
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




