What was the best and the most competitive division for every decade in boxing history? Here is my list: 1880s - heavyweight 1890s - middleweight 1900s - lightweight 1910s - middleweight 1920s - light heavyweight 1930s - welterweight 1940s - lightweight 1950s - middleweight 1960s - bantamweight 1970s - heavyweight 1980s - middleweight 1990s - heavyweight 2000s - featherweight 2010s - welterweight
Of all the entries in my list, 1960s was indeed the weakest. This was because it was hard to find a good division in that decade. The heavyweight division for instance saw utter chaos due to the Ali affair after already having seen Liston denied of title opportunities for several years. Welterweight was decent, and this was my first pick and whilst I found flyweight to be reasonable, I settled with bantamweight eventually. The Jofre-Harada bouts were what made me pick that division.
