What is the biggest jump in weight?

Not in one fight he didn't. Maybe he should have tried harder...

James toney went from mw to hw Not in one fight he didn't.

it's easier for Gassiev and Usyk because they are already basically heavyweights. Both come into their fights at 199.5lbs and thats with cutting water weight and such, so they're walking around as natural heavy's keep in mind CW is a big division itself (25lbs) while MW is only eight pounds. Well that's a point I hadn't thought of is that heavyweights don't have to cut weight. A quick google search revealed that Usyk walks around at 220.

i meant the hardest weight for a boxer to jump up to and from. Like, I don't perceive the jump from CW to HW to be so hard, we see Gassiev and Usyk talking about it, Bellew, Haye, i think the only thing that is quite limiting about a person's potential success is the fact that there is no ceiling to HW I dunno, it just seems like the divide between MW and SMW is always a tricky one it's easier for Gassiev and Usyk because they are already basically heavyweights. Both come into their fights at 199.5lbs and thats with cutting water weight and such, so they're walking around as natural heavy's keep in mind CW is a big division itself (25lbs) while MW is only eight pounds.

Sure they talk about it but wait until you see them in the ring with vs a 245 lb opponent. (Joshua may come into the ring weighing a tad less than Parker btw according to rumors.) The success rate would be very low compared to middleweights. I never liked when the Klitschko bros fought former cruiserweights like Adamek or Mormeck because it looked like a man vs a boy.

cruiser to heavyweight surely? i meant the hardest weight for a boxer to jump up to and from. Like, I don't perceive the jump from CW to HW to be so hard, we see Gassiev and Usyk talking about it, Bellew, Haye, i think the only thing that is quite limiting about a person's potential success is the fact that there is no ceiling to HW I dunno, it just seems like the divide between MW and SMW is always a tricky one

OK, so I didn't word it great. What I was getting at is, what is the hardest jump in weight There's no reason to believe that moving from 160 to 168 would be more difficult than any other jump up in weight (though slightly harder than moving up the 7lbs to lt. heavy). With the size of today's (super) heavyweights being about 245 lbs, it would reason that moving from cruiserweight to heavyweight would be the hardest bridge to gap.

No. Light heavyweight to cruiserweight is a 25 pound jump compared to only a jump of 8 pounds for middleweight to super middleweight. sorry yeah, i meant what is the hardest weight class to jump from. Looking at Groves, who is a natural SMW, in comparison to Eubank.. the size difference is easily apparent, and I've seen that oftentimes when MWs make the jump up. the jump from MW to SMW seems like the hardest jump for a boxer to make

OK, so I didn't word it great. What I was getting at is, what is the hardest jump in weight

cruiser to heavyweight surely? No actually this guy is right if you average out the top 10 heavyweights to be about 245 lbs then that equals a greater proportional leap than between 175 and 200.

It would be bigger proportionally than moving up 4 lbs from bantam to super bantam for example, because middleweights are not twice as big as bantams, but moving from 175 to 200 would be equivalent of a lightweight (135) moving up to jr middle (154). So the answer is light heavy to cruiserweight. Holyfield ending his career at 220 while starting it at around 170 is still the biggest leap that I've witnessed.

It would be bigger proportionally than moving up 4 lbs from bantam to super bantam for example, because middleweights are not twice as big as bantams, but moving from 175 to 200 would be equivalent of a lightweight (135) moving up to jr middle (154). So the answer is light heavy to cruiserweight.

Holyfield went LHW to HW. Or do you mean natty? because Evander wasn't Natty http://i.imgur.com/VYmqmiF.png

No. Light heavyweight to cruiserweight is a 25 pound jump compared to only a jump of 8 pounds for middleweight to super middleweight.

Looking at the Groves v Eubank public workout, it got me thinking, is the jump from MW to SMW the biggest jump to make in weight category for a boxer? Lhw to cruiserweight has got to be the biggest jump.

James toney went from mw to hw

Tyson Fury. From heavyweight up to Elephant class.