Which Weight Class is The Most Difficult to Jump?

Must be from Jr. Welter to Welterweight, thats a big 7 pounds and most of the Jr Welters do look much smaller than Welters.

Also probably from Light Heavy to Cruiser, you got big guys who weight 220+ pounds who drain down to cruiser, so Light Heavies who are about 10-15 lbs over the limit must really struggle fighting these guys.

I have also read somewhere that making the step from 130 to 135 lbs is one of the hardest things to do, according to some boxers.

 

I'd say the jump from 140 to 147 or 154 to 160 - both are tough

 

I'll give you that - Floyd is a phenominal fighter

 

Floyd would be quite fine at Jr. Welter, at his division he has to compete with guys reaching middleweight limit on fight night.

 

i agree. It seems like throughout history fighters have been able to go from 147-154, but not from 154-160

Hearns- kayo losses to barkley, hagler
trinidad- kayo loss to hopkins
oscar- kayo loss to hopkins
mugabi- kayo loss to hagler
griffith couldnt beat monzon...

etc, etc, but it could also be b/c middleweight tends to have dominant, long reigning champion

 

the jump to super middle.

not a single middleweight in the last 10 years maybe even longer, made the transition from middleweight champ or contender to super middle champ.

 

130 to 135.
I think the max-out weight for small framed fighters coming from the lower weights is 130 lbs. If they go higher, they'll lose relative quickness and power and they'll be adding mostly fat to their weights. (Pacquiao, Barrera, Morales)

While the 135 lbs division is the most effective max-bottom out weight for larger framed fighters. (Dela Hoya, Cotto, Mosely, PBF etc)
They just cut weight and lose fluids for the weigh in, then they gain it all back the next day.


So when a bloated up featherweight matches up with a larger framed fighter who only cut weight, at 135 lbs, it will be a major size and strength mismatch.

 

That's nothing compared to Sam Langford.

 

I know. DLH is a guy that was able to fight 9 rounds and take a lot of them off a big ATG middleweight. And Floyd beat him easily. Thats Amazing.

 

Hmm, early 1990's Eubank, Benn and Collins did with great success.

 

154 - 160 is arguably the hardest jump to make. Only great fighters (DLH, Trinidad for example) can make the jump and be competitive.

 

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the DLH that fought Hopkins would have beat PBF unanimously and i'm not a DLH fanatic either

 

I think you guys are misleading this issue.

The jump to welter looks hard for some of the guys listed, but that's only because they usually started at around 130-135.. of course by the prime/after-prime time of their careers then aren't going to be as good 12-17lbs more than their prime younger weights.

Also I don't get how someone can say that 10-15lbs ain't **** to cruiser/lt heavies but then argue that 5lbs is a lot to lightweights.. bull****.

The biggest jump is lt. heavy to cruiser as you're talking a full 25lb difference in weight.

People who struggles with the other jumps of weight is only because they've ALREADY jumped multiple weight classes.

Take Hearns, by the time he got destroyed at Middle he had already moved to jr. middle after dominating (except Leonard) the welter division.

His prime was Welter.. 147... he wasn't as good when he was fighting as an older 160. It wasn't the one jump.