Boxing’s Glamour Weight Divisions

[_Rexy_]

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.😂

Fury beating (and dominating) Wilder, mixed with his charm and wit should give him the keys to the division in Vegas now.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Fury beating (and dominating) Wilder, mixed with his charm and wit should give him the keys to the division in Vegas now.

Vegas was booming for Fury-Wilder 2, it definitely felt bigger than Canelo-GGG 2 from my perspective, but I’m probably bias as a Brit.

[Canelo and GGG]

Vegas was booming for Fury-Wilder 2, it definitely felt bigger than Canelo-GGG 2 from my perspective, but I’m probably bias as a Brit.

It had more PPV buys but lower live gate so its about the same ,both fights were big no doubt

[GrandpaBernard]

I felt more energy in the atmosphere for Fury-Wilder 2 than I did Canelo-ggg 2

Heavyweight champ and American guaranteed to sell

Mexican fan base by itself won’t make a super fight. Need to get whites interested too

[VatoMulatto]

There's no question about that the HW division is the glamour division. They are the biggest, strongest and hit the hardest. There's something very special about a great HW battle. The HW champion of the world is the "King of the jungle"

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

It had more PPV buys but lower live gate so its about the same ,both fights were big no doubt

Yeah both were huge no doubt, by felt bigger I purely mean the atmosphere in Vegas during fight week.

[LA_2_Vegas]

When the HW's are relevant like they are now, HW division is king. You don't even have to think the current crop are the greatest, all I'm saying is that it's relevant again. I have friends who became boxing fans in the last 10 years and I was thinking that they might not even realize how exciting the HW can be when it's wide open ....all they would have known is Wlad dominating in his style. Current crop of HW's maybe reminded people that HW is a different game than the other divisions. Good contrast of fighters

But, for me, if there are the right set of fighters, then divisions down to about 126 can have glamor and a bring a "big fight" feel.

For those lighters weights 126-135, sometimes there has to be a money guy that is bringing the attention to the division and getting people interested...along with a cpl other P4P types to contrast against that money guy. Hamed was a good example of that money guy....it brought more attention to the other good fighters who wanted a crack like Barerra and JMM. Pac might be more recent example...maybe Gervonta Davis today. I like when there is that combination for the lighter weights division.

JR LW/LW seems set up for that very soon, lot of nice talent and potential $ around that area.

My favorites are 126, 135, 140, 147, 160, LHW, HW

[Santa_]

115, 126, 135, 147, 160 and 175.

I'll be honest I haven't paid much attention to the cuisers and heavy's over the years. There's a reason why you never see them on the p4p lists. Most of them are talentless.

[Ritz Kola]

How do people feel about the future status of the Super Middle division? Something tells me it has untapped potential to place itself up there with HW/WW

[Ritz Kola]

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.

Great breakdown