Settle a bet for me...Is there a minimum weight for a Heavyweight Boxer?

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  1. oztriker

    oztriker Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I always thought that to fight as a Heavyweight that the fighter has to weigh over 12 stone 7 pounds.

    I've been told that I'm wrong....that there is no minimum weight stipulated.

    I know that eons ago that there was a minimum weight requirement but that may have been discarded.

    Thanks

    Oz:good
     
    oztriker, Feb 29, 2012
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  2. SimplyTheBest

    SimplyTheBest Heavyweight Destroyer Full Member

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    Don't know what the **** a stone is, but the minimum weight is 201 lbs
     
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  3. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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  4. Tackleberry

    Tackleberry The Reverse Somersault! Full Member

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    I dont think so?
     
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  5. bremen

    bremen Boxing Addict Full Member

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    There is a maximum weight difference for the weight class (12 lb for cruisers), It can be waived on the case by case basis but it is unlikely that difference of 50lb will be sanctioned.
     
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  6. nastynas

    nastynas Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No.

    end of thread, and don't listen to any ******s who say otherwise.
     
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  7. bald_head_slick

    bald_head_slick Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    If my line of thinking serves... There is no minimum weight for any division. There is the range that the division is contested and the division in which a fight is contested. A fighter could choose to come in lower if he so chose and still have a fight at X weight class. If he is forced via a contract to come in within a weight range (higher/lower) not specified by the division it is a catch weight.

    The general rule though is that fighters cut to get down so a minimum weight is never a real issue.
     
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  8. JASPER

    JASPER Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Seriously some people didn't know that:thumbsup:patsch
     
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  9. Atlanta

    Atlanta Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    eh, yes and no. While there isn't any official weight on the books. A commission will never approve a fight, between say Wladimir Klitschko and Brandon Rios or something.
     
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  10. Leonit

    Leonit Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    that said the commission still have to approve the fight. If tomorrow Pac wants to fight Wlad for whatever reason they are not going to commission the fight. RJJ coming at 190 was reasonable weight so they commissioned his fight with Ruiz,
     
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  11. Leonit

    Leonit Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    hahah saw your example a bit late almost same as mine :)
     
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  12. megavolt

    megavolt Constantly Shadowboxing Full Member

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    201 to be "considered" a heavyweight. Doesn't mean you have to weigh over that to fight at heavy
     
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  13. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    A stone is 14 lb.


    And there is NO minimum weight for a HW.
     
    cuchulain, Mar 1, 2012
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  14. igor_otsky

    igor_otsky Undefeated Full Member

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    In all seriousness, you have to be like that and be heavy like that in order to compete on a heavyweight bout. Can you name s fighter below HW that can compete against the guy like Vitali? I bet Koki Kameda can. lol
     
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  15. bremen

    bremen Boxing Addict Full Member

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    WBA and WBC raised CW limit from 190lb to 200lb late in 2003. RJJ qualified as HW at 193lb at that time so weight difference limit did not apply.

    Theoretically, there is no minimum weight but there is a practical limit dictated by maximum weight difference allowance regulations.
     
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