Should the Light heavyweight Division be called Junior Cruiserweight

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  1. TIGEREDGE

    TIGEREDGE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I reckon it should. the difference in weight between in light heavies and Heavie nowadays is like two full divisions. there is like nearly three stone between most heavies (at least. even more in most cases) and light heavies

    thats like the difference between Super featherweight and Middleweight
     
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  2. teeto

    teeto Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    No!
     
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  3. Rebel-INS

    Rebel-INS Mighty Healthy Full Member

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    No it's tradition. Remember, light heavyweight is an original weight class, cruiserweight came along a long time after.
     
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  4. TIGEREDGE

    TIGEREDGE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The sanctioning bodies better not read this. they will get ideas about setting up new weight classes
     
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  5. teeto

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    If that happens i will never forgive you!!!
     
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  6. TIGEREDGE

    TIGEREDGE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    the way heavyweight are growing they should named Huge weights
     
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  7. TIGEREDGE

    TIGEREDGE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    i wonder if another weight restructre has ever been discussed
     
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  8. TIGEREDGE

    TIGEREDGE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    i take back what i said. light heavies are as important to boxing history as any other weight class. it would be terrible to see it become junior junk
     
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  9. teeto

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    I'd say most probably, they might be content with 17 though.
     
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  10. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Superheavyweight in the Amateurs has been around a long time, and eliminated the need for a "cruiserweight amateur" division. Plus the amateurs add a 2-3 pounds in a lot of divisions and minimize "jr." divisions.

    Historically you can name many of the great pro Lightheavies, too much tradition...don't mess with it.
     
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  11. birddog

    birddog Active Member Full Member

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    Great, we need more weight classess:rofl sarcastic

    and more welters that fight over 160 at fight time:|

    :patsch
     
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  12. punchy

    punchy Well-Known Member Full Member

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    No
     
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  13. headhunter

    headhunter Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Cruiserweight should be Heavyweight and Heavyweight should be superheavyweight
     
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  14. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    No no no no noooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    The light heavyweight division is a great historic division with a rich history.

    It stands for Bob Fitzsimmons, Jack Dillon, Tommy Loughran, Maxie Rosenbloom, Billy Conn, Archie Moore, Michael Spinks.

    You would have to be a man without a soul to change its name.
     
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  15. Robbi

    Robbi Marvelous Full Member

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    The cruiserweight division should be called the super light-heavyweight division if any chnage was to be made. As has been mentioned the light-heavyweight division started decades before the cruiserweight division.
     
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