How would you recalibrate/change the weight-classes?

Have you tried picking a percentage?

 

40 Junior Fleaweight
85 Fleaweight
90 Junior Paperweight
95 Paperweight
100 Junior Notminimumweight
105 Notminimumweight
110 Flyweight
124 Junior Extraextralightheavyweight
125 Cantweight
126 Mega Lightweight
165 Light Averageweight
160 Averageweight
179 Heavy Averageweight
200 Ultramegaweight
209 Fatpieweight

Perfect.

Actually, no... seriously just leave them as they are - they are fine!

 

220 pds of solid muscle vs a 250 pd tubby is FINE. 220 pds of solid muscle vs 250 pds of solid muscle...Bit of a mismatch. Size isn't quite everything. Haye is going to do well in the HW division, but fact is he WILL NOT beat somebody the size of Wlad. He's not tall enough, he's not strong enough, and he is very good....BUT not that good. Some people bring up Tyson only weighing around 220, but forget the fact he was only 5'9-5'10, and built like a tank! 5'10, 220 pds, and probably only 4-5% body fat...Uhh, yeah, that's a massive guy right there. 6'3, 220 pds...Not quite so massive.
And Wlad has been knocking out people his weight with ease (cept the last fight). What makes you think he couldn't dispose of somebody only weighing 220?
I take geen ku doe (bruce lee's martial arts), and like I said size isn't everything...When it comes to something like street fighting. It's easy to break somebodies knee, gouge there eyes out, kick them in the groin, go for the throat. It doesn't matter how big you are if I do that to you, but that **** isn't allowed in boxing. They have an old saying "A good big man always beats a good little man." and I *guarantee* if Hayes fights a good big man...that's exactly what'll happen.

 

This is a spread sheet, so the format isn't exactly as it seems, but the idea was to raise the percentage as the weight went up in a linear fashion. I took 120 as a start and added 5% to get 126. And so on. If you stop at 200 (199) then you have 11 weights, down from 17. I think I figured the current stuff was about 5% per weight class once when I looked, but that was a while back. That is why I started at 5%
5.0% 120
5.2% 126
5.4% 133
5.6% 140
5.8% 148
6.0% 156
6.2% 165
6.4% 176
6.6% 187
6.8% 199
7.0% 213



5.0% 100
5.2% 105
5.4% 110
5.6% 116
5.8% 123
6.0% 130
6.2% 138
6.4% 146
6.6% 156
6.8% 166
7.0% 177
7.2% 190
7.4% 203
7.6% 219

 

I have no problems with the current weight classes. I have an issue with the BS that exists within the orgs and overall.

As long as the best fight the best? Its all good.:yep

 

Not and keep the math simple. Or not on the time I have available. You could spread the heavier divisions out some though. You already have weight mismatches there anyhow. Kick 222 upt to 225 and then push 240 up to 250. Also, why not just push 159 to 160? That way MW and SM stays the same.

Edit. Rounding errors in the last column. Just there for quick reference anyhow. Spread sheet document.


4.0% 120 5
4.3% 125 5
4.6% 130 6
4.9% 136 7
5.2% 143 7
5.6% 150 8
6.0% 159 10
6.4% 168 11
6.9% 179 12
7.4% 191 14
7.9% 205 16
8.4% 222 19
9.0% 240 22

 

ffs folks......the trouble with the weight divisions today is the casual fans can't grasp the minute differences. random numbers like '112', '126', '154' and '168' coupled with confusing weight division names don't help.

its very easy to come up with a 'formula' but look at the numbers. 'the one-hundered and fifty-nine pound division'. gimme a ****ing break.

this would probably be the most fan-friendly way:

HEAVYWEIGHT - NO LIMIT
​

CRUISERWEIGHT - 200
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT - 180
SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT - 170
MIDDLEWEIGHT - 160
WELTERWEIGHT - 150
LIGHTWEIGHT - 140
SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT - 130
FEATHERWEIGHT - 125
SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT - 120
BANTAMWEIGHT - 115
FLYWEIGHT - 105(minimum)-110(maximum)

Weigh-in the morning of the fight.
One champion per division, no 'regular' champs.
13 rounds, 5 judges.
One organisation runs everything.
TV companies bid for 1 years rights to show the fights.
No 'promoters'.
No cherry-picking. No catchweights.
Champions always pick the venue.
Champions only fight mandatories, must fight twice per year unless injured etc.
Only get a title-shot in another weight if you are already a champion in an adjacent division. Otherwise work your way through the rankings. So no champions in welter getting a title-shot in super middle.

This would basically make boxing like other professional sports. But alas, it is the way it is and we have to live with it. It's always going to be a sport for the hardcore fans and the public will never be interested for anything other than the odd marquee fight.

 

108 fly
118 bantam
127 feather
135 lightweight
140 light welter
147 welter
154 light mid
160 middle
170 supermidd
180 light heavy
201 cruiser
heavy


i like tradition and do not want to spoil the history of the sport , so basically just deleted a lot of divisions and only tinkered slightly with the light heavy and relativley new super middle.

 

Boxing wasn't broken and when they "fixed" it, they ruined it.
Best remedy isn't to bring more changes it's to remove the ones already made.

8 weightclasses (screw the sanctioning bodies and their fees)
1 title per weightclass (see above)
15 round fights (screw tv scheduling)