If boxing still had 8 divisions...

Who would be the top 3 in each weight class? Post them in order:

Heavyweight:
1. Wladimir Klitschko
2. Vitali Klitschko
3. David Haye

Light heavyweight:
1. Bernard Hopkins
2. Andre Ward
3. Carl Froch

Middleweight:
1. Sergio Martinez
2. Miguel Cotto
3. Paul Williams

Welterweight:
1. Manny Pacquiao
2. Floyd Mayweather
3. Amir Khan

Lightweight:
1. Juan Manuel Marquez
2. Michael Katsidis
3. Jorge Linares

Featherweight:
1. JuanMa Lopez
2. Yuriorkis Gamboa
3. Rafael Marquez

Bantamweight:
1. Nonito Donaire
2. Fernando Montiel
3. Abner Mares

Flyweight:
1. Giovanni Segura
2. Roman Gonzalez
3. Pongsaklek Wonjongkam



The toughest division there, by far, is light heavyweight. It would be really interesting to see match ups between the elite at 168lbs, Froch, Ward, Kessler etc., against Hopkins, Pascal, Dawson etc.. It'll be interesting to see what picks come up for that division.

 

I don't know. Look at how well Haye and Adamek have done and neither have grown into a really big heavyweight. Most cruiserweights are similar in weight on fight night, it's just that they, unlike Haye and Adamek, drain themselves to make the cruiser limit.

I said a few years ago that Cunningham is America's best heavyweight and I think he is. He'd be a top 10 heavyweight, no doubt.

 

Yeah, I can imagine Pavlik struggling too. Some of these guys who are just too big for another division, would really have a hard time. Once a fighter can't make 175lbs any more, their next world title opponent could be Wlad who stands at at 6'6" and weighs 245lbs. Huge difference in size.

Boxing would be better for it though, I have no doubts about that.

 

Definitely. That's what would make these divisions incredible to watch. Seeing guys like Alexander and Bradley possibly be ranked outside of the top 10 and Maidana outside of the top 15. It would be amazing to see divisions where guys as good as those three wouldn't be considered amongst the elite.