weight classes

Junior Minimumweight, anyone? :nut

 

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i'd like to have a talk with you about boxing and things you like to talk about lol

 

I know 145 was pac vs cotto

144 was floyd vs marquez.

what is 142?

 

I disagree. Boxing went like 100 years with the original weight classes, then in the past 30 or so the sanctioning bodies saw the opportunity to get more money by adding more classes IMO. The problems you mention can be fixed by making same day weigh ins with tests for dehydration (and prohibiting the weight drained guy from fighting and fining him). If anything you need the original classes plus 1 more for the legitimate fact that men are bigger than 50-100 years ago. Two athtletes that aren't weight drained should be able to compete even if one guy is up to 8 or 10 lbs heavier. if the smaller guy can't compensate w/ speed and skill then he shouldn't be fighting or should find a way to bulk up naturally. you cannot deny that all these 5-7 lb weight classes dillute the competition, then u have the problem of 4 legit sanctioning bodies and the dillution can be ridiculous at times

 

You can disagree all you want, it just makes you wrong. It's not an opinion. The fact is, if boxing allowed guys in smaller or even mid weight classes to fight each other with 8 or 10 pound differences they would NOT compensate with speed and skill or any other attributes, they would get HURT! Your ideas are fine for street fights, but boxing is a HIGHLY competitive sport where a few pounds make a MASSIVE difference. The weight classes make the sport that much more competitive and do not dillute the competition whatsoever, because guys fight guys their size. That is one more reason that boxing is a legitimate SPORT, while MMA is struggling for that status. The sanctioning bodies have nothing to do with any of this. How long have you been a fan of boxing?