if boxing ever went back to normal

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  1. adokei

    adokei Well-Known Member Full Member

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    and catchweights were banned.
    same day weigh-ins were enforced
    promoters had less leverage
    and only one champion per division
    would it get back it's audience?
     
  2. zop

    zop Well-Known Member Full Member

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    :good:good
     
  3. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Same day weigh ins are physically problematic. Everything else would be a blessing however.
     
  4. gmurphy

    gmurphy Land of the corrupt, home of the robbery! banned Full Member

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    Ya day before weigh ins were brought in for safety reasons, however certain fighters have abused this an now use it to balloon up in weight , and actually take away the safety aspect of it as by de hydrating to the extreme and then ballooning up also isn't safe

    Rehhdeation limits the same day as the fight are the answer
     
  5. adokei

    adokei Well-Known Member Full Member

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    you must be new....
    same days were the norm until some years back.
    at LEAST research a tiny bit before you try and seem like an expert at something you never tried.
     
  6. adokei

    adokei Well-Known Member Full Member

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    agreed.
    perhaps one pound shy of the next weight class?
     
  7. gmurphy

    gmurphy Land of the corrupt, home of the robbery! banned Full Member

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    With all the weight classes that's not really easy , i think 10 pounds for 140 to 168 , and 12 pounds for light heavy and 15 for cruiser
     
  8. adokei

    adokei Well-Known Member Full Member

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    true, on second thought that is much more reasonable.
     
  9. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    You would think this would be the most prudent step to take, but oddly the alphabets still haven't caught on.
     
  10. Limerickbox

    Limerickbox Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Cut the number of weight classes to about 11.

    The olympics has 10 and they get on just fine.

    Maybe add another higher weight for super heavy weights and your golden
     
  11. adokei

    adokei Well-Known Member Full Member

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    you just proved my point, brat.
    Begone.
     
  12. BlizzyBlizz

    BlizzyBlizz Loyal Member Full Member

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    Yes. And 1 versus 2 fight while 3-4 fight and so on and so fourth.
     
  13. Jacko

    Jacko Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    One champion per division, competitive match ups at all levels of the sport and no PPV would see boxing getting back to a mainstream sport.
     
  14. Clinton

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    Ah perchance to dream.
     
  15. Toker

    Toker Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I agree with all this. Only thing is when did promoters have less leverage? I mean Marciano's promoter took like 50%. That's a lot of leverage. Tex Rickard was known to be sleazy as well.