What's your favorite tweener division?

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by The Fighting Yoda, Nov 8, 2021.



Your favorite?

  1. Bridgerweight

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  2. Cruiserweight

    5 vote(s)
    20.8%
  3. Super middle weight

    3 vote(s)
    12.5%
  4. Light middleweight

    1 vote(s)
    4.2%
  5. Light welterweight

    5 vote(s)
    20.8%
  6. Super featherweight

    4 vote(s)
    16.7%
  7. Super bantamweight

    4 vote(s)
    16.7%
  8. Super flyweight

    2 vote(s)
    8.3%
  9. Light flyweight

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  10. Strawweight

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  1. The Fighting Yoda

    The Fighting Yoda Active Member Full Member

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    There are 10 tweener divisions and 10 possible choices. So, there is even the Bridgerweight for the sake of completeness.
     
  2. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Light Flyweight has some of my favourite battles of all of them (Chang vs Tokashiki etc). Super Flyweight was strong and full of talent for a ******* division, as was Super Feather and Light Welter. The rest don't appeal to me as much, though they all have fighters I really like.

    I voted Super Flyweight.
     
  3. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Super-Bantam doesn't interest you?
     
  4. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Not as much as the ones I mentioned.
     
  5. AwardedSteak863

    AwardedSteak863 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Nowadays I like Jr. Welterweight and Cruiserweight. Too me, 140 has almost always been a strong weight class with at least a couple of solid fighters competing at the same time.
     
  6. steve1990

    steve1990 Active Member Full Member

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    I like super featherweight guys like Delahoya,Mayweather,Barrera,Pacquiao and Morales have all been there.
     
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  7. Jpreisser

    Jpreisser Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Cruiserweight because it's about the only one where I can justify its existence. Maybe super middleweight, too. 105 is a complete sham and the rest of them unnecessarily siphon talent away from the traditional divisions.
     
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  8. sweetsci

    sweetsci Well-Known Member Full Member

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    While they’ve hosted some great fights, I’m not a fan of any of them except for Cruiser. They’re unnecessary.
    (Although I do enjoy typing “badgerweight”.)
     
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  9. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I picked it. I think it has the most interesting fights and fighters, although not the best. Even still, it is a very strong division with Gomez at its head and Morales, Fenech, Barrera, Rigo and Pacquiao as a solid side cast.

    Why I love it though, is because in it's relatively brief history, it's been host to some of the best fights ever. Morales vs Barrera I, Marquez vs Vazquez III (well, the first three in general), Gomez-Pintor and the Zaragoza-Banke trilogy. Then it's had a large assortment of die-hard battlers there which made for other great fights and could make for some mouth watering match-ups. Obviously you have guys like Morales, Zaragoza, Pacquiao, Pintor, W.Vazquez, etc; who you can always count on being fun to watch, but even on a lower level, SBW delivers massively. For instance, you have guys like Nestor Garza; Kiyoshi Hatanaka; or Mahyar Monshipour.

    I think it's one of the most enjoyable divisions ever, including the 'original eight'. Even today, it's an exciting division.
     
  10. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 I’m become seeker of milk Full Member

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    Light-fly and Super-fly are great.

    "Super fly champ" Imagine people calling you that :lol:
     
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  11. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    I’ve always liked Jr. welter as a division.
     
  12. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    I hate them all.

    The canonical weight divisions with old fashioned weigh-ins are the only real divisions.
     
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  13. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I loathe Superbantamweight.

    Junior-featherweight is my favorite though.
     
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  14. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    It's always been about the Super Feathers fellas.
     
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  15. Fogger

    Fogger Father, grandfather and big sports fan. Full Member

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    I'll go with the 140lb light welterweight division. From Canzoneri and Ross through Arguello and Pryor to Chavez, De La Hoya, Tszyu and finishing with Pacquiao and Crawford there have been a lot of great fights and great fighters.