Here's mine: Welterweight Super Middleweight Junior Welterweight Featherweight Junior Middleweight Lightweight Heavyweight Bantamweight Junior Flyweight Light Heavyweight Junior Bantamweight Flyweight Cruiserweight Middleweight Junior Lightweight Strawweight Junior Featherweight A few notes: -I give heavyweight a higher ranking than even I would have first expected when I considered that both Haye and Adamek are both Top 20 P4P guys, at least. Combine that with the Klitschko brothers, who also are in that range, and it's a much stronger division on the top end than it often gets credit for. The reason it's still relatively low is the tremendous drop off in depth after Povetkin is accounted for. -I included Paul Williams at 154, which obviously influences things, i.e., it makes 160 total dog **** essentially. His recent foray against Sergio Martinez seems to have convinced his team to stay in the 147-54 range for now, but given that it's been quite a while since he actually fought at welterweight, I went with junior middle for ranking purposes. -Rafael's (fat ****) most recent notebook indicated that JMM will be staying at 135 for one more fight. Given that he currently holds the Ring title there, as well, I ranked him with that class instead of 140 or 147. Humberto Soto is ranked at 135, as well (making 130 a pit of despair). -Normally, I wouldn't do this, but because Caballero is already scheduled to move up in April and fight for a 126 title, I'm ranking him there. That division starts looking pretty stacked with him, John, Lopez, and Gamboa. Like with Soto being removed from 130, this makes 122 god awful. At least 130 still has Guerrero.
I meant to add that the disparity between 147 and 168 is mainly the fact that the former has, in my opinion, the top 3 P4P fighters in the sport. Throw in Clottey, Cotto, and Berto and it's plain to see why it's in the top spot. Honestly, though, I think 168 is better past the top 5. It just can't overcome that massive amount of talent at the top end from Pacquiao, Mayweather, and Mosley.
Close . . . 1)Welterweight 2)Super Middleweight 3)Junior Welterweight 4)Featherweight 5)Junior Middleweight 6)Lightweight 7)Bantamweight 8)Junior Flyweight 9)Light Heavyweight 10)Junior Bantamweight 11)Flyweight 12)Middleweight 13)Cruiserweight 14)Junior Lightweight 15)Strawweight 16)Junior Featherweight 17) 18) 19) 20)Heavyweight 2 average fighters as champs and a division full of no talent slobs
1. Welterweight (4 Top 10 P4P Fighters, 9 Total Quality Fighters) Pacquiao, Mayweather, Mosley, and Cotto are all in the top 10 P4P Ring Rankings. Add to this tandem Berto, Clottey, Margarito (if he comes back at welterweight), Quintana, and Collazo and you have the best division in boxing today! 2. Jr. Welterweights (11 Total Quality Fighters) Bradley, Alexander, Khan, Maidana, Ortiz, Malignaggi, Urango, Diaz, Campbell, Hatton (if he decides to come back), and Holt make this division a powerhouse to be reckoned with. Take into consideration that most of these fighters are relatively young and we can be sure that we may be seeing quality fights today and in the coming years. 3. Super Middleweights (9 Total Quality Fighters) Abraham, Frosch, Kessler, Direll, Ward, Green, and Taylor (all involved at one point or another in the super six) make the division one of the best. Add to the list Bute, and Andrade and the division is one that is sure to produce a lot of quality fights. 4. Lightweights (1 P4P Fighter, 9 Total Quality Fighters) Marquez, Valero, Guzman, Katsidis, Casamayor, Funeka, Mitchell, Soto, and DeMarco make this division one of caliber. A lot of exciting fights are sure to take place! 5. Featherweight (7 Total Quality Fighters) Lopez, Gamboa, Concepcion, Luevano, John, Juarez, and Ponce De Leon make this division exciting to follow, especially with the rise of future stars Lopez and Gamboa.
