December 1982 Champions during this era Larry Holmes HW Michael Spinks LHW Marvin Haglar MW Wilfred Benitez Jr MW Ray Leonard WW Aaron Pryor Jr WW Alexis Arguello LW Bazooka Limon Jr LW Eusebio Pedroza FW Wilfred Gomez Jr FW Lupe Pintor BW Freddie Castillo Fly...the only champ i honestly never seen fight. Fights That month. HW Tony Tubbs won. Dwight Braxton stopped Saad Muhammed in title defence. Eddie Mustafa & Pablos Ramos rumbled. Hit-man Hearns, Doug Dewitt, Tony Ayala, Davey Moore, Buster Drayton, Marlon Starling, Alexis Arguello, Ray boom boom Mancini, Howard Davis Jr, Roger Mayweather &Juan Laporte all had KTFOs over their foes. Salvador Sanchez KO Round 15 over a young Azumah Nelson who would become known as (The Professor) All these fights took place within 60 days, damn!!!!
Going through my KO MAGAZINE an article stood out : TV's Best Action Fighters. KO stated Ray Leonard wasn't considered. He's accused of denying fans by constantly fighting on this new entity called closed circuit. Demand $$$ (Hence why PPV is a MURDERER. Killing the fanbase...imo.) They Intentionally left out Haglar, Mancini, Gomez....why? Lmao! Cause they were accused of fighting soft opposition leading to lopsided wins.
Ring magazine 1982 said WBA: shitty ranked fighters. KO magazine refused to rank the Cruiser.weight division. They state why rank a division whose champ is Ossie Ocasio?!?! Letter to the WBC & WBA: " Give us a division with legitimate contenders and we'll consider ranking them" <<<<-------(for those who poopoo on today's rankings. Different era, same complaints.
What an amazing amount of talent all holding titles at the same time. The fact that Bazooka Limon is probably the second worst of those champions shows just how insanely high the level of talent was.
That should be the rule of thumb. Some of the divisions are full of mediocre fighters, and the cause of it is too many divisions. The other option is to rank a top 5 or a top 3 in the weak divisions, not a top 10 or top 20.
I was a junior in HighScool at this time and every Sat and Sunday afternoon was nothing but great fights. Befor 82 and tapering off some by about 86 I believe