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Thank God For The Welterweight Divison | BoxingScene Community

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Thank God For The Welterweight Divison

Ace_Rockolla18y ago

There are so many great fighters fighting between 140-154 pounds right now. From the champions all the way down to the young prospects, this part of the scale is loaded right now. It couldn't come at a better time either. The heavyweight division has been down for a few years now. Can you imagine if the lower weights were down as well? Boxing would be almost completely off the map. Thank God for the welters.

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Did CanadaJoe just hack into your boxingscene account?:owned: lol yeah. he would have to because nobody is that stupid. I mean a statement like "the heavyweight division is good" ONLY works as a joke.

18y ago

On second thought, this division sucks. Give me the heavyweights! This is one of the best heavyweight eras ever! Did CanadaJoe just hack into your boxingscene account?:owned:

18y ago

hell i like all the divisions, mainly cause i like boxing period

18y ago

There are so many great fighters fighting between 140-154 pounds right now. From the champions all the way down to the young prospects, this part of the scale is loaded right now. It couldn't come at a better time either. The heavyweight division has been down for a few years now. Can you imagine if the lower weights were down as well? Boxing would be almost completely off the map. Thank God for the welters. Middle, and Supermiddle

18y ago

On second thought, this division sucks. Give me the heavyweights! This is one of the best heavyweight eras ever!

18y ago

The WW division has been great for many many years now, all started back in the 90's with a kid named De La Hoya among many other names but i think De La Hoya really got many fans watching

18y ago

When I think welterweights, I think happy thoughts. I mean look how many great welterweights will have fought between May and July this year. Pretty much all of them except Mosley. Amazing division where a lot of the right matchups are happening. They have to keep it going though. The four or five best have got to face each other after this weekend's results.

18y ago

ANTONIO MARGIRITO,MAYWEATHER,MIGUEL COTTO,SHANE MOSLEY,CINTRON,PAUL WILLIAMS,ANDRE BERTO,JOSHUA CLOTTEY,BALDIMIR,COLLAZO,CARLOS QUINTANA,JOEL JULIO,ZAB JUDAH,ARTURO GATTI,CHAVEZ JR,-NEVER has there been such talent in one division-compare it to the jr,welters -HATTON (who is arguably by far and away the best),MALINAGGI,TORRES,WITTIER,CORLEY-NO COMPARISON.

18y ago

The best division in boxing.

18y ago

Yeah bro!!! The lower weights have always been strong!!! This is why most pound for pound champs come from the lower weight divisions!!! SRR Greatest P4p Fighter ever!!! Bar None!!!! I hope the Hw division gets to there level soon!!!

18y ago

Gareth_Ivanovic

For sure the WW division is loaded. There many good fights to be made in the division.

18y ago