Prime Weight for Reknown Boxers

[pookiyama]

What would you say is the weight where the following boxers had the peak performance(s) of their careers?

Marco Antonio Barrera
Erik Morales
Julio Cesar Chavez
Roberto Duran
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Juan Manuel Marquez
Ricky Hatton
Kostya Tszyu
Manny Pacquiao
Tito Trinidad
Shane Mosley
Ike Quartey
Oscar De La Hoya
Miguel Cotto
Paul Williams
Winky Wright
Tommy Hearns
Sugar Ray Leonard
Sugar Ray Robinson
Bernard Hopkins
Roy Jones Jr
James Toney

 

[Breakfast Bar]

What would you say is the weight where the following boxers had the peak performance(s) of their careers?

Marco Antonio Barrera. 126
Erik Morales. 126
Julio Cesar Chavez. 147
Roberto Duran. 135
Floyd Mayweather Jr. 147
Juan Manuel Marquez. 135
Ricky Hatton. 140
Kostya Tszyu. 140 (why is this one even a question?)
Manny Pacquiao. 140 is probably where he would have been best, 126 was best work
Tito Trinidad 147
Shane Mosley. 135
Ike Quartey. 147
Oscar De La Hoya. 140 is where he would have been best, 147 was best work
Miguel Cotto. 147
Paul Williams. Probably better at 154, but that's where he ran into better fighters, so 147
Winky Wright 154
Tommy Hearns. 154
Sugar Ray Leonard. 147
Sugar Ray Robinson. 147
Bernard Hopkins. 160
Roy Jones Jr. 168
James Toney. 168

See in your quote^

 

[mozfonky]

What would you say is the weight where the following boxers had the peak performance(s) of their careers?

Marco Antonio Barrera don't know
Erik Morales don't know
Julio Cesar Chavez 130
Roberto Duran 135
Floyd Mayweather Jr. 130 or 135
Juan Manuel Marquez
Ricky Hatton
Kostya Tszyu
Manny Pacquiao
Tito Trinidad 147
Shane Mosley 135
Ike Quartey 147
Oscar De La Hoya 135 to 140
Miguel Cotto
Paul Williams
Winky Wright
Tommy Hearns 154
Sugar Ray Leonard 147
Sugar Ray Robinson 147
Bernard Hopkins 160
Roy Jones Jr 168
James Toney

160

it's harder to say with todays fighters because they just fly through weight classes. Usually though, the lightest a fighter can possibly be without sacrificing too much strength and stamina is the best weight. Fighters are human, they like to eat and drink, and then the age factor, metabolism slows down and forces older men to move up in weight, then there's the money factor, moving up to face stars in other divisions. But you do lose a lot, you could see it in the older fighters more than todays but even Mayweather doesn't look half as fast as he used to. Weight slows you down a lot.

 

[JayElectra]

Marco Antonio Barrera 122
Erik Morales 122
Julio Cesar Chavez 130
Roberto Duran 135
Floyd Mayweather Jr. 130
Juan Manuel Marquez 126
Ricky Hatton 140
Kostya Tszyu 140
Manny Pacquiao 130
Tito Trinidad 154
Shane Mosley 147 (I'm close to saying 135)
Ike Quartey 147
Oscar De La Hoya 147
Miguel Cotto 147
Paul Williams 154
Winky Wright 154
Tommy Hearns 154
Sugar Ray Leonard 147
Sugar Ray Robinson 147
Bernard Hopkins 160
Roy Jones Jr 168
James Toney 160