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What division do you think is the weakest in boxing today?
Here's a take on a few I think should be nominated:
Note: Don't really follow weights below Bantamweight.
Lightweight:
- There isn't even a champion in this division and no outstanding names. I think Terence Crawford is the best fighter in this division, but other than that - many of the better names in the division are british, domestic level fighters like Ricky Burns and Kevin Mitchell.
There's no excitement, especially since Broner left and it's really a division nobody cares for these days - a far cry from what it used to be. Just 5-6 years ago, this was one of the strongest divisions in boxing.
Hopefully Mikey Garcia will move up and Gamboa will be more active. That would make it a lot better.
Middleweight
There's one exciting fighter in this division. One. And we all know who it is.
Sergio is past his best and is getting gifts vs the likes of Martin Murray, who's really not that good himself. There was potential of a good rivalry in British terms, but that's been ***ed up now by Andy Lee and Darren Barker - Thanks Felix Sturm.
I know a lot of people probably won't agree with this, but the main reason is that the best are not fighting the best. At all.
GGG keeps fighting bad opposition, Sergio is inactive, Quillin fights... well, who does he fight? There aren't really any hotshots on the horizon. Maybe Canelo moves up soon.
I would have said heavyweight if this was two years ago, it's brightening a little now, and Wlad is holding the torch for that one. If he wasn't around to vacuum up all the belts, only God knows what state that division would be in.
I also think Cruiserweight is full of the same guys being recycled.
What do you think?
Here's a take on a few I think should be nominated:
Note: Don't really follow weights below Bantamweight.
Lightweight:
- There isn't even a champion in this division and no outstanding names. I think Terence Crawford is the best fighter in this division, but other than that - many of the better names in the division are british, domestic level fighters like Ricky Burns and Kevin Mitchell.
There's no excitement, especially since Broner left and it's really a division nobody cares for these days - a far cry from what it used to be. Just 5-6 years ago, this was one of the strongest divisions in boxing.
Hopefully Mikey Garcia will move up and Gamboa will be more active. That would make it a lot better.
Middleweight
There's one exciting fighter in this division. One. And we all know who it is.
Sergio is past his best and is getting gifts vs the likes of Martin Murray, who's really not that good himself. There was potential of a good rivalry in British terms, but that's been ***ed up now by Andy Lee and Darren Barker - Thanks Felix Sturm.
I know a lot of people probably won't agree with this, but the main reason is that the best are not fighting the best. At all.
GGG keeps fighting bad opposition, Sergio is inactive, Quillin fights... well, who does he fight? There aren't really any hotshots on the horizon. Maybe Canelo moves up soon.
I would have said heavyweight if this was two years ago, it's brightening a little now, and Wlad is holding the torch for that one. If he wasn't around to vacuum up all the belts, only God knows what state that division would be in.
I also think Cruiserweight is full of the same guys being recycled.
What do you think?
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