Which were the most competitive weight divisions per decade?

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  1. Flavius

    Flavius New Member Full Member

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    Starting out from 1900s, which were the most competitive weight classes per each decade? By competitive I mean the number of strong boxers and the matches they played against each other without avoiding top opponents.
     
    Flavius, Aug 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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  2. LWW

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    Hard to beat the 175lb division in the 70's for being a ultra competitive division and for fighting each other.
     
    LWW, Aug 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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  3. Mandela2039

    Mandela2039 Philippians 2:10-11 Full Member

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    If my facts and memory are correct, which, despite being a relatively young nut, most of the time clearly aren't:

    Thr Lightweight division could've been the most competitive one in ALL decades of boxing history, but the 2020s lightweights came around with defective balls and sadly because their lack of them, they refuse to face each other.
     
    Mandela2039, Aug 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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  4. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The 80's WW divsion was truly special. It started out with SRL, Duran, Hearns and Cuevas (Benitez and Palomino had no WW fights in the 80's), and by the mid 80 there was a new good generation with Curry, Starling and Honeyghan.

    The 90's WW division was also very strong with Whitaker, DLH, Trinidad, Mosley etc, but not quite on that level.
     
    Bokaj, Aug 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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  5. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    The Heavyweight division was competitive too.
     
    AntonioMartin1, Aug 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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  6. PrimoGT

    PrimoGT Member Full Member

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    Middleweight in the 1960s.
    They were a lot of close competive fights that went the distance and rematches and trilogies. Very evenly matched.
    Tiger, Giardello, Fullmer, Griffith, Benvenuti
     
    PrimoGT, Aug 12, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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  7. AwardedSteak863

    AwardedSteak863 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You beat me to it. I'll add George Benton, Joey Archer, Rubin Carter and an aging atg Sugar Ray Robinson to the names you already mentioned. Talk about loaded.
     
    AwardedSteak863, Aug 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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  8. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    1930s: BW
    1940s: LHW
    1950s: MW
    1960s: BW
    1970s: LHW
    1980s: WW
    1990s: HW, maybe?
    2000s: WW or FW
    2010s: SFly
     
    George Crowcroft, Aug 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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  9. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The mid-80’s lightweights were all the rage at the time.

    Camacho
    Mancini
    Rosario
    Ramirez
    Bramble
    Tyrone Crawley
    Harry Arroyo
    Jimmy Paul
    Robin Blake
    Tony Baltazar
    Greg Haugen
     
    salsanchezfan, Aug 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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