by Cliff Rold - For any new boxing fan, the time is not long before a fellow fan points out a magic number which grows more mythologized with time: eight. As in boxing’s original eight weight classes. The number represents in the mind of many a time when the sport was compressed into fields which couldn’t help but be talented, couldn’t help but draw crowds, because there were so few places on the scale to go. They were divisions marked by single champions ever challenged by a depth of contenders today’s seventeen weight classes rarely know. [details]
The Top 25 Featherweights of All-Time – Top Ten
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For the Jr. Divisions, it was on points. For these, I use the points to sort and then I start playing with it (explained at the bottom). On just points, Hamed is much higher (around 13 I think) but then you start to think about eras which were much different from each other.Comment
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For the Jr. Divisions, it was on points. For these, I use the points to sort and then I start playing with it (explained at the bottom). On just points, Hamed is much higher (around 13 I think) but then you start to think about eras which were much different from each other.Comment
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Around 30. His Featherweight resume was okay but compared to others across the divisions history it was just ok. His status as a modern guy can distort what some amazing fighters got done here. I squeezed him in because I thought the most prominent actual Feather of the Fab Four belonged and he and Barrera scored about even.Comment
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Around 30. His Featherweight resume was okay but compared to others across the divisions history it was just ok. His status as a modern guy can distort what some amazing fighters got done here. I squeezed him in because I thought the most prominent actual Feather of the Fab Four belonged and he and Barrera scored about even.Comment
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