Current favorite boxers in each weight class as of 12/2022

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  1. SubrielMatiasFan

    SubrielMatiasFan Carl Froch Warrior Full Member

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    This is just my little personal list of my current favorites for each weight class which includes female and male. All opinions are wanted. If you have Snapchat and interested in joining a boxing group chat please message me.

    Male:
    Minimum - Erick Rosa
    Light Fly - Daniel Matellon
    Fly - Sergio Mendoza
    Super Fly - Joshua Franco
    Bantam - Guillermo Rigondeaux
    Super Bantam - Ryo Akaho
    Feather - Gary Russell Jr
    Super Feather - Zelfa Barrett
    Light - Michel Rivera
    Super Light - Subriel Matias
    Welter - Yordenis Ugas
    Super Welter - Troy Williamson
    Middle - Sergiy Derevyanchenko
    Super Middle - Demetrius Andrade
    Light Heavy - Gilberto Ramirez
    Cruiser - Brandon Glanton
    Bridger- Lukasz Rozanski
    Heavy - Luis Ortiz

    Female:
    Atom - Yenifer Leon
    Minimum - Sarah Bormann
    Light Fly - Tania Enriquez
    Fly - Annabel Ortiz
    Super Fly - Lourdes Juarez
    Bantam - Jamie Mitchell
    Super Bantam - Cherneka Johnson
    Feather - Tiara Brown
    Super Feather - Mikaela Mayer
    Light - Caroline Dubois
    Super Light - Sandy Ryan
    Welter - Jessica McCaskill
    Super Welter - Mary Spencer
    Middle - Maricela Cornejo
    Super Middle - Shadasia Green
    Light Heavy - Aidyl Cardenas
    Heavy - Bolatito Oluwole
     
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  2. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Minimum - Ginjiro Shigeoka
    Light Fly - Kenshiro Teraji
    Fly - Felix Alvarado
    Super Fly - Fernando Daniel Martinez
    Bantam - Naoya Inoue
    Super Bantam - Azat Hovhannisyan
    Feather - Brandon Figueroa
    Super Feather - Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov
    Light - Vasyl Lomachenko
    Light Welter - Josh Taylor
    Welter - Vergil Ortiz Jr.
    Light Middle - Brian Carlos Castano
    Middle - Gennady Golovkin
    Super Middle - John Ryder
    Light Heavy - Joe Smith Jr
    Cruiser - Mairis Briedis
    Heavy - Oleksandr Usyk
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    Perkin Warbeck Boxing aficionado Full Member

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    Bantam - Naoya Inoue
    Feather - Josh Warrington
    Light - Vasyl Lomachenko
    Light Welter - Ryan Garcia
    Welter - Terence Crawford
    Light Middle - Israil Madrimov
    Middle - Felix Cash
    Super Middle - John Ryder
    Light Heavy - Artur Beterbiev and Callum Smith
    Cruiser - Mairis Briedis
    Heavy - Oleksandr Usyk
     
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  4. JunlongXiFan

    JunlongXiFan 45-6 in Kirks Chmpionshp Boxing Predictions 2022 Full Member

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    Minimum: Ginjiro Shigeoka
    Light fly: Ken Shiro
    Fly: Masamichi Yabuki
    Super fly: Kazuto Ioka
    Bantam: Naoya Inoue
    Super bantam: Murodjot Akhmadaliev
    Feather: Rey Vargas
    Super feather: Mark Magsayo
    Light: Yoshino Shuichiro
    Super light: Andy Hiraoka
    Welter: Jin Sasaki
    Super welter: Jermell Charlo
    Middle: Sergey Dervyanchenko
    Super middle: Pavel Silyagin
    Light heavy: Dmitry Bivol
    Cruiser: Mairis Briedis
    Heavy: Zhilei Zhang
     
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  5. blackfella96

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    Bantam: Nonito/Inoue
    Light: Devin Haney
    Super Light: Steve Spark
    Welter: Jaron Ennis
    Super Welter: Tim Tszyu
    Middle: GGG
    Super Middle: Caleb Plant
    Light Heavy: Beterbiev
    Cruiser: Jai Opetaia
    Heavyweight: Usyk
     
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  6. Rubber Glove Sandwich

    Rubber Glove Sandwich A lot of people have pools Full Member

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    Minimumweight: Ginjiro Shigeoka
    Light Flyweight: Masamichi Yabuki
    Flyweight: Julio Cesar Martinez
    Super Flyweight: Roman Gonzalez (so many of my favorites fight at this weight.)
    Bantamweight: Naoya Inoue
    Super Bantamweight: Murodjon Akhmadaliev (Hiroaki Teshigawara is listed as inactive on boxrec)
    Featherweight: Kiko Martinez
    Super Featherweight: N/A
    Lightweight: Masayoshi Nakatani
    Super Lightweight: Regis Prograis
    Welterweight: Yuki Beppu (nvm he retired. N/A then.)
    Super Welterweight: Brian Carlos Castano
    Middleweight: Ryota Murata
    Super Middleweight: Daniel Jacobs
    Light Heavyweight: Joe Smith Jr
    Cruiserweight: Krzysztof Glowacki
    Heavyweight: Oleksandr Usyk
     
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  7. SubrielMatiasFan

    SubrielMatiasFan Carl Froch Warrior Full Member

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    If you had to pick a welterweight then who would it be?
     
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  8. Rubber Glove Sandwich

    Rubber Glove Sandwich A lot of people have pools Full Member

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    I guess Thurman? This year I focused way more on the classic side of things than the active side. Next year I'll try to pay more attention to the active side of things.
     
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  9. JunlongXiFan

    JunlongXiFan 45-6 in Kirks Chmpionshp Boxing Predictions 2022 Full Member

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    If fighters were ranked by how great their fights are Yuki would be unanimous at WW.
     
  10. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    HW: Hunter
    CW: ?
    LHW: Bivol
    SMW: Benavidez/Andrade (is he technically a SMW now?)
    MW: Charlo
    JMW: Charlo
    WW: Ennis
    JWW: Prograis
    LW: Davis
    SFW: Stevenson
    FW: Russell
    JFW: Fulton
    BW: Inoue

    Everything under SFW I give only limited attention to though
     
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  11. Pimp C

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    HW Fury
    CW Briedis
    LHW Bivol
    SMW Canelo
    MW Charlo
    JMW Charlo
    WW Spence
    JWW Teo
    LW Tank
    SFW Shakur
    FW Fig
    SBW Fulton
     
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  12. SubrielMatiasFan

    SubrielMatiasFan Carl Froch Warrior Full Member

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    If you had to pick just one name first that comes to my mind in cruiserweight, who would it be?
     
  13. JOKER

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    Naoya Inoue.

    That's it. That's the list.
     
  14. LD Boxer-Puncher

    LD Boxer-Puncher Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Heavyweight: Tyson Fury
    Cruiserweight: Richard Riakporhe
    Light heavyweight: Callum Smith
    Super Middleweight: John Ryder
    Middleweight: Felix Cash
    Super Welterweight: Liam Smith
    Welterweight: Michael McKinson
    Super Lightweight: Jack Catterall
    Lightweight: Kid Galahad
    Super Featherweight: Joe Cordina
    Featherweight: Leigh Wood
    Super Bantamweight: Liam Davies
    Bantamweight: Lee McGregor
    Super Flyweight: Marcel Braithwaite
    Flyweight: Sunny Edwards
    Light Flyweight: Hekkie Budler
    Minimumweight: Ayanda Ndulani
     
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  15. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Probably Badou Jack since he's active at CW, maybe Dorticos
     
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