What ever happened to the BridgerWeights?

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  1. Raheem

    Raheem Member banned Full Member

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    I believe they were to cap out at around 210 or something?

    Wilder was proposed as champion but I don't recall any actual matches ever taking place, although this could have gotten us the coveted Wilder vs Usyk match
     
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  2. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Óscar Rivas is the inaugural champ, but hasn't defended his title yet (or fought, period) in the 15 months since he claimed it.
     
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  3. MAD_PIGE0N

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    The category is very necessary as the cruiser upper limit and the practical lowest weight of the heavies is a gap too big. While some low weight boxers gain like 2-3-4-5 lbs (which is pathetic) and change classes. So the bridger can help for a better transitioning from cruiser to heavy or just allow some not that tall, nor short to try at some serious weight.

    What happens with - nothing in reality.
     
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  4. JunlongXiFan

    JunlongXiFan 45-6 in Kirks Chmpionshp Boxing Predictions 2022 Full Member

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    He retired due to an eye injury.
     
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  5. TBI

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    It's the weight class nobody asked for. It even sounds stupid.
     
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  6. CMCanavessi

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    Bury it
     
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  7. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Whoa, permanently? Just in the last couple of weeks? He was scheduled to face Ajagba earlier this month.

    Damn, well...there ya go. He may very well go down in history as the division's only ever titlist, barring some renewed interest.
     
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  8. JunlongXiFan

    JunlongXiFan 45-6 in Kirks Chmpionshp Boxing Predictions 2022 Full Member

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    Babic is actually fighting for the title vs Rozanski, lol. Word didn't get too far it seems.
     
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  9. lone star

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    Hopefully dumped in the waste hole where it belonged. At least give it a decent name. The division’s name had “Short Term Novelty” written all over it. Was it supposed to be a tribute to a young boy or something? The name ****ed it all up.
     
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  10. The Professor

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    Hopefully this silly idea has been scrapped. Doubt it though, the alphabet org parasites are always looking for more sources of revenue
     
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  11. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Drop it in the memory hole and forget it ever happened.

    We need less divisions and less belts, not more.
     
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  12. fencik45

    fencik45 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Better name for a boxing division than for a kid.
     
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  13. UmarIFLUmar

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    If Bridger became a thing all that would happen is a bunch of second rate 6'4 boxers would cut down to 210 for the weigh in and then rehydrate to 220 on fight night. There's literally no point.

    Honestly I think Cruiser is verging on a pointless division when you have giants like Okolie and Riakphore fighting it. If you're taller than 6'3 with a big frame then get your chicken ass into the heavyweight division.
     
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  14. MAD_PIGE0N

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    I don't think so but what else can be done is revising the upper limits of all divisions, thus increasing a bit the light heavy and the cruiser.
     
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  15. ipitythefool

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    Tony Bellew came out and supported it.

    Never had a chance after that.
     
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