The proliferation of titles makes it troublesome for all however probably the most astute followers to find out the cream of the boxing crop.
That’s why Boxing Junkie got here up with its “Nice Eight” function, which names one of the best fighter in every of the unique eight weight lessons –heavyweight, mild heavyweight, middleweight, welterweight, light-weight, featherweight, bantamweight and flyweight.
Heavyweight contains cruiserweight (and the WBC’s bridgerweight), mild heavyweight contains tremendous middleweight, middleweight contains junior middleweight and so forth.
On this installment of “Nice Eight” we crown new champions at featherweight (plus junior featherweight) and bantamweight (plus junior bantamweight).
Listed here are the highest fighters within the authentic eight divisions:
HEAVYWEIGHT
Tyson Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs) – The highest massive man has a gimmie in his subsequent battle, a profitable, however ridiculous matchup with former MMA star Francis Ngannou on Oct. 28. An opponent with boxing expertise ought to come subsequent.
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Dmitry Bivol (21-0, 11 KOs) – Canelo Alvarez opted to battle a 154-pounder (Jermell Charlo) as a substitute of a 175-pounder (Alvarez’s conqueror Bivol) in his subsequent battle. That leaves Bivol with out an opponent. He desires to battle this fall.
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Jermell Charlo (35-1-1, 19 KOs) – The 154-pound champ is transferring as much as a unique Nice Eight division (175-168) to face Alvarez however he’ll in all probability battle at 160 or 154 afterward, which might enable him to take care of his place right here.
WELTERWEIGHT
Terence Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs) – Crawford left little question that he’s one of the best at 147 (and 140) along with his sensational ninth-round knockout of rival Errol Spence Jr. on July 29. Will probably be troublesome for him to high that efficiency.
LIGHTWEIGHT
Gervonta Davis (29-0, 27 KOs) – Devin Haney has the belts at 135 kilos. Shakur Stevenson is likely to be probably the most gifted within the division. Nevertheless it’s “Tank” who has made the strongest impression and has the deepest resume.
FEATHERWEIGHT
Naoya Inoue (25-0, 22 KOs) – Inoue turned in a Crawford-like efficiency on July 25 in Tokyo, the place he dismantled Stephen Fulton Jr. in eight rounds to underscore his greatness and grow to be champ of a second Nice Eight division.
BANTAMWEIGHT
Juan Francisco Estrada (44-3, 28 KOs) – The 33-year-old Mexican replaces Inoue as the highest man right here due to his physique of labor, which incorporates two victories over the good Roman Gonzalez in his final three fights.
FLYWEIGHT
Sunny Edwards (20-0, 4 KOs) – The slick Englishman will probably be defending his spot right here on Dec. 16 in Phoenix, the place he’ll tackle Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez in a 112-pound title-unification bout. The winner will probably be king right here.
