Deepest division in boxing currently

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  1. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    what say you?
     
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    NoChin Sir Tim Tszyu - Knighted! Full Member

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    You say what?
     
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    sniffmybadger Boxing Junkie

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    Good question...
    Off the top of my head, light heavy might be up there.

    Top fighters
    Bivol
    Beterbiev
    Benavidez


    Solid fighters
    Callum Smith
    Ramierez
    Buatsi

    Lightweight is one to keep an eye on. Stevenson is the obvious talent, but Mason, Schofield and Noakes look very promising.
     
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    Ike Active Member Full Member

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    In my opinion the superwelter. The best of division are Ennis, Zayas, Ortiz Jr. and Fundora. Then there are Kelly, Murtazaliev, Adams, Madrimov, Tellez, Baraou and Samake. Champion, very good fighter and interesting prospect, great moment for this division.
     
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    Csonnyliston Undefeated P4P King of online arguments! Full Member

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    Tough to say with these ~7 lb difference weight divisions. Guys are going up after a few fights.
     
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    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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    Idk but 130-154 is rock solid with so many great fight possibilities
     
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    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    gollumsluvslave Boxing Addict Full Member

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    154 i think is most stacked just now
     
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    126 for me - Espinoza, Figueroa, Shu Shu. On the fringes, there are the likes of Nick Ball, Angelo Leo, and Nery, some great fights to be made. Inoue looks like he will move up soon too.
     
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    Pepsi Dioxide Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Itauma vs Franklin
    Chisora vs Wilder
    Wardley vs Dubois
    Rico vs Usyk

    That is 4 separate PPVs

    Just for reference here is 1 PPV in 96 Don King put on

    Christy Martin fight
    Ricardo Lopez title defense
    Antonio Cermeno title defense
    Alexander Zolkin vs Henry Akinwande (WBO heavyweight title)
    Moore vs Botha
    (iBF heavyweight title)
    Tyson vs Holyfield
    (WBA heavyweight title)
     
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    JabToTheNeck It's Like Beating Up Babies banned Full Member

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    there's a few that are stacked

    Light Heavyweight
    Beterbiev, Bivol, Benavidez, C Smith, Khataev, Morrell, Dzambekov, Kaladjzic, Gvozdyk, N Lopez, Ataev, Izmailov, Wallace, Unal, A Ramirez, Parker, Yarde, Buatsi, Hutchinson, Coe, Kraus, Whittaker, A Lopez, Velikovskyi

    Light Welterweight
    Stevenson, D Smith, K Davis, T Lopez, Hitchins, Russell, Martin, Hiraoka, Biyarslanov, Agrba, Matias, Puello, McComb, Barboza, Mercado, Bachkov, J Ortiz, O'Leary, E Vargas, Duarte, Azim, F Martin, Utria, Turarov, Kozlovsky, Chamberlain, Rafferty

    Heavyweight
    Usyk , T Fury, Kabayel, Wardley, Dubois, Joshua, Parker, Gassiev, Torrez, Hrgovic, Chisora, Huni,
    Ajagba, Bakole, Jalolov, Vianello, Okolie, A Ruiz, Anderson, H Fury, Miller, Teremoana,

    Light Middleweight
    Ennis, V Ortiz, Fundora, Kelly, Zayas, Murtazaliev, Madrimov, Thurman, Sosulin, Adams, Bohachuk, T Tszyu, Baraou, Katzourakis, Butaev, N Tszyu, C Walsh, Samake, Lucero, S Akhmedov
     
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    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    fencik45 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Those top four shouldn't even be a ppv if they were all on the same card.
     
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    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing

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    HistoryZero26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I think its got to be 154 right now. For weight classes above LW for sure. Every other weight class is going through a rough patch and all the top fighters migrated to 154.

    HW has depth but its been created by the champs refusing to fight anyone new for years. With real champions HW wouldn't(neccessarily) have this depth. HWs depth is also rapidly aging because of how long they've been waiting for title shots.

    LHW has or had 3 guys in the P4P top 10 which I'm pretty sure is a record for the division since P4P rankings have existed. But thats not really "depth" is it. LHWs depth is still better then MW and WW but thats not a high bar at the moment.
     
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