Any one think of boxers who can lay claim to having a good chance of being the best in 2 Divisions at the same time?
Well I guess we can count out Henry Armstrong because he was best in three divisions at the same time, haha.
Ray Leonard was WBC welterweight champ, moved up to beat the WBA jr. middleweight champ and then moved back down to unify the welterweight championship. So quite clearly, he was the best at welter and jr. middleweight simultaneously.
Floyd obvious choice when he was unified 147 and 154 champion after beating Alvarez. Whitaker was the p4p number 1 and reigning WBC Welterweight champion when he beat Vasquez for his WBA 154 belt.
SRL was the first to come to mind when he went up to 154 to beat Kalule as a “tune-up” of sorts for Hearns. Maybe Tony Canzoneri in the early 1930s.
JOCK McAVOY, was the only fighter I remember being Rated in the Rings TOP 10 at MW & L-HW for 1939, if memory serves me right... and again, memory serving, for a few years eitherside of 1939, I think there was only 1 or 2 Fighters, McAvoy being one of them, who featured in the TOP 10, from WW - L-HW.
Leonard also held belts at 168 and 175 at the same time, but I’m not sure there’s a real case to be made that he was the best light heavyweight in the world at the time. Super middleweight he probably has a decent argument.
Sandy Saddler was recognized as super featherweight champ in 1950 (and defended it) and in the same year won the featherweight championship for a second time when he beat Willie Pep in their third match. I don’t think there’s much dispute that he was the best in both weights at the same point in time.
Griffith teetered between 147/160 for a stretch. You could probably make an argument for Ezzard Charles at 175 and HW.