5 Divsion Champ..

[Chups]

The thread starter made no reference to Mayweather....

Why are his fans suddenly so defensive?

Suprisingly I thought the threadstarter was talking about Pacquiao or Dela-Hoya.

[Steak]

Idk man, As a boxer and seeing other boxers and pro boxers, I just really strongly disagree with going up and down in weight easily and a natural 160 pounder making 135. Don;t get me wrong, I see your point, It's just the easy and the natural 160 pounder making 135 just seems a little bit farfetched in my book. No hard feelings. I know what your point is though tiger.

well, its MUCH easier to do it nowadays than it was in the same day weigh ins. thats what I meant.

perhaps I should have have used better wording...but back in those older days, it was near impossible for a fighter to cut that much weight and still be in fighting shape on that same day. today's fighters can pull it off and still be quite healthy, even though the process of making weight is very tough.

so they would be able to fight at lower weight classes than they should be at, and wouldnt have nearly as much trouble in moving up in weight, since they weigh that much(or even more) naturally.

sorry for the misunderstanding.

[Burner]

Suprisingly I thought the threadstarter was talking about Pacquiao or Dela-Hoya.

lol

[deliveryman]

Its quite an accomplishment.... But much like price of bread.. The cost today is very inflated..

Back when the multi weight champ standard was established
there were only 8 weight classes
they were known as

* Flyweight (Maximum 112 pounds)
* Bantamweight (118)
* Featherweight (126)
* Lightweight (135)
* Welterweight (147)
* Middleweight (160)
* Light Heavyweight (175)
* Heavyweight (unlimited)

The distances between weights meant if you could keep moving up and winning.. That it really was a feat to behold..

Add in the "1 belt" per division , a Multi division Champ was Totally something to boast about..

Now with 4 belts qualifying as "Champs" and the split divisions.. the odds of being a Multi weight champ have increased 1200% making it much less an accomplishment..

Still something to be proud of when fishing for accolades.. But not an instant criterion for ATG status.. like it was back in the day..

Which is why no fighter back then has done it.

[deliveryman]

Name me 5 fighters who have won belts in 5 diff weight classes and they brag about it.

Leonard, Hearns, Oscar and Floyd.

There's only 4 that I can think of. And the guys Floyd beat in his 4th and 5th weight class were a **** load better than Hearn's and Leonard's opposition in their 4th & 5th weight class.

[Welter_Skelter]

Which is why no fighter back then has done it.

No.. But a fighter doing 3 back then would be equal to 6 today.. plus you can't forget the one champ to 4 per division factor..

The odds of becoming The champ.. as opposed to A Champ..

[The Great Shark]

And thats Mayweathers fault????

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Hahaha..... this made me laugh out loud, I don't know why. Future thread baits can refer to this thread that's going to lure the smarter posters in... got em.

[aether]

Leonard, Hearns, Oscar and Floyd.

There's only 4 that I can think of. And the guys Floyd beat in his 4th and 5th weight class were a **** load better than Hearn's and Leonard's opposition in their 4th & 5th weight class.

am i the only one that thinks pac is a 5-weight division champ?

pac beat barrera who was the man at feather at the time.
thats better than a win over some belt holder...

just sayin. not that 4 belts is bad or anything...

[FUC_U_PAYME]

its quite an accomplishment.... But much like price of bread.. The cost today is very inflated..

Back when the multi weight champ standard was established
there were only 8 weight classes
they were known as

* flyweight (maximum 112 pounds)
* bantamweight (118)
* featherweight (126)
* lightweight (135)
* welterweight (147)
* middleweight (160)
* light heavyweight (175)
* heavyweight (unlimited)

the distances between weights meant if you could keep moving up and winning.. That it really was a feat to behold..

add in the "1 belt" per division , a multi division champ was totally something to boast about..

Now with 4 belts qualifying as "champs" and the split divisions.. The odds of being a multi weight champ have increased 1200% making it much less an accomplishment..

Still something to be proud of when fishing for accolades.. But not an instant criterion for atg status.. Like it was back in the day..

this is the main reason why we didn't not have many multi champs back then as we d0 now.

[BattlingNelson]

Its quite an accomplishment.... But much like price of bread.. The cost today is very inflated..

Back when the multi weight champ standard was established
there were only 8 weight classes
they were known as

* Flyweight (Maximum 112 pounds)
* Bantamweight (118)
* Featherweight (126)
* Lightweight (135)
* Welterweight (147)
* Middleweight (160)
* Light Heavyweight (175)
* Heavyweight (unlimited)

The distances between weights meant if you could keep moving up and winning.. That it really was a feat to behold..

Add in the "1 belt" per division , a Multi division Champ was Totally something to boast about..

Now with 4 belts qualifying as "Champs" and the split divisions.. the odds of being a Multi weight champ have increased 1200% making it much less an accomplishment..

Still something to be proud of when fishing for accolades.. But not an instant criterion for ATG status.. like it was back in the day..

Agreed.

But how you get to 1200% is beyond me.