Which Division Has The Deepest Quantity Of Quality Uncrowned Champs?

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  1. mcvey

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    Long title I know , but which weight class had the most top level guys who never attained the title in that division?


    I go for middleweight.
     
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  2. janitor

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    Light heavyweigth for me.
     
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  3. mcvey

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    Lots of good men at 175lbs.
     
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  4. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    What a great, provocative question. Nicely done, Mac!!!!! Can't wait to learn from this one!!
     
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  5. heerko koois

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    Welterweight
     
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  6. Unforgiven

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    light heavyweight

    Sam Langford, Ezzard Charles, Harry Greb, Gene Tunney, Tommy Gibbons, Jimmy Bivins, Lloyd Marshall .... etc.
     
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  7. lufcrazy

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    It's something I'm looking at right now tbh.

    I've looked at people who weren't the lineal champ but we're, imo, the best in the division.

    I've only got as far as WW atm but I see it lIke this (I've omitted uncrowned champs who went on or had previously held the lineal title to save confusion)

    HW: Jackson, Langford, Bivins
    CW: Daniels, Czyz, Norris, Miller, Tiozzo, Hill, Jirov, Toney, Braithwaite
    LHW: Langford, Gibbons, Greb, Tunney, Bivins, Charles, Conteh, Galindez, Rossman, Hill, Hearns, Jones, Tarver, Johnson, Calzaghe, Pascal
    SMW: Leonard, Hearns, Toney, Jones, Ottke, Froch, De Gale
    MW: O'Brien, Kelly, Gibbons, Apostoli, Corbett, Garcia, Overlin, Burley, Williams, Kid, Carter, Jones, Golovkin
    LMW: Griffith, McCallum, Jackson, Vasquez, Whitaker, Vargas, Trinidad, Mayorga, Forrest, Mora, Foreman, Cotto
    WW: Mosley, Margarito, Pacquiao
    LWW: Arredondo, Hamada, Mayweather, Phillips, Millet, Mitchell, Bradley.

    Imo LHW has the most depth but people night have different opinions on what constitutes an uncrowned champ.
     
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  8. lufcrazy

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    Surprisingly this is one of the shallowest divisions in this category from what I've seen so far.

    Almost all of the WW champions have been the best at the time imo.
     
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  9. lufcrazy

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    You could argue Kovalev is the best LHW right now as well. So could add him to the list.
     
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