No doubt about it, boxing is having a great year. A lot of exciting fights have already taken place in 2007, and several more are slated for the remaining five months. It?s time to take a look at which divisions are contributing towards this great year boxing is having, and which division continues asleep even in the middle of a boxing renaissance.
Based on the recognizable stars, level of excitement, and the best fighting the best, the following are the best divisions in boxing:
1.) Welterweights (147 lbs) – The welterweights are red hot right now, particularly Floyd Mayweather Jr., who is also the universally recognized #1 pound for pound fighter in the world.
His fight against Oscar De La Hoya has easily been the biggest boxing event of the year so far. Unless you belong to a special category of ?purist? or you are a die-hard Floyd fan, the fight itself turned out to be not exciting, but it still broke live-gate and PPV records.
Yes, the fight was for a 154 lbs belt, but Mayweather has since relinquished the belt and has announced his intentions to continue campaigning at 147 lbs. He?s scheduled to fight the also undefeated junior welterweight champion of the world Ricky Hatton in December 2007. Besides Mayweather Jr., the welterweight division is inhabited by hard punching and undefeated Miguel Cotto, who in November will face another great welterweight in Shane Mosley. Paul Williams is coming off a win against Antonio Margarito and ready for bigger challenges. Margarito, Judah and Collazo would be a stiff test for anybody, and we also have the resurgent Kermit Cintron.
2.) Super bantamweight (122 lbs) – The names Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez would be enough for this division to be at the top along without any other fighters mentioned. Their second fight on August 4th is a leading candidate for fight of the year, and their first fight back in March was not bad at all. Boxing fans would love to see these fighters get it on a few more times, but, being mindful of the fighters? health, we?ll settle for the classic trilogy. Any one of these two would be favored over anybody else in the division, but they would have to bring their A game to a fight against Celestino Caballero. The Panaman
