What weight class has the most success moving up?

[halfamill]

What weight class has had the most former/current titlists win a title at a higher weight? For example a few of the 108 titlists who have won a title at a higher weight class. Viloria, Gonzalez, Gamez, Casimero, Ioka, Yaegashi, Inoue, Tanaka, Nietes, Reveco, Cazares, Arce, That's 12 that I can think of. Any other weight class that has more?

[Ruthless-RKO]

What weight class has had the most former/current titlists win a title at a higher weight? For example a few of the 108 titlists who have won a title at a higher weight class. Viloria, Gonzalez, Gamez, Casimero, Ioka, Yaegashi, Inoue, Tanaka, Nietes, Reveco, Cazares, Arce, That's 12 that I can think of. Any other weight class that has more?

The lower weights.. there a number of multi-weight world champions.

3-5 pounds difference in the weight divisions. I understand the guys are smaller.

The question would be better suited,

‘From Bantamweight upwards’.

[oogiebe]

You could list a lot of guys who started at bantam and moved up several weight classes with success over their careers. More than most I suspect.

[halfamill]

What weight class has had the most former/current titlists win a title at a higher weight? For example a few of the 108 titlists who have won a title at a higher weight class. Viloria, Gonzalez, Gamez, Casimero, Ioka, Yaegashi, Inoue, Tanaka, Nietes, Reveco, Cazares, Arce, That's 12 that I can think of. Any other weight class that has more?

The lower weights.. there a number of multi-weight world champions.

3-5 pounds difference in the weight divisions. I understand the guys are smaller.

The question would be better suited,

‘From Bantamweight upwards’.

From 140 to 147 I counted 17. It has Barney Ross, Benitez, Whitaker, De La Hoya, Mayweather, Pacquiao, Hatton, Malignaggi, Danny Garcia, Miguel Cotto, Crawford, Timothy Bradley, Devon Alexander, Broner, Peterson, Buddy Mcgirt, Meldrick Taylor.

19 if you count Mosley and Armstrong who came up from a lower weight.

[Jeff_lacy_ko]

What weight class has had the most former/current titlists win a title at a higher weight? For example a few of the 108 titlists who have won a title at a higher weight class. Viloria, Gonzalez, Gamez, Casimero, Ioka, Yaegashi, Inoue, Tanaka, Nietes, Reveco, Cazares, Arce, That's 12 that I can think of. Any other weight class that has more?

The lower weights.. there a number of multi-weight world champions.

3-5 pounds difference in the weight divisions. I understand the guys are smaller.

The question would be better suited,

‘From Bantamweight upwards’.

From 140 to 147 I counted 17. It has Barney Ross, Benitez, Whitaker, De La Hoya, Mayweather, Pacquiao, Hatton, Malignaggi, Danny Garcia, Miguel Cotto, Crawford, Timothy Bradley, Devon Alexander, Broner, Peterson, Buddy Mcgirt, Meldrick Taylor.

19 if you count Mosley and Armstrong who came up from a lower weight.

Judah
Maidana

[halfamill]

I forgot about those 2.
Does 140 make the best case of a division that needs to be removed for those of you who want a decrease in weight classes?

[JCS]

I forgot about those 2.
Does 140 make the best case of a division that needs to be removed for those of you who want a decrease in weight classes?

I'd think 108 should be the first to go. If you can't make 105, jump to 112. Then again, 7 pounds is "a lot" that low.

[AngryGoon38]

What weight class has had the most former/current titlists win a title at a higher weight? For example a few of the 108 titlists who have won a title at a higher weight class. Viloria, Gonzalez, Gamez, Casimero, Ioka, Yaegashi, Inoue, Tanaka, Nietes, Reveco, Cazares, Arce, That's 12 that I can think of. Any other weight class that has more?

The lower weights.. there a number of multi-weight world champions.

3-5 pounds difference in the weight divisions. I understand the guys are smaller.

The question would be better suited,

‘From Bantamweight upwards’.

Roberto Duran went from Jr featherweight(122) to eventual success at middle-weight(160)and was even still fairly decent as a 40-something super-middle-weight(168),