Deepest division in boxing currently

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  1. JabToTheNeck

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    Imagine if all the top heavyweights actually fought each other regularly. The division would be fire!

    Usyk ,T Fury, Kabayel, Wardley, Dubois, Joshua, Parker, Gassiev, Torrez, Hrgovic, Chisora, Huni, Itauma, Ajagba, Bakole, Jalolov, Vianello, Okolie, A Ruiz

    Instead we get Usyk vs Rico, Kabayel vs Kynba, Torrez vs Salek, Okolie vs Tetteh, Ajagba vs Martin, Itauma vs Franklin and so on..
     
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  2. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing Aficionado Full Member

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    Several very good ones right now.

    However, I think light heavyweight (175) is the best. In addition to the top contenders, there's at least a dozen up-and-comers and talented prospects to ensure the division will remain strong in the years to come.

    Honorable mention to: 140, 154 and of course heavyweight, which is still the most popular division with boxing fans. However, many of the best at 140 will eventually fight at 147 and some at 154 will move up to 160.
     
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  3. Mark Anthony

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    Buatsi is awful, no defense, he really struggled in his last fight.
     
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  4. Mark Anthony

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    That list of heavyweights isn't that great, it's just quite solid.
     
  5. Mark Anthony

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    That's a fair point, but if they were on the same card it would be quite exiting and pretty decent.
     
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  6. Mark Anthony

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    Yarde was awful in his last fight.
     
  7. PopPellegrino

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    Featherweight: Espinoza, Shu Shu Carrington, Figueroa, and Angelo Leo make up one of the strongest championship lineups in boxing. On top of that, there are excellent contenders like Nery, Casimero, Ball, Aleem, Kyonosuke Kameda, Tomoki Kameda, Joet Gonzalez, Parra, and Omar Trinidad. As a side note, this division is especially exciting because almost everyone is willing to fight everyone, and 126 is fast without being hard to keep up with (still like 105-122).

    Other than featherweight, super welterweight and super middleweight are on fire right now. And in this thread, light heavy is overrated. Bivol and Beterbiev haven't fought in a year, Benavidez is moving to cruiser, and Coe and Buatsi suck. In my opinion, light heavy is not that much better than middleweight (Najee Lopez will hopefully save the division).
     
  8. Reinhardt

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    None, there is no stacked division
     
  9. Mark Anthony

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    Yeah
     
  10. Blaxx

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    135 - Shakur Stevenson, Tank Davis, Abdullah Mason, Raymond Muratalla, Lamont Roach, William Zepeda, Kid Austin, Andy Cruz, Sam Noakes, Jadier Herrera and Lucas Bahdi

    140 - Shakur Stevenson, Keyshawn Davis, Gary Antuanne Russell, Teofimo Lopez, Richardson Hitchins, Dalton Smith, Adam Azim, Andy Hiraoka, Albert Puello
     
  11. fencik45

    fencik45 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    hw has no depth, get real.
     
  12. HistoryZero26

    HistoryZero26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Theres 30 guys that you could justify title shots for. Thats depth. If things were normal most of that depth wouldn't be there but thats depth.
     
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  13. boxingexpert733

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  14. fencik45

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    thats hilarious. Go ahead and name your thirty, I need a big laugh.
     
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  15. Macedoine62

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    Bridgerweight, Middleweight and Welterweight