Roy Jones Jr. weighed in at 193 lbs when he won the HW title in 2003.
Do you think we'll ever see another sub-200 lbs boxer win a major HW title again?
The circumstances would have to fall into place ie you'd need a mediocre smaller HW to get his hands on a belt and at the same time an elite talent like RJJ willing to come up and seize the opportunity, and also not pack on much mass while doing it. So its possible yeah, but unlikely.
It is certainly possible. Jones was a natural light heavyweight and he was never the best heavyweight because he never fought or beat the best heavyweight. What about a guy who is naturally a lean mean 199 pounds with great speed and boxing skills, a great chin and the punching power of Joe Louis who was just under 200 in his prime. A boxer like that could win the heavyweight title from the best heavyweight not a 2nd best heavyweight like Ruiz was when Jones beat him. Joe Louis KOed several good 250 to 265 pound giants.
No because they changed the Cruiserweight limit to 200 lbs
This.
But small HW do have a chance against "super HWs, it just takes a small guy with power, who can slip shots and goes to the body religiously, with a chin, to be able to bang and possibly beat fighters the size of Fury/AJ/Wilder.
Roy Jones Jr. weighed in at 193 lbs when he won the HW title in 2003.
Do you think we'll ever see another sub-200 lbs boxer win a major HW title again? roy dd not even beat the real heavyweight champion of the world at the time so you have to go further back in time.
Currently these guys are big lads so the likelihood of it happening while Fury and AJ are about is pretty slim imo..I predict Dubois to come knocking within about 5 years and he topped the scales in his commonwealth clash in 2019 at around 230/240..
There's not many good/great HW about ATM but It would have to take some boxer under 200 to take Tyson and/or AJ out.. I'd love to see the one that does it if it does happen in the near future...
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