Boxing’s Glamour Weight Divisions

[JakeTheBoxer]

It seems like HW boxing is no more ,WW and MW is where fame ans $$$ is right now.

You are saying GGG and Canelo are more famous than tyson Fury and Joshua?

In Mexico and Kazakhstan only.

[Pigeons]

Heavy, middle, welter, light, light heavy

[Canelo and GGG]

You are saying GGG and Canelo are more famous than tyson Fury and Joshua?

In Mexico and Kazakhstan only.

Canelo Certainly makes more money , idk if his more famous i cant mesure it

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

I agree with your top 3.

Heavyweight is undoubtedly number 1. The socio-political and economic impact of Heavyweight championship boxing is unrivalled. From Johnson and the colour bar, to the HW championship remaining a consumable product during the Great Depression, to Louis vs Schmeling on the eve of WW2, to Ali and the civil rights movement, to Don King and dictatorships etc, etc. It’s also produced the two biggest stars in Ali and Tyson.

I’d put the Welterweight division at 2. Based on talent and quality of fights. Some of boxing biggest fights such as May-Pac, Leonard-Hearns, Leonard-Duran, ODLH-Trinidad etc have all taken place at 147. I’m pretty sure the first none HW PPV fight was Leonard-Duran 1 at 147.

Number 3 I’d go Middleweights, it’s a division that often produces long standing champions like Monzon, Hagler or in recent years GGG. It has also had it’s fair share of superstars pass through from Robinson, to Hagler, to Leonard, to Jones, to Hopkins, all the way to Canelo in modern times. The first non HW fight to become the highest grossing fight in boxing history was possibly Hagler-Leonard at 160. (Not 100% sure though.)

Honourable mentions would be 175, 135, 126 and 154 in round about that order.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Canelo Certainly makes more money , idk if his more famous i cant mesure it

Canelo is clearly more famous- Canelo has fought on PPV in the US and UK. AJ can’t even draw viewers in the US...

AJ is only famous over here- Fury has at least cracked the US market, the only AJ got cracked in the US was his chin.😂

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Matthew saad muhammad
Marvin johnson
John conteh
Hagler
Also I liked jones.

Love seeing Conteh getting a shout out...

The best fighter my city has ever produced.

[Quicksilver*]

Love seeing Conteh getting a shout out...

The best fighter my city has ever produced.

Became a fan after watching him fight saad 2x. Also thought he got screwed in the Parlov fight.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Became a fan after watching him fight saad 2x. Also thought he got screwed in the Parlov fight.

I thought he was unlucky in the first fight with MSM which was also close, the KD’s in the 14th round probably cost him the decision. There was all that controversy about the cut too.

Conteh’s biggest problem was himself though, by the late 70’s he was hooked on the booze and his party lifestyle derailed his career, I think he could have achieved a lot more.

[Quicksilver*]

I thought he was unlucky in the first fight with MSM which was also close, the KD’s in the 14th round probably cost him the decision. There was all that controversy about the cut too.

Conteh’s biggest problem was himself though, by the late 70’s he was hooked on the booze and his party lifestyle derailed his career, I think he could have achieved a lot more.

No doubt about it.

[_Rexy_]

To me, the glamour divisions are just the original 8. When the "tweener" divisions were brought in, the originals were actually referred to as the glamour divisions