BRIDGERWEIGHT DIVISION

It's the bridge to nowhere ...

 

Why?
If BW will be 200-220 lbs it does looks tailor made for Holyfield prime HW version, now: there are some Dorticos, Tabiti and some good small HW lads.
Some cruisers might not cut weight and compete in BW 200-220, also cut a a bit and compete 175-200lbs.

 

Adding more weight classes is stupid, but shifting and increasing the limit to the weight class below heavyweight makes sense to me. These days there really aren't any competitive heavyweights less than 215 or so. If I had my druthers I'd whittle it down to about 12 weight classes, something like this:

HW 210+
cruiserweight 185-210
light HW 170-185
Super MW 160-170
MW 150-160
Super WW 140-150
WW 130-140
Super LW 125-130
LW 120-125
feather 115-120
bantam 110-115
fly below 110

I'd also institute 5 days in a row of weigh ins, leading up to and including a fight day weigh in. You have to weigh within (or under) your weight class to fight in your weight class. None of this dehydrating-rehydrating BS with people coming in 10-15 lbs over their weight class on fight day.

EDIT: slightly altered my numbers upon further consideration

 

I think better is LHW to stay at 175 lbs and CW at 200 lbs,

BW add with limit 200-220 or 200-215.
The same Usyk and a lot CW boxers plus in old days Holy might had been happy.
Holy too was not large HW.

 

Ruining boxing

 

Didn't everyone say the same thing about cruiser when it was added? Virtually nobody wants it removed today. Heavyweights have got bigger and will be bigger again in 20 years, so its addition makes sense. Only three "bridgerweights" (Haye, Wilder, Usyk) have won titles in the last 14+ years and only one of them beat a strong champion (Usyk).

 

Hey man, why no love for atom weight? Don't you enjoy seeing a seasoned midget fight a child?