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Boxing's Real Champions

Mar 1, 2009 – 6:39 AM
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Michael David Smith

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Boxing has a hard time attracting new fans for many reasons. Two of the biggest are that no one can keep the weight classes straight and no one can keep the champions straight. Below is my attempt to fix that, listing the legitimate champions in each of the eight traditional weight classes.

Heavyweight: Vitali Klitschko

Light heavyweight (175 pounds): Bernard Hopkins

Middleweight (160 pounds): Kelly Pavlik

Welterweight (147 pounds): Manny Pacquiao

Lightweight (135 pounds): Juan Manuel Marquez

Featherweight (126 pounds): Chris John

Bantamweight (118 pounds): Vic Darchinyan

Flyweight (112 pounds): Ivan Calderon
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