Is a Super-Heavyweight Division needed?

Of course, I lay awake crying at night because I know we need 1,000 more titles in boxing.

 

I think a SHW division is a good idea, not because of weight, but height.

Tua at 5'9 is just too short to fight a 6'7 guy who has muscles all over the place.

I've always thought there were too many divisions for the little guys under MW also.

Something else that could be interesting, an Open division, where there were no minimums or maximums. So, if B-Hop and JMM wanted to go at it in a sanctioned fight, they could.

 

Why 230? Why not 225 or 240 or 250?

 

Now Height divisions? There already is an open division. Lemmy help you out here because you might not have heard of it. It's called heavyweight.

 

Holyfield didn't know that heavyweight is an unlimited division when he signed the contract?

 

I agree there should be a cutoff around 220-230, the 200-225lb div would be packed with talent, I believe it would be in no danger of being as unpopular as cruiserweight and would be able to attract some big money and names.

The quality CWs could move up without being grossly outmatched by a giant athletic specimen, and overweight SHWs could move down to their natural weight and fulfil their potential. You would see competitive fights against HWs in good condition.

225lb+ there would still be plenty of big men for the likes of Klitschkos to fight and a great small HW like Tyson or Holyfield could always move up if they wanted to challenge the big boys

The only potential problem with SHW is that outside the top guys there would be a lack of competition, most journeyman HWs are still <225lb unless grossly overweight.

There are too many fat HWs now, some because they are trying to compete physically with men who belong in a bigger weight class.

Its a fact that people are naturally taller and heavier (not counting the KFC types) than even 50 years ago and this should be reflected in a new weight division.
The only minus against it IMO is wether it would dilute interest even further in HW boxing, I believe not and that it would actually invigorate it as many journeyman fighters would fight at their natural weight and you would have better contests outside the top level.

Regarding the Tua example above, Tua is a classic example of a HW who mistakenly or not stacked on weight to improve power and strength vs SHWs, when he was under 220lb he was a more exciting and effective fighter, at the expense perhaps of a bit of punching power.

The height is also a good point, modern SHWs are just bigger men than in the past and are realistically often 2 weight classes bigger than their opponents, I want to see boxing skill not mismatches

 

Poster A: Do we really need another division?
Poster B: Yes, we need a super heavyweight division for these bigger heavyweights
Poster A: What weight limit?
Poster B: Around 230 or so.
Poster A: So when one fighter weights 225 and another weights 250, they should be in seperate divsions?
Poster B: Yes it is too big of a gap.
Poster A: What about when the 250 guy is fighting someone who weights 275 or more?
Poster B: Well...
Poster A: What about when the 275 guy fights someone who weighs 300+ like Valuev?
Poster B: We need a Super-Super Heavyweight division, too
Poster A: :roll:

 

Poster A: "We can't have these big guys making weight and then coming into the ring drained. Someone could get killed. We need to have a stretch of time between the weigh-in and the fight."

Poster B: "How much time?"

Poster A: "At least 24 hours"

Poster B: "So we need one guy weighing in at 215 and entering the ring at 220 while the other weighs in at 230 and then entering the ring at 250?"

Poster A: "Ummm...well...er"

Poster B: :roll:

 

I did not hear anyone calling for a superheavyweight division when Lennox Lewis was champion. Something is fishy, like sour grapes?