Is Lightweight historically the strongest division?

My all time top 10 @ LW is:

1. Leonard
2. Gans
3. Duran
4. McFarland
5. Whittaker
6. Ortiz
7. Williams
8. Ambers
9. Welsh
10. Canzoneri

My P4P is a WIP. Provisionally I rank 1-4 all in my top 14, Whittaker at 22 and Canzoneri looks like he will end up in the early 30's.

Have I got the p4p rankings of my top LWs badly wrong? If not, is there another weight division top 10, where 4 are top 15 pfp all time, 5 top 25 and/or 6 top 35?

 

Based on fights at or around MW only:

1. Monzon
2. Greb
3. Hagler
4. SRR
5. Hopkins
6. Gibbons
7. Ketchel
8. Steele
9. Ryan
10. Burley

Includes my top 2 p4p, SRR and Greb, but only 2 top 15 pfp vs 4 at LW. Ryan and Monzon make it 4 x top 25 p4p vs 5 at LW. I've not finished my top 35 pfp yet, Burley and Hagler will probably be in it so that would be 6 each for LW and MW in my top 35 pfp.

 

I respect the call of the judges, except in the case of blatant robberies.

I consider the Ramirez and Chavez fights as wins for Whittaker. De La Hoya as a legitimate past prime loss in a close fight to a bigger, prime ATG/borderline ATG.

I consider Whittaker as having won every fight he contested at his prime weight as well as some great performances at WW.

Chavez, Ramirez x 2, McGirt x 2, Riveria x 2, Nelson, Vasquez (at LMW, where Whitakker had no business), Haugen and R. Mayweather may not be the 22nd deepest win resume in history, but when you consider his only legitimate losses came past prime vs bigger fighters, many of those wins were dominant and/or against bigger boxers, I'm comfortable with Whitakker at 22.

 

As I said in the very post you quoted, i respect the decision of the judges, except in the case of blatant robberies. I think its widely accepted that Whitakker beat the unbeaten Chavez clearly on a fair scorecard.

 

WW is a great shout, Mike.

I think what impressed me most about LW, is that my top 4 there are all in my top 15 pfp.

Ross isnt in my top 10 at WW (or my LW top 10) based solely on fights contested at or around WW, but if we were, combined with SRR, Armstrong and Walker, my WW top 10 would have matched my LW top 10 as contributing 4 fighters to my p4p top 15.