Why has Cruiserweight boxing never took off

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  1. Fogger

    Fogger Father, grandfather and big sports fan. Full Member

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    Personally, I like Extra Light Heavyweight.
     
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  2. Fogger

    Fogger Father, grandfather and big sports fan. Full Member

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    I am curious. I'm in America and cruiserweight has certainly never been big in this country. Is that the case in Europe?
     
  3. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    The Super-heavy division exists in all but name.

    whereas “cruiser” is the wrong word for the men in that division.

    “Heavyweight” is good enough for the Olympics.
     
  4. BCS8

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    I think the cruiserweight division was on fire a few years ago. Arguably the best and most exciting division in boxing.
     
  5. Journeyman92

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    When you add a super HW you open the door for Junior Mega weight and everything that follows that.
     
  6. GoldenHulk

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    I think its a good division and certainly had some great fights and fighters in it, but it's the division right below Heavyweight, therefore the interest and big paydays just aren't there.
     
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  7. Fergy

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    What about "Almost heavyweight, but not quite ''??
     
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  8. Fergy

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    Nailed it here.
     
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  9. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    It’s a name change.

    Junior Mega weight Never happened to Olympic boxing.

    so there’s proof we are safe from that.
     
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  10. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 I’m become seeker of milk Full Member

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    Super heavy never happened in pro boxing
     
  11. Vic The Gambler

    Vic The Gambler Active Member Full Member

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    In deference to the best Cruiserweight the world has ever seen it should be renamed as Holyweight.
     
  12. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    It did! Started with the Klit brothers and still going now.
     
  13. Journeyman92

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    Wouldn't it have started with Ali and the 80s? they were all quite some size bigger then original HWs. It's the same logic really.
     
  14. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    No. Ali, Foreman and Norton might have weighed a bit more than 200lb but they were roughly not too different to Dempsey, Tunney, Schmeling, Louis, Braddock, Baer so far as height and reach go.

    it’s when the 6’5” brigade finally started to benefit from modern training, nutrition and a greater understanding of sports science that we saw a new division of men that had previously been unable to dominate before.
     
  15. Journeyman92

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    Is it the SHW division when Povetkin is around during the height of it as the leading contender?