The Harmful Effect of More Weight Classes

Hi,
First post but have been a regular 'lurker' for 7 years! Love (loved?) the sport and have been an amateur boxer myself, nothing high level.

I just wanted to post about the harmful effects of the increased number of weight classes on boxing as a sport that I believe hasn't been spoken about much: less diverse styles.

It's my opinion (not proven by data but by mere observation) that leveling the playing field of weight by the amount of weight classes we currently see and have seen has reduced the diversity of styles. Boxers have less style diversity and the overall style diversity in the sport is lesser because there's much more equitable weight classes. With less weight classes there would be, IMO, more diverse styles as boxers have to deal with more varied sets of biometrics in a division (height, weight, speed, etc.).

SLW, SMW, SWW, CW & BW should all be disbanded, IMO. Also, from a commercial POV, there's just not enough boxers to fill entertainment schedules with the current number of weight classes. Further, I think this would have a good effect on weight bullying and rehydration problems!

 

100% - my post is probably more common sense and is probably agreed with by many in this community... Waste of a first post?! Haha

 

Yeah, fair one, 175-200 is a big jump, even for big guys!


I don't watch below 118 lbs tbh, so fair play.

 

That being said, Kovalev probably fights at 190 on fight night! Beterbiev probably at 200 lbs! That's not fair for 175 lbers. 25 lbs for HWs isn't that much, relatively speaking.

Now you mention it, it cap HW at 230 lbs, seeing blobs fighting at 250+ is just un-athletic!

 

Didn't think of that! Love chocolotito! Wouldn't get rid of him for anything! I redact my agreement about getting rid of/not watching below 118!

 

Everything up to 175 makes sense. I just fail to see the logic of the 3 weights classes on the heavy end of the spectrum. Could you expand?