Why the reluctance to make a Superheavyweight Division?

Jack Dempsey once said over a certain weight power punchers punch roughly the same,the punches Dempsey knocked the huge Willard out with would KO anyone, some big fighters still have a weak chin, I think a bigger problem for heavies a lot smaller than these giants is there reach and then power really becomes a problem because the bigger fighter could end up landed 50% more power punches and do more damage before the smaller man lands his money punch. Reach wasn`t a problem for Louis vs Carnera, you need talent along with size, half these super heavies wouldn`t have landed a glove on Louis or Dempsey.

 

People and athletes are evolving and getting bigger where are all the small tennis players? Certainly not in the top 5 or maybe not even the top 10. Louis and Dempsey would have been on the edge of cruiser and would have been advised to train down to that weight, I shudder to think what they would do to cruisers today!

 

They are not broad like Foreman who had a powerful bulky build, do you really think these cruisers could take Foreman`s punch? Size is just important it isn`t the be all and end all!

 

If so, who will be the baddest man on the planet?

 

Honestly, if I were drawing up weight classes from scratch, I'd be inclined to nix 168 entirely to have the upper classes looking something like this:

160
175
190
210
Heavyweight (unlimited)

Boxing's got too much history for things to be readjusted at this point, but I think the current system has too much of a gap at the top end to go along with too many divisions at the low end. Only 2 divisions for anyone weighing over 175 is pretty archaic for the size distribution of athletes today.

 

You joking?

Many 6ft 3 fighters get down to light heavyweight 175lb, never mind 200lb!

 

I like the idea of this.

I agree that 2 weight divisions above 175lb doesn't seem right, in this day and age.

I'd go with:

160lb
170lb
185lb
205lb
Heavyweight (no limit)

If you actually think about it some fighters might naturally be at a disadvantage purely because their natural weight is 185lb (just for example). So they have to either boil down or gain unnatural weight.

Compare that to a fighter whose natural weight is 168lb, and just by chance and coincidence, they would thrive, in comparison, purely because the division weight limit suits them.

 

160+ Golovkin.
175+ Kovalev. Marciano. Patterson.
200+ Ali. Foreman. Cunningham.
240+ Klitschko. Joshua. Miller.