Sulaiman sees difficulties splitting the HW division in 2

well that's the pot calling the kettle black!
the federations have split boxing into 4 'pieces' per division, but he's concerned about creating a new division
I thought he'd be all for it, since it creates another belt to cash in on

 

The WBC are utterly rancid

 

Thought he was talking about splitting HW into the Wilder division and the Everyone Else division. In which case, I'd say he's already done it.

Hell, just make the limit a pound above Wilder's average fight weight and problem sorted.

 

when were the WBC ever worried about a total farce ? Wilder and his extensive voluntary defences against french pastry chefs/polish football hooligans being one of many examples.

 

If we were building from scratch, the smarter move was to have a 190 and 210 weight class, then leave the unlimited as "heavyweight".

Nobody under 210 bothers making a living at heavyweight anyways, so there's already a functional minimum in place. It's pretty dumb there's only 2 weight classes to cover everyone over 175 lbs while there's weight classes for the small guys every 3-4 lbs.

 

There are no top fighters under 210 pounds anymore. The weight class structure is ridiculous, its no different from following 1950's nutritional guidelines.

Boxing itself should just adjust the HW division starting point at 215 at least. Realistically it should be 225 in what's still small.

You literally have 90% of HW fighters above the 225 pound mark and if Wilder and Povetkin weren't around all the top 10 guys would be over 225.

How many fighters under 220 do you really think boxing is going to get? Total waste of a weight class that you can expand with in some way or other.

 

I guess its really going to happen then.
The WBC will slowly throw the idea out there from time to time and eventually just do it.
And its a safe bet that at least one other sanctioning body would follow.

So, at any given moment we would have at least 70(best case scenario) "world champions".

 

Exactly. That's the double edged sword of boxing's history. It's cool that some weight classes have been around forever, but the weight class structure is outdated on the higher end.

When these were drawn up, 175 lb heavyweights were common, and 210 was massive.

Then the day came when 190-200 was common, and 225 was massive. Eventually, that led to the Cruiserweight division being invented. There was no need before because there wasn't enough talent over 175 to fill 2 divisions. Heavy weight was enough.

Today, theres more guys than ever over 175 that can box. 225+ heavyweights are common. It's insane that we only have two weight classes to cover every athlete over 175 pounds, and a lot of guys are hurt by it. We already see natural 190 guys draining like crazy to make 175 until they can't take it anymore because the Cruisers are commonly draining from 210.

 

Don't split the division. I love the massive weight differences we see in heavyweight fights.
I watch weekly David Haye vs Nikolat Valuev

 

Lol, if you can be a five division champ, more classes is not required. Rearrange the limits from the bottom up instead.

 

But surely the cruiserweights are actually the 200 - 220 pounds dried out to 200 or 199 pounds.

It's cruiserweight that needs to be split, not heavyweight.