Why is Claudio Squeo at cruiserweight ?

Maybe not without dehydrating. He isn't super lean or anything but 16-20lbs (how much he would need to cut from his last few weigh-ins to make 175) is a lot in your late thirties. Hell, even half that much is, believe me.

 

Italian food.

There is a reason Charley Goldman wouldn't let Marciano eat it.

 

Squeo would certainly have fewer physical Squeo would certainly have fewer physical disadvantages among the light heavyweights, but I think he'll have to make significant sacrifices to get back up to 175 pounds. Let's see what Squeo does, in my opinion he wouldn't be able to win the EBU titles in both the light heavyweight and cruiserweight divisions, simply because there are stronger fighters than him at the European level. among the light heavyweights, but I think he'll have to make significant sacrifices to get back up to 175 pounds. Let's see what Squeo does; in my opinion, he wouldn't be able to win the EBU titles in both the light heavyweight and cruiserweight divisions, simply because there are stronger fighters than him at the European level.

 

Because for some reason LHW to CW is the only divisional jump of 25lbs. Meanwhile, other divisions have weight gaps that are near nonexistent, some as little as 3lbs. They could easily be removed from existence and it would actually benefit the talent pool as a whole in the lower weight classes (e.g. Light-Flyweight - it shouldn't exist imo).

Squeo sounds like the type of guy who would be perfect for a modern 185lb division.

 

That's always seemed nuts to me. What's even crazier is that CW is pretty young, only 46 years old. That means for much of boxing's history, if you could not quite make the 175lb limit for light heavy, you were by default in the unlimited division - potentially a ~180lb guy in there with 300lbers!