Best / worst division right now?

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  1. Stinky gloves

    Stinky gloves Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    With Haye moving to HW, Calzaghe to LHW, PAC,
    Guzman to 135 whch division seems to be most
    exciting right now and which the less?

    I think that HW is getiing in good shape with a lot of
    good prospects comming in to the title shoot position soon
    (Povetkin, Haye, Thompson, Virchis, Gomez, Dimitrenko ...)
    and a few still durable older guys (Valuev, Iggy, Ruiz, Golota ...)

    Cruiser is still exciting, even after Have moved up
    Willson got his ass owned, and Bell quit again,
    Admaek-Cunningham is the best fight on the horizon.

    175: even with Calzaghe fighting over there recently
    division lacks movement, top guys are not willing to fight eachother ;(

    The worst division is 154 with DLH fighting Mayweather again

    WW is getting saturated, maywether not willing to fight
    any legitimate contender over there, Mosley and Williams
    owned recently, Cotto is the best player but dvision is still deep.

    140 looks pretty exciting right now with possible
    Hatton-Maliganggi and Witter losing to Bradley.

    135 looks to be in great shape with PAC, Guzman
    and maybe JMM moving up, Casamayaor getting back ...
    alots of good fights sheduled already.

    So I think the best divisions are right now: 135, 147, 200
    The worst are: 154, 168, 175
     
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  2. Benjiabc

    Benjiabc The Nottingham Hitman Full Member

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    147 is best, 140 is worst
     
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  3. MexicanJew

    MexicanJew Jajajajajaja Full Member

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    Id have to agree 154, 168, 175 are just lacking.
     
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  4. T.C.W

    T.C.W Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    130 there is not much there now
     
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  5. PaddyD1983

    PaddyD1983 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Nice avatar man, I havent seen that before, where's it from?

    To throw my two pence worth in;

    Best; 135
    Worst; 154

    147 would be undoubtably the best if Floyd got himself involved with the rest but 135 pinches it for me as it seems to be the most competitive, there's movement into the division of other quality fighters (Pac and Guz as you said) and there's also good prospects in there like Khan. Throw in Katisidis and for me its the most exciting division.

    154 - who's there? Nobody in that division excites me at all.

    I forsee that you're gonna get a lot of people slagging off 140, but I think its in decent shape. Hatton on top of the pile, but after that it looks competitive with Malignaggi, Bradley, Torres, Kotelnik and I'd still throw Witter in that bracket.
     
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  6. CJLightweight

    CJLightweight Lightweight Kingpin Full Member

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    best

    147, 135, 115

    worst

    105, 154
     
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  7. Cobbler

    Cobbler Shoemaker To The Stars Full Member

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    154 is worst. 160 not far behind and falls easily to the bottom of the pile if Pavlik moves up.

    Lightweight is good, welterweight ok, but tends to get overrated.

    168 is in good shape with the likes of Calzaghe, Bute, Kessler, Taylor, Andrade, Miranda, Froch, Inkin, and potentially Pavlik and Abraham as well.
     
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  8. Stinky gloves

    Stinky gloves Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Calzaghe officialy is off, even if he fights Pavlik the fight will not be in the division main stream since no ABC belt is involved. Pavlik and Abraham will probably not fight at 168 soon, they will unify 160 before. So Miranda, Froch, Inkin, Kessler and Lacy are the best players over there.

    168 may follow 135 if Abraham Taylor, & Pavlik move up, and Calzaghe comes back.
     
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  9. hellblazer

    hellblazer All-Time Great™ Full Member

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    Best
    147
    135
    122
    115

    Worst
    140
    118
    126
     
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  10. LiamE

    LiamE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Why would a fight at 168 between JC and KP not involve at least the WBO and Ring SMW straps? Hell even the WBC and WBA SMW straps are still possible as well. As I understand it Joe hasn't vacated them, unless something has changed recently.
     
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  11. box3r86

    box3r86 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    126 is the legendary and prestiguous featherweight division and is just now awful. think of the recent past players in that division, naseem hamed, barrera, morales, pacman, kevin kelly, jmm, jonny tapia. all gone and now the belts are sort of stlling with their champions but still they were passed from fighter to fighter. the best was injin chi who quit boxing, now its chris john who has not yet fought out of asia and guerro is prob 2nd best. no unifications as of yet!
     
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  12. theunderdog

    theunderdog Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Best 115 And 135


    Worst 154
     
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  13. FlatNose

    FlatNose Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Worst is Heavyweight, by a mile. Best is Welterweight. If Zab Judah was a heavyweight, he'd knock Klitchko into next week.
     
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  14. Maxmomer

    Maxmomer Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Best-Welter
    Worst-Heavy
     
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  15. Haye

    Haye Boxing Addict Full Member

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    168?

    Miranda, Kessler, Taylor, Calzaghe, Bute, Lacy etc.

    Mundine has just left, but Pavlik will be moving up pretty soon. Its an excellent division in my opinion.
     
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