WBC Super Heavy weight

It is a very stupid idea that will never work. First the WBC does not run boxing and nobody else will recognize their idiotic new weight class. Every good fighter who weighs over 200 pounds in lean fighting shape want to be the true heavyweight champion. The good old fashion unlimited heavyweight champ. The don't want to be the champion of a bogus 225 pound weight class. They don't want to be called the badest man of the planet exceptfor guys who weigh over 225 pounds. They don't want to be protected from 300 pound boxers. On the contrary if a 300 pound boxer is the heavyweight champion they want to fight him. Fury is huge but lots of smaller heavyweights would like to fight him.Most really good cruiserweights leave that weight class to fight at heavyweight for the money and prestige. So why would any good 225 pound boxer stay in that strange weight class rather than fight in the unlimited heavyweight class where the big money and the glory is at. Holyfield, Usyk, Haye and so many other good cruiserweights did not stay cruiserweights and they would not stay in a 225 pound weight class either. Wilder was almost always below 225 pounds at the weigh in and was the WBC world heavyweight champion for years which proves this new 225 pound weight class is useless and unneeded. Things are fine he way they are.

More weight divisions ? Pfft. Fck that.

In theory it makes sense. The game has moved on and today’s heavyweights are huge. The bigger heavyweights and smaller heavyweights don’t really belong in the same division, if you look at the rest of boxing. The reason most people don’t want it is historical reasons, and the fact there’s already too many divisions. Personally I think the lower weight classes with 3 and 4 lbs weight difference could be joined together. I know 3 lbs is quite a bit at that size, but those fighters seem comfortable moving through the divisions, but at HW, sometimes you’re talking about a 40lbs+ difference now. Personally I think Flyweight and Bantamweight could be one division and get rid of the light or super versions. Maybe even featherweight too.

It should go middle 12st, light heavy 13st, cruiser 15st max, heavy 15st and above I’d have all the lower weights with no jnr or super classes, you can go to the toilet and weigh a few lbs less 1st = 14lbs, 12st = 168 , 15st = 210.

Is this a new division for Usyk? He will get crushed by AJ or Fury (if they connect, when they connect), however if you remove guys above that, Usyk can box with the best of them. Povetkin would also be prime in this category.

The WBC is splitting the heavyweight division by drawing a line at fighters who are above 200lbs to 225lbs and 225 and higher as a sort of super heavyweight division. Is this a good idea? We have had plenty of fighters who have shown they can beat bigger people before: Mike Tyson vs. (many opponents) David haye vs valuev Micheal Moorer vs (that 6’10 guy) Evander Holyfield vs Bowe and valuev Rocky Marciano vs (many opponents) Should this division be created? And also is this just because of corruption ie. Sanctioning fees? Just read a report that it will actually reduce the Cruiserweight limit to 190 and this new division will be 190-224. Then Heavyweight above that. So no Super Heavyweight. It will be the new division that gets a name. Super Cruiserweight? Doesn't feel right for 224 pound guys.

Now Sulaiman just needs to create a 300+ division for juicers (no testing required) and Big Baby Miller can make a comeback.

I don't disagree with the principle that the weight gaps are too big, but it just feels like it will devalue both categories. You know those 200-225 guys are big enough to fight at the top weight, yet they might not. Do you end up in a time when there are no credible 230+ (naturally) heavyweights and we get a Valuev type champion who is in the, in theory, blue riband division but has no credibility? Or is this basically the WBC creating a Wilder division?

I like the idea even I think there are too many divisions out there. However, its the lower divisions that need to be streamlined. YOu have a goddam division every 2-3 kgs which is insane, and you expect HW to fight people 20-30 kg heavier. There should be some reasonable distribution in lower weight classes.

If it were 250 maybe. But not 225.

You can be under 225 and fight at heavyweight see Roy Jones and recently Shawndell Winters