What’re the best divisions in the sport?

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  1. mattykenny

    mattykenny New Member Full Member

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    In your opinion. I think most would agree jr middle is at least up there, are there any others that deserve a mention?
     
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  2. Mutant Risk

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    Right now? 130 and 168.
     
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  3. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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  4. Kiwi Fish

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    Heavyweight hands down, not only are they the best, but the division is opening up with the king in Usyk looking to retire and a bunch of younger guys coming through hoping to make their names.
     
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  5. mattykenny

    mattykenny New Member Full Member

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    Think I gotta respectfully disagree with 130. Has a solid list of contenders and regional fighters I’m aware of. Nunez is an exciting watch, but arguably the best in the division is Shock who is coming off a string of 3 flat performances. You got Roach, whose sole title defense was against a dude who was just fighting in 6 rounders. Navarette is Navarette lol. Point is I think the champs in the division are pretty lacking overall. Maybe there’s something I’m missing tho
     
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  6. Mutant Risk

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    130 has a lot of really good possible matchups if they get made. Not a lot of household names though.

    130:
    - O’shaquie Foster
    - Lamont Roach
    - Eduardo “Sugar” Nunez
    - Anthony Cacace
    - Albert Batyrgaziev
    - Emanuel Navarette
    - Raymond Ford
    - Eduardo “Rocky” Hernandez
    - Andres Cortes
    - Oscar Valdez
    - Sultan Zaurbek
    - Charly Suarez
    - Mauricio Lara
    - Mark Magsayo

    168:
    - Saul “Canelo” Alvarez
    - Caleb Plant
    - Jermall Charlo
    - Christian Mbilli
    - Edgar Berlanga
    - Diego Pacheco
    - Osleys Iglesias
    - Kevin Lele Sadjo
    - Lester Martinez
    - Jamie Munguia
    - Callum Simpson
    - Hamzah Sheeraz
    - Jacob Bank
     
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  7. ipitythefool

    ipitythefool Prediction ? Pain Full Member

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    LHW is stacked.

    Bivol
    Bebertiev
    Benavidez
    Plus losds of decent Brits
     
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  8. Dubblechin

    Dubblechin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Heavyweight is the best division.
     
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  9. bandeedo

    bandeedo Loyal Member Full Member

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    140 has the most talent that can compete there. I include fighters at 135 who could or would fight at 140.
     
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  10. lufcrazy

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    HW by far
     
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  11. highly focused

    highly focused "You can stop it Frank, you can stop it any time" Full Member

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    Light Middleweight is STACKED
    Terence Crawford
    Bakhram Murtazaliev
    Serhii Bohachuk
    Sebastien Fundora
    Vergil Ortiz Jr
    Tim Tszyu
    Israil Madrimov
    Xander Xayas
    Keith Thurman
    Jesus Alejandro Ramos Jr
    Callum Walsh
    Jorge Garcia Perez
    Bakary Samake
    Pavel Sosulin
    Andreas Katzourakis
    Josh Kelly
    Abass Baraou
    Jordan Panthen
     
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  12. highly focused

    highly focused "You can stop it Frank, you can stop it any time" Full Member

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    Yep, xenophobic and nostalgia biased posters love to hate on the division, because they hate that a Ukrainian boxer is the clear number one.

    But there's actually nothing wrong with the division. From the top guys to the contenders to the prospects, it's an enjoyable good division right now.

    Oleksandr Usyk
    Tyson Fury
    Daniel Dubois
    Agit Kabayel
    Joseph Parker
    Anthony Joshua
    Filip Hrgovic
    Fabio Wardley
    Moses Itauma
    Lawrence Okolie
    Efe Ajagba
    Martin Bakole
    Murat Gassiev
    Richard Torrez
    Andy Ruiz
    Kubrat Pulev
    Jared Anderson
    Hughie Fury
    Dillian Whyte
    Bakhodir Jalolov
    Teremoana Jr
    Vladyslav Sirenko
    Guido Vianello
    Ivan Dychko
    Tsotne Rogava
    Artem Suslenkov
     
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  13. Brighton bomber

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    In terms of entertainment, Heavyweight. It may not be particularly deep right now with Usyk the clear number 1 but we've had a lot of good match ups in recent years.

    In terms of quality fighters, I'm thinking Light heavyweight. Bivol, Beterbiev and Benavidez all in The Rings top 10 P4P.
     
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  14. Slyk

    Slyk Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    175 has had the highest consistent quality over the last 10 years.

    Beterbiev-Bivol is a battle of two top 5 p4pers. Less than a decade ago we had Kovalev-Ward.

    Very, very strong supporting cast, too.
     
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  15. Macedoine62

    Macedoine62 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Actually : 118 & 135 lbs are the best categories.

    The most balanced weight classes currently is the 130 lbs.
     
    Macedoine62, Jun 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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