Which divisions have the most talent in the history of boxing?
Ill have to say
1 Heavyweight division
2 middleweight division
3 welterweight division
Feather and lightweights are close thoe.
Not the heavyweight or middleweight divisions.
Bantam and Featherweight are up there . So many greats there couldn't win titles .
The lightweight division in the 80's was ridiculously stacked .
Which divisions have the most talent in the history of boxing?
Ill have to say
1 Heavyweight division
2 middleweight division
3 welterweight division
Feather and lightweights are close thoe.I would agree with your picks in general but all weight classes are constantly changing in how stacked they are. Right now I don't think heavyweights is very stacked or talented and I think light heavyweight is a stronger better weight class with more excellent fighters.
I think Bantamweight is my favorite. It's top end all-time is great both in quality, but in terms of entertainment. Eder Jofre,Ruben Olivares, Carlos Zarate, Manuel Ortiz, Fighting Harada etc; speak for themselves but also some tremendous fighters that were great to watch and are great to read about fall under the radar particularly The Mexican "Golden era" of the late 50's Becerra, Ohm, Tolucco Lopez, Medel, Raton Macias etc; and then the likes of Chucho Castillo, Rafael Herrera, Jesus Pimentel, Rodolfo Gonzalez, Lionel Rose etc; these guys may not be all-time greats like the Jofre's and Olivares' but they add depth, quality and entertainment.
I think Welterweight and Middleweight obviously are deep and rich in history with some of the best ever campaigning across those weights the usual suspects like Ray Robinson, Ray Leonard, Kid Gavilan, Barney Ross, Jose Napoles, Emile Griffith, Marvin Hagler, Harry Greb, Carlos Monzon, Tommy Hearns but then some truly special fighters like Luis Rodriguez, Nino Benvenuti that unfortunately fall under the radar and don't get much love when the lists are made. Rodriguez really should have been 3-1 or even 4-0 vs. Griffith and I don't think there's a welterweight I'd pick with confidence in the last 50 years to beta him at his best. He'd be basically pick em' with Hearns and Napoles, slight underdog with Leonard and that's about it.
Light Heavyweight has great names, great fights too. I think I may rate that divisions top 10 as the best ever.. Ezzard Charles, Tommy Loughran, Archie Moore, Gene Tunney, Harry Greb, Billy Conn, Harold Johnson etc; for example. Damn.
I'd probably say the two divisions that least interest me (but I still love) are Heavyweight and Flyweight of the original 8.