Should there be a Super Heavyweight Division?

[Ironside]

How many guys in the HW are really over 250lb? Only a small handful. No way it would work.

[-Swizzy-]

How many guys in the HW are really over 250lb? Only a small handful. No way it would work.

235 should be the cut off in my opinion. I think it would improve the heavyweight division and would even make for better super heavyweight fights. like tye fields vs valuev. that would happen if there were a super heavyweight division. and there are enough over and under 235 to have 2 good divisions. I think the vastness of that weight in that divison is the reason for its down fall.

[Ironside]

235 should be the cut off in my opinion. I think it would improve the heavyweight division and would even make for better super heavyweight fights. like tye fields vs valuev. that would happen if there were a super heavyweight division.

I don't really see how it would improve the HW division. It's not like the SHWs are completely dominating, Valuev lost to a much smaller fighter, as do most SHWs. Honestly the last thing we need is another division.

[oovavu]

If your going to start adding or taking away divisions then surely the best thing to do would make a complete revision of every weight division, but its not going to happen I don't think.

[-Swizzy-]

I don't really see how it would improve the HW division. It's not like the SHWs are completely dominating, Valuev lost to a much smaller fighter, as do most SHWs. Honestly the last thing we need is another division.

its not about winning or losing. its about crappy matches. chagev beat valuev, but it was an ugly fight to watch. cuz no matter what, physically lop sided matches are boring to watch no matter which way they go.

[Lucky13]

Oh Lord, another f'in division, great.
Just what we need.

[-Swizzy-]

If your going to start adding or taking away divisions then surely the best thing to do would make a complete revision of every weight division, but its not going to happen I don't think.

why revise all the divisions? all the divisions are good the way they are. its just the heavyweight divison thats kinda screwed up to me.

[TheGreatA]

Heavyweight division is NOT screwed up. Sultan Ibragimov is 220 and he beat the 280 pound Briggs. There comes a point when all that extra-weight will work against you.

[Ironside]

Still seems pretty pointless, you're still pretty much adding a division because 1 or 2 fighters are heavier than the rest. It would completely ruin the HW division.

[oovavu]

why revise all the divisions? all the divisions are good the way they are. its just the heavyweight divison thats kinda screwed up to me.

I get what your saying and you're right, I just don't think you can change it that easily, you can't have two heavyweight divisions, the heavyweight champion of the world is like the top thing in boxing and then placing another division above it would wwater down the mystique associated with it, its definitely something that deserves to be looked into though.

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