..Most Successful Move Up In Weight...

[MANGLER]

RJ 4 sho. Toney gets his props. And Holyfield won several HW titles, more than anybody else, had a bunch of great wars, and made his greatest fame as a HW.

[MEXGBP]

de la hoya world champion 6 diferent divisions

[BattlingNelson]

Micael Spinks. He was the first LHW champion to succesfully challenge for the HW title. And he beat the odds and won in a fight where the champion Holmes was supposed to tie the most legendary record in boxing.

Ray Leonard. Moved up to face a champion so dominant that he by many was considered the best middleweight ever. He even had a long lay-off before coming back to defeat the most fearsome of opponents.

And those two fellas won REAL championships. Not some phoney alphabet title.

[Left2body]

Roberto Duran. He moved from LW and won the Middleweight title from Iran Barkley. Not to mention he went the distance against one of the best MW's of all time.

[Guest]

Recently Guillermo Jones went up from being a title contender at 147-154 to a title holder at cruiserweight.

Dingaan Thobela was a 2-time lightweight champion in the early 1990's who won a super middleweight title in 2000 by KO'ing Glenn Catley in the 12th round after being outpointed in most of the rounds.

Vinny Pazienza was a LW title holder who went onto become a LMW title holder and a super middleweight title contender.

Jimmy Ellis was an average middleweight contender who went onto become a heavyweight title holder.

Jimmy McLarnin defeated flyweight champion Pancho Villa in 1925 and KO'd welterweight champion Young Corbett III in the first round in 1933.

Ezzard Charles was a great middleweight and light heavyweight who did not receive a title shot until he went up to the heavyweight division.

James Toney a middleweight/super middleweight title holder in the early 1990's, a cruiserweight/heavyweight title holder in 2003-2005.

Sam Langford fought world champions from the lightweight division (Joe Gans) all the way up to the heavyweight division (Jack Johnson) although he never received an official title shot himself.

Good post brother. Toney and Guerillmo Jones stick out in my mind in recent history.
Unfortunately, I wasn't around for Langford and McLarrin let alone Ezzard Charles

[Joe2608]

Pacquaio and Holyfield.

[boxasmash]

Floyd Mayweather and Roy Jones Junior

dont mention floyd in the same setance as roy jones.

floyd just picked his way through all the weights avoiding the biggest threats in each division.

[Guest]

dont mention floyd in the same setance as roy jones.

floyd just picked his way through all the weights avoiding the biggest threats in each division.

It's not like Jones fought the best heavyweights either. He did great at 68 and 75 though.

[Guest]

Micael Spinks. He was the first LHW champion to succesfully challenge for the HW title. And he beat the odds and won in a fight where the champion Holmes was supposed to tie the most legendary record in boxing.

Ray Leonard. Moved up to face a champion so dominant that he by many was considered the best middleweight ever. He even had a long lay-off before coming back to defeat the most fearsome of opponents.

And those two fellas won REAL championships. Not some phoney alphabet title.

Tell me you didn't think Leonard beat Hagler.... I love Sugar Ray and my heart was broken when Terry Norris beat him to a pulp but I thought Hagler beat him.

[BattlingNelson]

Tell me you didn't think Leonard beat Hagler.... I love Sugar Ray and my heart was broken when Terry Norris beat him to a pulp but I thought Hagler beat him.

Leonard won that fight.

I've watched it and scored it countless times and I never ever had Hagler winning!