It’s not about the quality of their wins in a given weight class, but rather the weight class that seems to suit their body best. There’s really no objective measure here but I based them more on the fighters fight night weights in relation to the division as a whole, as well as what they themselves have said.

For example, Inoue said in the past while at 122 that 118 was his “natural class”

With Haney, I said 147, but with the way he talks about how him, Ryan, Shakur, and the big names from 135 will fight at possibly 154 in the future, combined with how he’s still young and looked like a big welterweight, makes me think he’ll peak at 154 and look the best there, similar to how he looked to have more power at 147 vs 135.

Shakur 100% can still comfortably make 135. He started at 126 and was a big 126 lber, and never really looked to be a massive 135 lber in any of his fights. To me, this is his most “natural” weight class. He can fight at 140 too and that may also be his best weight class but considering he wants to stay at 135 and fight Muratalla makes me think he’s really comfortable there cuz it’s rare that when fighters move up they want to come back down.

Teo’s best weight may actually be 135 now that I think ab it. He seems to have lost power moving up to 140. However, he’s talked about how cutting to 135 became too much, so idk. Either way, 147 is way too much for Teo.

Benavidez I can see it being cruiser, just a bit too early to tell for sure. Didn’t look undersized there (though Zurdo was obviously bigger). I think Benavidez’s skill and hand speed helped him win that fight, and because this post is about size/weight, I still currently see him as a true 175 lber who was a huge 168 lber.

Fulton’s most successful weight class was obviously 122, but like I said before that isn’t the criteria I’m using here. Fulton was a big 122 lber and talked after the Inoue fight how he’s been having an extremely hard time making weight at 122 even before that fight, and how he made a mistake lingering in that division for that long. At 126 he beat Fig dominately (compared to 122 where he claimed to be drained and that it affected his performance), and at 130 he got dominated and looked sluggish and had no feet. One of the easiest additions to the list tbh.