Charlos are big enough to win titles up to Light Heavyweight...is Cruiser too far?

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  1. uppercut_to_the_body

    uppercut_to_the_body Well-Known Member Full Member

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    discuss
     
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  2. LANCE99

    LANCE99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    How are they big enough?
     
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  3. KiwiMan

    KiwiMan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'm a fan of the Charlo's, especially the elder, however this thread jumps the gun in a major way. What about waiting to see if they can win a title at MW first, let alone LHW? And cruiser is obviously too far.
     
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  4. uppercut_to_the_body

    uppercut_to_the_body Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Both big guys. 6 foot plus. Broad shoulders and big hands.
     
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  5. sean

    sean pale peice of pig`s ear Full Member

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    they would be dwarfed at cruiser
    its 45lbs and giving away inch`s in height and lenghth v fighters who would be natural 215lb fighters

    they rely on size and toughness at 154 / at 199lbs that all goes away

    light heavy is too far as well IMO BUT more realistic in acheivement but cruiserweight is a bridge to far in fact its not even feasible given the skill set and power of the current top cruisers.
     
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  6. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    They have the height and seem to have the right type of physical build.
    In all honesty i absolutely believe they could easily put on the pounds and move up, but would they find success at the world level?
     
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  7. james5000

    james5000 2010's poster of the decade Full Member

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    Jermell is going to be severely outsized by Hurd and so will his bigger brother......
     
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  8. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    They're big enough to go up to Light Heavyweight, and get the ever loving **** kicked out of them, there's a reason they choose to stay in and around 154-160, they have the edge in size and power, 15 pounds north, they have neither and would get flattened by almost everyone in the Top 15.
     
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  9. LANCE99

    LANCE99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I wonder how many realize just how difficult a jump from 160 to 168 has been historically.
     
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  10. mirkofilipovic

    mirkofilipovic ESB Management Full Member

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    Kovalev destroys them both. Easy work. Ko 1
     
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  11. Mike1978

    Mike1978 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    They can get titles at 168lb against weaker title holders such as Degale. Degale will lose to the next quality fighter he faces.
     
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  12. slender4

    slender4 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    They can make 154 and 160, why move up to sub-200?
     
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