Cruiserweights, how good are they?

It's a new division that has only had 1 break out star in his prime, David Haye, who moved up and embarrassed the division.

There is really no need for this division to exist. Either you are LHW or HW.
200 pound division is unnecessary.

 

The cruiserweight has great fighters and Lebedev is one of the best left handed punchers in the game along with stevenson.
drozd is a very good boxer.
usyk is one of the most talented boxers coming up.
and also they have some brutes in makabu, kudrayshov, durdola, kalenga, glowacki and Wlodarczyk. either gonna knock you out in devasting fashion or be ko'd. they are big men and competitive together, there is no one man as the best. although i think lebedev is the best im biased. you can see the fights only recently in russia to see africans suprise upsets and great KO's.

its an exciting division, they also have better stamina than heavies and can punch non stop for 12.

 

They could always pull a James Toney and hit the local buffet and become a HW in 2 months.

 

I'm on it. I have slept on this division since the hype days of David I must admit.

 

Wasn't Holyfield a cruiser early on in his career?

Also, what noise Haye made speaks more to the weakness of the hw division than anything else, especially considering the ignominy of his surrender to Klinchko when he got his shot.

 

haye beat a 40year old barrett, a statue who couldnt get out his own way, and ruiz. to get that shot.


haye is a fraud. dont allow haye to cloud the judgement on hw scene, and definitely the 200lb scene. :happy

 

Its the best division in boxing IMO. You have men that are very big but at the same time small enough to have fast hands and beautiful technique. The top guys fight each other and when they do they throw down.