Why are weight differences not as important at Heavy weight?

Weight becomes a lower percentage the heavier you get, ie 10 pounds is 10% of a 100 pounder, but only 5% of a 200 pounder.

Weight is still very important even at HW though.

 

Because people on this forum is so stupid that it's depressing.

Weight is the most important thing in boxing, a 210 pounder will never be champ again, easy as that...

 

This.

And the whole nature of Heavyweights being "unlimited" and all that comes with that...

 

Once people are a hw's size, they believe that power, strength and chin are all relative.

Truth is, you can't be 6' and be a hw champ. Once joshua gets his shot, that's gonna be the most dominate and crazy run we've seen. Going to do it vs the toughest hw era too

 

Size/Weight differences are VERY important in the HW division.

Did you see the fight last week between Jarrell "Big Baby" Miller (6'4"-275lb) and Donvan Dennis (6'4"-218lbs)?

Size made all the difference and in the end I feared for the safety of the much much smaller man. He could have been killed.

 

I think because at some point you start hitting diminishing returns.. Sure some guys who are 6'8 are very good but it's auite rare. Still I'd like CWs and LHW to be raised just a little.

 

Because Dong an SNV are the fastest ever.

 

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It's all in the label, my friend. Physics don't mean a thing when we're talking about the romanticism of the unlimited weight class.

Nobody's picking Benny Leonard to beat Golovkin, but that's a lightweight vs a middleweight. Slap a heavyweight label on that fight, and Leonard would dismantle him since size wouldn't matter anymore.

There's only a 5 1/2 inch height difference, a one inch reach difference, and a 25 lb weight advantage (maybe 30 or so after rehydration). Easy pickings. I see smaller heavyweights get favored routinely with bigger differences in size.

 

Boxing is a skill sport. The big hwts today are big but lack boxing fundamentals. The difference in skill between any hwt today and Louis, Ali or Tyson is laughable. Most hwts today do not know how to throw a proper left hook.

 

Wilder weighed 219 against Stiverne. :rofl

Haye weighed 217 when he fought SNV and 210 against Wlad when he was champ. :rofl

 

Klitscho fought a host of smaller HWs for 10 years with even or very slight differences in skills. What made the difference and allowed a mediocre HW to rule for 10 years is SIZE.
Once that mediocre skilled HW finally met another 1" taller HW with equal mediocre skills he lost.

That same big HW had previously met a Cruiserweight (Cunningham) with skills slightly above his. He was losing the fight until his size wore down his opponent. Size made the difference.

Size is important in HW division. Don't let nobody tell you a lie that it's not.

 

Not to mention Cunningham (210) dropped current lineal champ Fury and maybe could have finished him.

 

It is important.

But Joe Louis, Mike Tyson, and Evander Holyfield all say "hi."