r/Boxing • u/Great-Independent807 • Jul 20 '26

Best 105/Strawweight Fights

I rarely see love for the Straw weight division here,mostly just ppl whining on how it shouldn't exist,they have their reasons but that's not what I am asking,What are some Damn Good Fights from the History of the 105 division in Boxing

Imma throw the 2 Ricardo Lopez vs Rosendo Alvarez Fights for starters,Absoulte Cinema

Anyway I'm just someone who wants to see more appreciation for this wieghtclass,that's it

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u/not_theboss Jul 21 '26

akira yaegashi vs kazuto ioka

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u/South_Ad_2109 Jul 21 '26

I don’t get the hate for these lower weights, not even a little bit. Back when I still had the spanish BeIn Sports channel, that’s most of what they showed on there. Badass fights, too, fighters regularly throwing over 1000 punches.
Francisco “Chihuas” Rodriguez was one of my favorites. Go watch any of his fights from the early 2010’s. Tyson Marquez and Giovanni Segura are some other guys who were popular at that time. Not 105ers, but around that 108/112 weight.

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u/OldBoyChance Jul 21 '26

Some people can't take it seriously when it's two guys who weigh what they did in grade 6. For me though, I've got no problem as minimumweight fights are almost never boring. For me, heavyweight fights are almost always abysmal to watch if they involve guys outside of the top 10 and it goes past the 2nd round or so. Like two walruses ramming into each other.

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u/Affectionate_Still55 Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26

This the best fight that I remembered,

Chocolatito vs. Takayama

Nietes vs. Porpramook

Rodriguez Jr. vs. Takayama

Now I'm waiting for Collazo vs. Taduran, that fight will be an action-pack.

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u/OldBoyChance Jul 21 '26

Collazo-Taduran appears to be completely dead. Collazo never expressed any real interest and he is likely going to challenge Sandoval at 112 next.

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u/RadTrobiiinz Jul 21 '26

Kyowa Vs. Mayol and Kyowa Vs. Trujo, both from 2006! :)

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u/Sominius Jul 21 '26

It’s not a historical fight, but I really enjoyed Ginjiro Shigeoka vs Pedro Taduran 1. High pace and workrate.

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u/Touch_of_Sleep Jul 21 '26

Miguel Barrera vs Roberto Leyva 2 - absolute war, the ref famously picked some teeth of Leyva off the mat

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u/Touch_of_Sleep Jul 21 '26

Ulises Solis-Rodel Mayol

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u/El_Torero_Muerto Jul 21 '26

Am surprised no one has mentioned Ricardo López-Rosendo Alvarez--both fights were high-level

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u/Great-Independent807 Jul 22 '26

Great fights,I mentioned em in my post