How boxing would look today with the 8 original divisions

[rskumm21]

Thanks poet, it's better than talking ppv numbers and drawing ability.

You forgot discussions and polls on what size Manny Pacquios head is.

[RazorBlade]

I always said that four world title belts would be perfect, if we only had 8 instead of 17 weight classes. Too many quality fighters would get shut out or have to wait forever, if there was only one champion per weight class. What boxing should really work on is cut down on weight divisions, especially below 126.

[dans]

You forgot discussions and polls on what size Manny Pacquios head is.

Or whether Cotto weighs 155 or 160 on fight night.

[dans]

I always said that four world title belts would be perfect, if we only had 8 instead of 17 weight classes. Too many quality fighters would get shut out or have to wait forever, if there was only one champion per weight class. What boxing should really work on is cut down on weight divisions, especially below 126.

Agree, there's far too many division below 126.

[DrewWoodside]

I figured 101 wouldn't hurt.

This would be the prerequisite to Puglistic History 101. If your original 8 divisions test scores included Carlos Quintanna as WW or Roy Jones as current LHW champ.. You likely don't get into the 101.

[horge]

A single sanctioning body
Hey sure, but why was the WBC created, originally?
Unless you can guarantee that a sole sanctioning body is going
to be free of corruption or bias for a particular country's fighters,
there will ALWAYS be pressure for another, fairer sanctioning body.

Only 8-9 Weight classes
Again, sure...
But let's talk about the consequences of imposing it today.
You'd have shorter reigns, calendar-wise, because defenses
would be more frequent (so many worthy challengers demanding
their turn) and the cumulative damage sustained by fighters
would be far more severe --and a ripe target for public criticism.

Same day weigh-ins
Yet again, sure. I'm a proponent of this.
However, we can't avoid discussion of WHY the rule was changed.
It was a compromise between integrity of the weight classes and
ring safety, because of all the draining going on. The sensible
solution would have been monthly weigh-ins for all registered
fighters INCLUDING fight night itself, but that brings its own problems.

h.

[dans]

A single sanctioning body
Hey sure, but why was the WBC created, originally?
Unless you can guarantee that a sole sanctioning body is going to
be free of corruption or bias for a particular country's fighters,
there will ALWAYS be pressure for another, fairer sanctioning body.

Only 8-9 Weight classes
Again, sure...
But let's talk about the consequences of imposing it today.
You'd have shorter reigns, calendar-wise, because defenses would
be more frequent (so many worthy challengers demanding their turn)
and the cumulative damage sustained by fighters would be far more
severe --and a ripe target for public criticism.

Same day weigh-ins
Yet again, sure. I'm a proponent of this.
However, we can't avoid discussion of WHY the rule was changed.
It was a compromise between integrity of the weight classes and
ring safety, because of all the draining going on. The sensible
solution would have been monthly weigh-ins for all registered fighters
INCLUDING fight night itself, but it brings its own problems.

h.

I think reducing sactioning bodies is the most feasible.

Thanks for the Green K by the way.