Making Weight is Bull****

[hammerhiem]

just get rid of teh "light"/"super"/"Jnr" weigths.

Heavy 200+
Cruiser 200
Light Heavy 175
Middle 160
Welter 145
Feather 130
Bantam 120
Fly 110

There done, throw in same day weigh ins and 2 belts not 4 and you have a system that would work.

[poontango]

lmao!!!!!!!

All these divisions are for gheys. Man up.

[poontango]

just get rid of teh "light"/"super"/"Jnr" weigths.

Heavy 200+
Cruiser 200
Light Heavy 175
Middle 160
Welter 145
Feather 130
Bantam 120
Fly 110

There done, throw in same day weigh ins and 2 belts not 4 and you have a system that would work.

Thats what I'm talking about. No need for cruiser though...185 and up is heavy.

[$partacus]

Which is ridiculous why Hatton does not want to face Cotto or Shane Mosley, or any Welter.

Considering he is naturally alot bigger than them anyway.

WTF? When's Hatton ever weighed 160 on fight night?

[hammerhiem]

Which is ridiculous why Hatton does not want to face Cotto or Shane Mosley, or any Welter.

Considering he is naturally alot bigger than them anyway.

Ahh another classic.

how can a 5'6" LWW be naturally bigger than a 5'9" LMW?

I'm starting to think that the level of ******ity in your posts shows a disturbing trend towards inbreeding.

leave your sister alone Minion!

[hammerhiem]

Thats what I'm talking about. No need for cruiser though...185 and up is heavy.

no way most top heavy's weigh in at 250+ it's too big a gap from 175 -> 250.

[S.G.]

i was with you until the weight division thing

they're like that for a reason and i think they're fine myself

however, they should definitely have weigh ins on the day of the fight. what is even the point of them right now?

[Rich Loc]

122 lb (55.3 kg) Super bantamweight
118 lb (53.5 kg) Bantamweight
115 lb (52.2 kg) Super flyweight112 lb (50.8 kg) Flyweight
108 lb (49.0 kg) Light flyweight
105 lb (47.6 kg) Minimumweight

What is the point of these divisions. Only like 3to 4 pounds difference.

[Benny Leonard]

How about One division like the Ancient Greeks had. On that note, bring back the original form of boxing as well.



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Talk about Old School and making the New School look like a bunch of pampered *******.

Although I think the Romans took it further.

[oc9979]

Boxing such a ****** ****ing sport in this regard. Last week Valero and Pitalua fought at lightweight but both came in weighing in at welterweight. Hatton just said in an interview that he will weigh in at 140 but come in at 149.
What kind of joke is this?
How bout you fight at the weight you naturally come in. Whats the point of dropping 25 pounds of "in between fight" weight only to put 10 or 15 pounds on after the Friday weigh in.
Its dishonest and only serves to give the alphabets more paper champions and more revenue.
I got an idea. Lets go Lightweight, Middleweight and Heavyweight. Period.
Boxing isnt about weight anyway, its about skill. This has been proven time and time again.
Lets stop bull****ting the public with all the weights when the fighters never come in at the division their supposedly fighting at. Well, actually, Oscar did...and he looked like hell.

Lightweight-125-150
Middle-150-185
Heavy-185 and up (Dempsey and Louis weighed 185 and kicked ass on guys 6'6 250+ on a regular basis)

Problem solved.
And for those who think those weights are too wide. Man up. The heavy weights do it all the time.

you left the lower classes out.