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The heavyweight division serves as the pinnacle of power boxing, an arena where colossal fighters duke it out for the ultimate glory. It’s a testament to the sport's diversity and adaptability, an exhibition of sheer force balanced with strategic prowess.

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The biggest reason to be an amateur boxer first is that it gives you a chance to develop your skills. When you lose an amateur fight, no one cares. Your record in amateur boxing competitions doesn’t carry over into your professional career.

The junior welterweight division offers a plethora of intriguing matchups. Potential bouts like Ryan Garcia, complete with hand speed, punching power and size, versus Lopez's exceptional athleticism, timing, quickness, and bruising punching power should be a must-see. How about Haney vs. Lopez? And there's the hard-hitting, awkwardly gifted, explosive puncher Rolly Romero vs. Garcia, and the relentless heavy-handed volume puncher Matias vs. any of these names, including Jose Ramirez, Jack Catterall and Arnold Barbosa. Any of these matchups would provide exciting, thrilling must-see encounters for boxing enthusiasts. The division is stacked with talent, making it an exciting time to be a junior welterweight in boxing.

Crowning a new lineal champion is about the best fighting the best. Conversely, Alphabet Soup vacancies are frequently decided via fights between relatively lowly ranked contenders, meaning that unification matches often do not involve the best fighters in a division . It’s also worth remembering that boxing crowned world champions long before sanctioning bodies and their various belts existed.

Favoritism and Bias: Anybody in the sport, from writers to judges, have fighters that they like more than others, or those they might not like at all. For whatever reason, everyone has their favorites. Maybe a certain boxer was nice to them or had a style they preferred. Maybe a grandfather filled their ears with lore about a particular fighter. When coming up with all-time divisional rankings, one must take a clinical approach and try to leave personal tastes and feelings out of the equation.

The lightweight boxing weight class falls between 130 and 135 pounds. This division features fighters who possess a mix of speed, power, and technical ability. Lightweight fighters often demonstrate excellent footwork and ring generalship during their matches. Legendary boxers such as Roberto Duran, Manny Pacquiao, and Floyd Mayweather Jr. have had success in the lightweight division.

This 115-pound division has exciting fighters, including Estrada, Nakatani, Rodriguez, Martinez, and the always-tough Ioka. Fans can look forward to all-out war matchups and intense battles as these fighters maneuver for supremacy in one of boxing's most exciting weight classes.

The word "lineal," means "of, involving, or derived from direct descent." Lineal Champions are "descended from" the boxer who won the initial box-off which started a lineage. A champion leaving his division or retiring will end that particular lineage making the title vacant once again. Every lineage has to start somewhere – its length is unimportant.

Beginning with England’s James Figg, who in 1719 became boxing’s first recognised champion, the sport generally produced one champion at a time, allowing fans and historians to follow reasonably clear lineages . Contenders had to defeat the champion, to become the champion, or if no champion existed due to a retirement, other ring achievements were assessed.

Per the USA boxing weight classes, the featherweight category is for fighters weighing between 122 and 126 pounds. Previously, the limit was 114 pounds. The world's first featherweight champion was Ike Weir in 1890.

The suggestion that a fight must now be "sanctioned" by an ABC organization - with a glittery belt on the line - in order to be for a world championship, is propaganda, perpetuated by promoters and sanctioning bodies, who rely on each other to remain relevant. When Jack Johnson defeated Tommy Burns, he received no belt. Neither did Jack Dempsey when he savaged Jess Willard for the title in 1919. No sanctioning bodies were needed.

One such fighter is the southpaw Nakatani, who is the 6 division world boxing champion has shown his ability to fight at any range despite his tall, rangy frame (5-foot-7. A potential matchup between Estrada and Nakatani would be a test of will, skill and sharp, accurate punching power.

Super Bantamweight, also known as Junior Featherweight, is one of the 'tweener' divisions, in between two more glamorous weights. It was established at 122lbs by the New York Walker Law in 120, and then recognised by major bodies from 1976.

Cruiserweight is one of the newer boxing weight classes, with a limit of 200 pounds. Also known as the junior heavyweight division, it was first created in 1979 by the WBC, with Marvin Camel becoming the inaugural champion in 1980.