What are the 3 most stacked divisions in boxing history?

[Blue54]

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.

[_Rexy_]

you just named 5 of the original 8 divisons...


additional shout outs to Light-Heavyweight and Bantamweight!!

[Eff Pandas]

Never researched it all that much, but I assume your picks to be right. Those are definitely my 3 favorite divisions historically & I'm guessing the reason might be cuz they tend to have more of the fighters I'm interested in, compelled by & wanna watch fight the most.

[chrisJS]

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.

[boliodogs]

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.

[DuckAdonis]

Light Heavyweight, Middleweight and Welterweight

[OCPancho]

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 .

[Nay_Sayer]

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[Marchegiano]

Historically?

Heavyweight and it isn't even close. It's the only division with history that goes back to 686 BC. Anything that exists in boxing has existed in the HW division.

Middle and Lightweight come in next. Both have roots as far back as the 18th century or the beginning of English boxing.

Other weight divisions are a comparative flash in the pan. CW has seen quite a lot of talent. CW has barely existed when compared to HW...HW has more and more talented legends in its history. MW and LW come second and they are about equal with one another. All else, regardless of how great the men who fought in those ranks were, can be made small by comparing volume alone.


Take for example WW. For every Floyd Mayweather to rep the WWs you'll find a Daniel Mendoza to counter. Then if dude's all but yada you can always just drop Mendoza and pick up Melankomas. Eventually even the most ardent arguer would be worn down by the sheer amount of names to defend against which alone speaks volumes to just how stack, historically, the HW division is alone.

[NChristo-]

Lightweight
Lightheavy / Middleweight
Welterweight

Heavyweight isn't near as stacked as the others.