now hear me out. I know that you are thinking. A superheavyweight division would be boring as all hell who wants to see two fata dudes hug it out for 12 rounds. I agree 100%. However maybe having to make weight at regular heavyweight for some fighters would give us better fights at heavy. Maybe guys like Arreola for example would come in better fighting form and look sharper and put on better performances. Superheavy would simply be the division no one gives a **** about and we'd get better fights at heavy
I havent thought this through at all, im thinking off the top of my head but in some ways i think it COULD work. If they drop the cruiser limit down, say 190, 185 whatever (bit more conventional gap between that and LHW) and cap HW at like, 225 or something? I dunno im spouting numbers out at random but i think if it were done right we'd end up with a lot of the top end cruisers as HWs, brining in a lot more 'normal' sized fighters - so that HW is a division for the 6' to 6'4 kinda people, then have SHW at 225+ or something? That leaves room for larger men, people of bigger stature naturally, and fat ass slobs who'd just get brutalised by in shape and bigger men. Could work, i'll have a think.
hmm says... no.. it'll just invite more fatasses who don't take seriously the physical aspects of the sport.
It could also reduce the number of fatasses though. Someone like Arreola for instance. He would be more inclined to get his ass down to 225 if it was a new weight class for him.
Yes yes yes definatly. Nobody cares about Cruiserweight, make a proper weight class going up to 220 or 225. Over that your a super Heavy.
No. The HW division is and always has been the blue ribboned bastion of our sport- if people in this day and age can't be arsed to lose or make weight then that is their problem and nobody else's.
i understand how the idea could sound appealing b/c of the size of these guys...but what we need is an name taking ass whipping 225lb brick shithouse who knows how to handle these huge hw and clean out the division...make the hw division more appealing for big cw, etc...these 270lb dudes who lumber around and paw at eachother and throw a haymaker or two around has to stop...
:good Agreed, I think most of us would love to see a Tyson like fighter steamroll over the out of shape and robotic fighters that dominate the dying division today.
Separating the "slightly too big for Cruiserweight" guys from the freaks of nature IS a good thing. I support this. A distinct 200-220lb division (call it "Junior Heavyweight" or "Super Cruiserweight") is a MUST for this sport to begin to be taken seriously at large again. :nod :deal