Should the heavyweight division be split up into more divisions?

[shonuff488]

I'd like to see boxing do something like this with the divisions. Imagine how exciting a new 215lb division would be. Heavyweights should also have to make weight like every other weight class. It would be better for boxing in the long run.

107-Flyweight
114-Bantamweight
120-Featherweight
127-Junior Lightweight
134-Lightweight
140-Junior Welterweight
147-Welterweight
154-Junior Middleweight
160-Middleweight
167-Super Middleweight
175-Light Cruiserweight
190-Cruiserweight
215-Light Heavyweight
260-Heavyweight

[mikinoki]

Yeah because thats what boxing needs more division and more fake champions..

[Juof]

hell no a 200lb boxer can generate enough power to knock anyone out. just because your heavier doesn't always mean you have an elephant chin

[boliodogs]

I think it would be useless to create a new weight class between cruiserweight and heavyweight. You do not have to weigh 201 to fight a heavyweight. You could weigh 170 and still fight a heavyweight unless the boxing commission did not allow the fight. Just about every cruiser weight champ sooner or later will try to get a fight with the heavyweight champ. Many light heavyweight champs go after the heavyweight champ. If a guy is the champ of this new 220 pound weight class do you think he will be satified with that? You know he will go after the unlimited heavyweight champ. Some of the best heavyweights of the past were not that big at all. Fitzsimmons was the heavyweight champ at 167 pounds. Prime Liston 215. Prime Foreman 218. Prime Frazier 205. Prime Ali 206. Prime Jack Johnson 192. Prime Louis 198. Prime Dempsey 188. Prime Marciano and Charles 184.Those guys often weighed in in street clothes after lunch and were still that light. You do not need to weigh 240 pounds to be the best heavyweight in the world and history proves it. Dempsey weighed 180 pounds when he crushed the 250 pound Jess Willard.

[SlySlickSmooth]

Guys want to be heavyweight champs, that's we're the money is and has always Been. I'm sure many HWs can make CW if they wanted

This, exactly. If something was hypothetically done, I would hope it doesn't create another division.

[Sosay]

I would hate more divisions but if it was up to me I would change all of them

216^ Heavyweight
215 Cruiser
194 LightHeavy
173.5 SuperMiddle
164 Middle
156.5 SuperWelter
148 Welter
142 SuperLight
135 Light
128.5 Feather
120.5 Bantam
114.5 Fly
110 Straw

[Sosay]

Sorry SHonuff You beat me to it I see.

[Enzo Mc is SHIT]

I'm not sure. Really I think there should be a more wide ranging review of the weight divisions. Otherwise the only option is to add a Super Heavyweight division, which is probably justified but it wouldn't make much sense for the divisions to go 160 - 168 - 175 - 200 - 240 (or whatever).

[Bigg Rigg]

Wouldn't be a bad idea. If I could have the divisions my way, I would have this
118 Bantamweight
122 Super Bantamweight
126 Featherweight
130 Junior Lightweight
135 Lightweight
140 Junior Welterweight
147 Welterweight
154 Junior Middleweight
160 Middleweight
168 Super Middleweight
175 Junior Cruiserweight
200 Crusierweight
225 Heavyweight
260 Super Heavyweight
118 minimum and 260 max. With Just 1 Champion per division. At most 2. **exclude the thumbs down sign