsamerchai
Donnie Nietes

Just a short while ago, Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales were in that list of fighters. About a year or two ago I would say that the super featherweight division was the best in boxing, but now, welterweight is where it's at...