What was the most talent stacked division of all time?

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  1. r1p00pk

    r1p00pk Well-Known Member Full Member

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    each weight class had its fighters but which division was filled with the most talented fighters.
     
  2. dyna

    dyna Boxing Junkie banned

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    Lightweight
    Followed by welter/middle
     
  3. The Funny Man 7

    The Funny Man 7 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Over the course of boxing history? During the division's history? Or in a single division at one time?

    Middleweight has had the most cumulative talent with Fitzsimmons, Robinson, Greb, Ketchel, Monzon, Hagler, Hearns, Jones, Hopkins, and now Martinez.

    For the relatively short time its been around junior lightweight has had some crazy talent: Flash Elorde, Saddler, Mayweather, Arguello, Chavez Sr., Azumah Nelson, Fenech, Chacon, Boza-Edwards, Corrales, Casamayor, Barrera, Morales, Marquez, Pacquiao, etc.

    The junior welterweight division in 2004-2005 was the most stacked I've ever seen a weight class at one time. It featured: Tsyua, Mayweather, Gatti, Sharmba Mitchell, Hatton, Cotto, Malinaggi, Forbes, Kelson Pinto, Ben Tackie, Corley, Randall Bailey, Vivian Harris, Witter, Panchito Pojado, Lovemore N'Dou, Vince Phillips, David Diaz, Leonard Dorin, Spadafora, Jesse James Leija, and Kendall Holt. I've never seen a division with such a lethal top 25.
     
  4. The Funny Man 7

    The Funny Man 7 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It seems like a lot of talent bottle-necks at 140 for some reason. Its happened in the Carlos Ortiz-Eddie Perkins-Duillio Loi era, then the Chavez era, and its happening again now.
     
  5. SugarShane_24

    SugarShane_24 ESB good-looking member Full Member

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    140/147

    There's always a superstar/near-superstar lurking.
     
  6. oatman12345

    oatman12345 Active Member Full Member

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    147 a few years back Cotto, Margarito, Mayweater, Pacquiao, Mosley, Williams and guyd like CLottey, Cintron and quintana weren't too bad
     
  7. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    MW all time for me. Top heavy, deep, and consistent.

    In recent years, I was loving Bantamweight as recently as the end of 2011 when it was stacked with: Donaire, Montiel, Moreno, Mares, Agbeko, Perez, Darchinyan, Arce, Koki, Yamanaka.
     
  8. aramini

    aramini Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Our recent feather-fat lightweight era was great with Barrera Marquez hamed morales PAC. Stacked and any of those guys is a pick em with any feather in history, with good b players like Kelly junior jones and Sanchez and McCullough who would probably beat jokers like caballero and even broner, who hasn't fought anybody except Deleon and demarco. All time easy lightweight division now.

    Also about that time you had floyd and corrales at 130 and guys like Norwood at feather. Stacked around there.
     
  9. Nafflad26

    Nafflad26 Active Member Full Member

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    168 super middleweight has had a lot of good fights considering its a fairly new division.
     
  10. Arcane

    Arcane One More Time Full Member

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    168 about 10 years ago was a hunting ground for legends :deal everyone from Ashira to Pudwill, Salem to Thornberry were all there.
     
  11. DrMo

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    Welteweight in the late 70s/early 80s

    Duran, Leonard, Hearns, Benitez & Cuevas.
     
  12. Del Boy

    Del Boy R.I.P Darren Sutherland Full Member

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    In terms of time it has to be 168. So many greats have fought in that weight class

    Over all though I would have to say heavy
     
  13. nastynas

    nastynas Boxing Addict Full Member

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    and Palomino.
     
  14. dyna

    dyna Boxing Junkie banned

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    :verysad

    Parts of 70s and parts of 90s were the only times the hw division was "truly stacked", even then it wasn't that stacked relatively.
     
  15. anj

    anj Guest

    John Stracey, Bruce Curry, Carlos Palomino (HOF'er) to add to that.