Remove 3 weight divisions from boxing

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  1. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    If you had license to do it, which weight divisions would you remove from boxing and why? You can choose three only.
     
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  2. Rumsfeld

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    I'm tempted to say strawweight, junior fly, and junior bantam. Ideally I'd prefer to get rid of 8 or 9.

    But I think I'd settle on junior welter, junior middle, and super middle. Basta'd divisions be gone!
     
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  3. Jel

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    That's why I limited it to three because the natural reaction is to remove anything that isn't one of the original 8!

    Personally, I think Cruiserweight has become an essential addition between Light-heavy and Heavy so I'd keep that even if I could get rid of all the other newer divisions.
     
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  4. Mr Icaman

    Mr Icaman 32-0 WBC Champ, Ring + Lineal HW Champ Full Member

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    Anything with a super in it..
     
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  5. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Jr. Lightweight,,,,supermiddle, and pick a light fly or super fly weight
     
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  6. Seamus

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    Heavyweight, Heavyweight and Heavyweight.
     
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  7. NoNeck

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    108, 115, and 122.

    The talent pool gets deep where the medium sized humans are, hence 147, 154, and 160 are all deep divisions and needed.
     
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  8. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

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    Heavyweight, light heavyweight and middle weight.






    I kid. But I think boxing ought to go back to the 8 original weight divisions. Only keeping cruiserweight.
     
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  9. Xplosive

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    The three smallest.
     
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  10. Rumsfeld

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    See, I think if you got rid of 140, 154, and 168 - we'd get much better match-ups at lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, and light heavyweight.
     
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    Well, if I was going to keep one newer weight class, cruiserweight would be the one I kept, too.
     
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  12. Mr Icaman

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    They seem to be a bit of over kill in these areas, too many weight bullies here because its not hard to drop those pounds..

    Guys seem to be able to go up and down at will...
     
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  13. NoNeck

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    It might not happen that way. The mandatories and top rated boxers might sit of their rankings waiting for title shots, with fewer belts available. A lot of the best match-ups in those divisions have happened in the last few years or are slated to, so there isn't much to complain about.
     
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  14. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Wilfredo Gomez made a living beating up guys at Jr. Feather. Too bad prime Ruben Olivares wasn't around
    when the ABC's started up the Jr. FW Division.
     
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  15. Jel

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    We really don't need weight divisions below 112 pounds so that's strawweight and light flyweight out.

    And super middleweight should go. It's a nonsense weight class that's added little (imo) and hurt the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions, reducing the talent pools in both.

    As the oldest of the jnr/super weight classes I'd keep jnr lightweight, jnr welter and jnr middle - the first two in particular have history going back to the 30s.

    I'd get rid of jnr bantam if I could. At least jnr feather has Wilfredo Gomez and fights like Barrera-Morales as part of its history. But jnr bantam stays at the expense of strawweight and jnr fly.

    But I'd happily keep all 17 in favour of one world champion per division.
     
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