Should Boxing officially institute a 'Super-Heavyweight' weight class?

AlFrancis · May 17, 2013

TBooze said: ↑

Pandora's Box has been opened, there will be no going back to eight divisions/one champion.

But there are more practical things that can be done even in today's environment. One thing I would like to see be done is fairly simple, and would benefit the sport and more important safety:

All matches over 12 rounds would have three weigh-ins*. One a week before the bout where a fighter would need to come in withing 105% of the contracted weight, the next three days before the bout where the fighter would need to be within 102% of the contracted weight, and then the final weigh-in still 24 hours before the bout, where the fighter would need to make the contracted weight.

The idea being a fighter would basically need to show the ability to be at 'fighting weight' for a week prior to the bout, thus hopefully stopping fighters who should be fighting a division or two higher manipulating the 24 hour weigh-in rule.

I appreciate that some may still succeed in gaining massive weight post the final weigh-in, but at the very least it will stop fighters drying out in the last week of the bout to lose massive amounts of body weight.

*Obviously this would not apply to Heavyweight bouts.
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I was thinking that myself but with same day weigh ins.

thistle1 · May 17, 2013

We CAN'T go back to 8 Divisions because we've had too many divisions for too long now, and the safety factor that is part of the defence argument of more divisions less weight descrepency.

we COULD however REDUCE the amount of divisions, I have scaled a 12 Division outline for about 6 years or more and it was applauded by loads of different posters at various sites, I'll have to try find the threads.

Anyway we COULD REDUCE the number of divisions to 12 Divisions beginning at Fly with 10lbs between divisions... this would be a much more palapable system, more competetive and easier on the fighters, plus I think it would win back a fan base.

FlyW up to 110lbs

S-HW 225lbs plus

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