Why boxers can't fight in more then one weight class?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Semlin, Oct 28, 2009.


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  1. boxbox

    boxbox Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Then you only have the heavyweights:think
     
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  2. psychopath

    psychopath D' "X" Factor Full Member

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    I believe that's not correct.

    Pavlik fought at the higher weigh class without giving up his MW title which made him still a MW champ after his loss.

    Pacquiao. He fought at 140 still holding the 135 belt he won from Diaz and gave up the 135 belt
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    after deciding to stay at 140.

    Floyd fought DLH at 154 still holding the WBC welter title he won from Baldomir and gave up the 154 title only after deciding to stay at welter.

    There's a lot more.
     
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  3. T.C.W

    T.C.W Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  4. Semlin

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    Maybe you see more then I do, and your explanation with "most" is pretty thin, since I can't remember anyone did this before, but almost monthly the one or the other champion vacates officialy his belt "to fight in the higher division" I just don't believe they would all without a single exception do this if not forced to...

    When a fighter manages somehow to gather more then one belt in one division, he usualy sticks to them as long as possible and defends them both if he can manage it somehow... I see no difference in fighting two mandatories in a year instead of one, if it's for two belts in the same division or for two belts in two divisions, the number of the fights is the same.

    Even at the middle divisions the difference is only 6, 7 or 8 lbs, in lower classes even 3-4 lbs this is not really big deal - looks you're one of the bunch who debates about every single pound more or less in the lower classes "otherwise the fight won't be fair" but at heavyweight when a guy 1 foot smaller and 100 lbs lighter fights an giant, it's all right and not unfair, right? Very funny...

    Look at Abraham for instance - he can make MW, how easy or how hard it's another question, and he can fight VERY good at SMW so what's the problem? Compared with the situation when he stayed at MW having to make MW each time, it would be only easier for him say to fight every second bout at SMW, thus having to make MW weight only every second time, and enjoy the SMW weigh-ins.

    It's not about losing lots of fat or even muscle and gaining it back every time, it's just about cutting weight for the weigh-in. Nobody says a fighter has to gain that much muscle to weight exactly what the others weigh, and then to lose it all over and over again. It's just having to dehydrate sometimes more and sometimes less, depending on which division is currently on schedule...
     
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  5. psychopath

    psychopath D' "X" Factor Full Member

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    Someone did . . . but long long time ago. You and I were not born yet. :D

    In 1938 . . . Henry Armstrong . . . became the first fighter to hold titles in three different weight classes ( Featherweight, Lightweight and Welter weight ) . . . check boxing history dude to verify. :good

    That was then . . . I don't know if it's still being allowed now.
     
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  6. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Your thread Sucks!!!!!1
     
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  7. Vantage_West

    Vantage_West ヒップホップ·プロデューサー Full Member

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    mel taylor moving up to 154 then back down to defend his welterwieght belt.

    james toney going to cruiser and light heavy in his 168 days.


    but that doesnt mean anything. every one of those fighters you mentoned retired, or dropped the belt or just didnt win another belt.
    if you a win a belt in another division you have to vacate one or the other.

    ever since henry armstrong, no 'man' has held belts simultaniously. anne wolfe technically held 4 belts at once but that was becuase there was no rules for vacating in female boxing comissions.
     
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  8. mrbassie

    mrbassie Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Well they did in with the idea after Armstrong; I suppose at the time they didn't want fighters having too many commitments and only defending their titles once a year. That latter part of course never happens.
     
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  9. The Mighty One

    The Mighty One Well-Known Member Full Member

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    money!!
     
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