Over and Underrated Divisions

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by George Crowcroft, Jul 27, 2019.


  1. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    For me the most underrated division right now is cruiserweight, lots of top guys there, even with Usyk and Gassiev moving up

    Most overrated to me are middleweight and welterweight
    Personally I think Crawford is overrated, Thurman just got beaten down by an old man, a great man and fighter but an old man.
    Porter is one of the most boring fighters in boxing
    Garcia has fell short against the best at the weight.
    Anyone else?

    Middleweight has 3 elite talents, 2 of them can't convincingly beat eachother and the other is a clear step down. The 4th has moved up to SMW and what's left is two champions who have never beaten anyone and won't fight eachother due to TV deals.

    Yours?
     
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  2. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    Honestly, it comes down to personal preferences. I think middleweight has been surprisingly fun and competitive.
    Welterweight has been stacked for a long, long time now, but big fights have been rare.

    Abolishing the filler divisions like 140 and 154 would make things a lot more fun.
     
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  3. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    Cruiser had been the obvious underrated one for years, as many saw it as a weak division while it was actually one of the strongest.
     
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  4. deyell

    deyell MOLECULE FROM HELL. Full Member

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    It's the deepest division without any question.
     
  5. Ivan28

    Ivan28 Active Member Full Member

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    Most underrated division is Light Heavyweight.No doubt.
     
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  6. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    I thought that but most people rate it as the best or at least top 3
     
  7. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    It was very underrated but during that stretch, similar to WW now, the top 10 guys seldom if ever fought each other.
     
  8. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    115 still may be best. I'm looking forward to 126. 160 has gotten hot the last few years, lets see what happens. While it was underrated (I was into it back when nobody on here was), it has gotten so much love of late and I don't see it as great as some people do listing it as #1 or #2 especially with their top two guys having left in the past year, is Cruiserweight. 147 does have six massive names other divisions struggle to produce that top flight establishment. 175 is one of the tops. I like 135 a bit too, though not on the level of the above I suppose... 168, 154, 140, 130, 122, 112, and 105 make up the bottom divisions at this very moment at a glance for me.
     
  9. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Usyk and Gassiev are still ranked at the top of the Cruiser weight division.

    Even with their rankings guys like Okoile , Tabiti , Goulamirian , Lerena and Ngabu occupy the top 10. Don't know who some of those guys are.
    Cruiser right now doesn't stand out to me as one of the best divisions out there.