Do you think weight classes need to be reduced?

If you are eating and delivering punches you appreciate the different weight classes.

What we need less of are sanctioning bodies and titles.

Make them all strive for one world title. We are only one world, but we have 100s of world title holders.

Put them under one sanctioning body, instead of 3, 5 or more sanctioning bodies.

Make them all fight for one title like they did soooo long ago.

Do that and you will have better match ups and maybe draw a few more people in to watching the sport.

 

Yes. There are too many, especially with the day before weigh-ins.
We also need stronger governing bodies like the BBBofC, and the JBC. Together they could put an end to all of the sanctioning body nonsense, by simply not allowing them to function in their jurisdictions - like the JBC did with the WBO and the IBF.

 

One sanctioning body and like 5 or 6weightclasses, for example minimum, light, middle, light heavy and heavy.
17 weight classes are just ridiculous.
Something like
Limit for minimum 55kg
Limit for light 65kg
Limit for middle 75kg
Limit for light heavy 85kg
Limit for cruiser 95kg
Heavyweight everything above 95.

 

Yes there's way too many. It makes it way easier for fighters to duck and it's unfriendly to casuals.

 

Day of fight weigh in's first, this would cause a big realignment in the divisions

 

This. Weight fighters right before the fight.

 

Same day weigh-ins, less weight classes, less belts - yes, please.

 

I'm still of the opinion that weightclasses should be just as they are in the amateurs.

No more, no less

 

Fewer weight divisions would be good for the sport.

We should get rid of light flyweight, light bantamweight, light featherweight, super featherweight, light welterweight, light middleweight, super middleweight, and bridgerweight.

Keep these:

Strawweight
Flyweight
Bantamweight
Featherweight
Lightweight
Welterweight
Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
Cruiserweight
Heavyweight

10 weight divisions.

And there should be same-day weigh-ins to stop weight bullies like Haney, K. Davis and Benavidez from always having a size advantage.

 

Yeah weight is pretty significant there comes a point were it matters.

That's why I am not sure about going back to 8 weight classes. Perhaps 2-3 less weight classes and less belts.

 

Yes - there should be less weight classes with the great suggestions that @Perkin Warbeck had above.

More importantly IMO there should be 1 belt per weight class. It is painful looking at the current lightweight champions knowing that won't fight each other for a very long time.

UFC took advantage of both less weight classes and one belt per class which was one of the reasons why it became quite popular.

Who knows - Turki might have something up his sleeve.

 

10 weight classes is just perfect. Rename cruiser to jr. heavyweight. Sounds silly, but leaps and bounds better than cruiserweight.

 

Less weight classes or less belts or both yes.

 

We need same day weigh ins, lets remove the blow ups. You fight at 147? Then your weight shouldnt exceed that on fight night.