Your Favorite Weight Division (Outside of Heavyweight)

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  1. Coco

    Coco Member Full Member

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    As it say's on the tin, what's yours? We all love the big guy's but outside of that which is yours.

    Mine is Middleweight.:)
     
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  2. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Light heavy. It’s the sweet spot of relatively big guys who can crack, but who also are highly athletic. If you watch the average light heavy fight back to back with the average cruiser fight, the difference is huge. The cruisers are so much slower and less active.

    although at the moment I’m loving 115 because I like watching two of my fellow countrymen (Texas) fight. Bam and Ortiz.
     
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  3. The Undefeated Lachbuster

    The Undefeated Lachbuster On the Italian agenda Full Member

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    Middleweight as well, way too many dynamic punchers to ignore while still having the size to make constant foot movement not the best option. Has 3 of my favorites in Rocky Graziano, Marvin Hagler and Julian Jackson
     
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  4. Macedoine62

    Macedoine62 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Minimumweight, Light Flyweight, Flyweight, Super Flyweight, Bantamweight, Super Bantamweight, Featherweight, Super Featherweight.
     
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  5. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Delusional BUT Determined Full Member

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    I sort just really like 130lbsbs-160lbs mostly, it houses a lot of talent I used to really like the little, little fighters but I usually watch guys from that bracket the most - I like all divisions, HW happens to be the least skilled but also has it's charms.
     
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  6. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    Bridgerweight. Whatever that is.
     
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  7. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Middleweight. I prefer everything from lightweight to middleweight over heavyweight.
     
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  8. HistoryZero26

    HistoryZero26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Bridgerweight. Its neat to see a division getting off the ground. Like watching a Panda learn to walk.
     
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  9. greynotsoold

    greynotsoold Boxing Addict

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    I prefer any weight class over heavyweight. I grew up watching fights from LA so I always thought that welterweights were big guys.
    The only heavies that I have ever enjoyed were Louis and Tyson, briefly. Beyond that I have zero interest in the heavyweight division. There is a reason that the words "big" and "dum" sound so good together.
     
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  10. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Delusional BUT Determined Full Member

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    Marciano and Walcott otta ring your neck ya bum
     
  11. Mandela2039

    Mandela2039 Philippians 2:10-11 Full Member

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    Lightweight all the way baby, i don't know what it is but i tune up for every lightweight fight i see, no matter the level of the guys i always leave satisfied and entertained

    there is some mystique to that division, i love it so much.

    edit: also it's Roberto's natural weight class, which automatically makes it #1
     
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  12. themaster458

    themaster458 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Been really enjoying watching Featherweight and Bantamweight good mix of guys with power and skill more so then a lot of the higher weight classes
     
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  13. Paul McB

    Paul McB Member Full Member

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    Featherweight or Welterweight for me. So many great fights and champions over the years.
     
  14. GoldenHulk

    GoldenHulk Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Tie between middle and light heavy.
     
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  15. Kid Bacon

    Kid Bacon All-Time-Fat Full Member

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    Middle Weight because IMO it offers the best examples of fighters mixing strength, skill, speed, toughness and resilience in a balanced way.

    Light Heavy Weight because it is literally HW’s little league, with so many cases of great fighters starting as LHW and moving successfully to HW.
     
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