The Welterweight division is ruled by Non Welterweights.

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Peterson and Matthysse was at welterweight with an agreed upon weight of 141. Anything over 40 is a WW fight.

[Fidel456]

Welcome to the party. This has been going on for many, many years now. Floyd came in at the right time. Even when he first fought at welterweight he first fought 140 pounders at welterweight ex. Judah, S.Mitchal don't recall the Puerto Rican who move up to fight him at 140 for Floyd first fight at 147 and i think his too.

George Forman used to say "....make as much money with that title"

Thank u. I posted about true welterweights before. Floyd isn't even a true welterweight, but welterweights r so small and blown up now that he can get away with fighting at welterweight. Oscar was the last of the Mohicans.

Trinidad
Quartey
De La Hoya

If these dudes were fighter in this era u wouldn't b seeing all these little guys moving up to welterweight.

[Public_Enemy]

Rather amusing how a fight at 143 is in the JWW where the limit is 140 pounds

NSB logic strikes again

That's what it says on the Showtime website. It says JWW fight. Glad you're amused though.

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Thank u. I posted about true welterweights before. Floyd isn't even a true welterweight, but welterweights r so small and blown up now that he can get away with fighting at welterweight. Oscar was the last of the Mohicans.

Trinidad
Quartey
De La Hoya

If these dudes were fighter in this era u wouldn't b seeing all these little guys moving up to welterweight.

I wish we would have seen Quartey vs. Trinidad. That would have been a classic.

Floyd got them skills for reals, which he'd push himself but he in it for the money, nothing wrong with that, i know he still taking a big risk entering that squared ring.

[Public_Enemy]

Peterson and Matthysse was at welterweight with an agreed upon weight of 141. Anything over 40 is a WW fight.

That's what I thought but I've seen Peterson vs. Matthysse and Khan vs. Diaz referred to as JWW fights.

http://sports.sho.com/events/peterson-vs-matthysse

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WBO is not universally regarded as a "lower" title.
The main 4 titles are IBF, WBC, WBA and WBO.
Bailey won the WBO Light Welterweight Title in 1999 and also an Interim WBA title in 2002: http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?hum...6750&cat=boxer

WBO is not universally regarded as a major title either. That's today. In 1999, the WBO was definitely a lower title.

We have a strange case in boxing where a title has risen up from being a very minor title to a decently recognised one. This means anyone who held the WBO in history now seems to be a former world champ when it isn't necessarily the case....

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WBO is not universally regarded as a major title either. That's today. In 1999, the WBO was definitely a lower title.

We have a strange case in boxing where a title has risen up from being a very minor title to a decently recognised one. This means anyone who held the WBO in history now seems to be a former world champ when it isn't necessarily the case....

The change that has occured for the Wbo, has made a lot of unknown fighters who held that title true Champions. I have no problem with that. Even though i still consider wbc, wba and ibf the main titles...but than someone even older than i is going to laugh at those titles. I guess it take a list of top fighter to make the title what it is.

I can remember Barrera held that title for a long time. But it was just a title organization willing and honored to crown him with that title. Than came Bowe, Hamed, glamorizing this title. For a while i thought the IBO was going to head in this distinction too.