What would it take for a sub 200 lbs Boxer to succeed at HW?

Byrd, 6’2” 210, fought the Klitschkos 3 times and won about 3 rounds total. Not the best example really unless you think Byrd somehow caused a rotator cuff tear. Idk man, he is listed at 6ft and he wasn’t the biggest heavy. and this current crop of heavies is pretty crap tbh. If it wasn’t for Fury making things interesting, the Hw division would be dead with AJ and Wilder tweeting but never fighting. Byrd would probably be a champ here.

Speed of movement, and processing speed of information. They would need to be operating in a different performance dimension. It is like the way fighter jets are describe as 5th & 6th generation fighters, they are as powerful as each other 'But the latest generation of fighters, just process information faster, and has more inner technology'. A fighter who was 190 pounds, had the athleticism of Roy Jones Junior and a combination of his processing speed with lets say Floyd Mayweather's processing speeds 'Would be a dangerous fighter'.

Be Chris Byrd. (6ft ~190) if he can beat Vitali, he can beat pretty much all of these current heavies. so, yeah. Be how he was pretty much. Byrd, 6’2” 210, fought the Klitschkos 3 times and won about 3 rounds total. Not the best example really unless you think Byrd somehow caused a rotator cuff tear.

Be Chris Byrd. (6ft ~190) if he can beat Vitali, he can beat pretty much all of these current heavies. so, yeah. Be how he was pretty much. Are you suggesting the fighter would rely on his opponent being injured? Okay that

Be Chris Byrd. (6ft ~190) if he can beat Vitali, he can beat pretty much all of these current heavies. so, yeah. Be how he was pretty much.

So pretty much Tommy Hearns on 21st century supplements. {"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","title":"hagler-hearns.jpg","data-attachmentid":30924672} Right, I’m sure Tommy came to mind for a lot of people or Julian Jackson. Course does sub 200 mean someone who can cut to that weight and then be allowed to rehydrate another 10-20lbs? Cause that really opens the door. Or are we talking someone who weighs 199lbs in the ring? I think Vitali would give any HW trouble. He only ever had to lean back to avoid a lot of punches, same with Fury. Hard task for a guy that is short. But I think there could be like a 6’2-6’4 guy who is a twisted piece of steel weighing 200lbs in ring that could hit hard enough and reach far enough in theory.

It would take someone built like Wilder but shorter ( to be sub 200 ) and more skilled and with almost the same punch. But it will never happen because that’s not how fights get sold. If you move up, you have to gain weight to sell it. So pretty much Tommy Hearns on 21st century supplements. {"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","title":"hagler-hearns.jpg","data-attachmentid":30924672}

It would take someone built like Wilder but shorter ( to be sub 200 ) and more skilled and with almost the same punch. But it will never happen because that’s not how fights get sold. If you move up, you have to gain weight to sell it.

Well, that was back when Cruiserweight had a 190 pound limit, but Speed (both hand and foot speed) and IQ. Ring IQ is so vastly underrated, but you can beat guys just off of ring smarts. Holmes/Mercer comes to mind.

PEDS,Judges in his pocket and Al Haymon

Smarts and tenacity.