The middleweight division has arguably been the best and deepest weight class throughout the sport’s rich history. At 160 pounds, the division doesn’t lose too many of its top athletes to high reward-low risk sports like basketball or football. The division approximates the size of the average man, and as such, has always had a deep mine of talent to choose from. Middleweights are still fast and loose enough to run off fluid combinations, but they are also big enough to have concussive power in their left hooks and straight right hands.
More than just being talented, the sheer number of serious contenders at 160 pounds has always required that a champion defend his title against legitimate threats. Over the years, middleweight champions have come up hard, and have had to stay hard once they got to the top. This has led boxing’s middleweights to be well-represented when listing the sport’s greatest warriors of all time.
More than just being talented, the sheer number of serious contenders at 160 pounds has always required that a champion defend his title against legitimate threats. Over the years, middleweight champions have come up hard, and have had to stay hard once they got to the top. This has led boxing’s middleweights to be well-represented when listing the sport’s greatest warriors of all time.
