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By Cliff Rold - Every division goes through its cycles. There are periods of dominant champions, periods of hot potato title changes, parity from depth or a lack thereof.
Light Heavyweight has had some of the wilder cycles throughout the history of the sport. Prior to the birth of the Cruiserweights, and a growth in the Heavyweight division, many of the cycles were about money. Billy Conn could probably have reigned for years at 175 lbs.
It was more profitable not to.
The 1970s and the first half of the 1980s saw the best of both worlds with a dominant champion for part of the decade in Bob Foster, an era of incredibly talented parity featuring men like Victor Galindez, Matthew Saad Muhammad, and Marvin Johnson, and then the consolidation of the division behind the great Michael Spinks. [Click Here To Read More]
Light Heavyweight has had some of the wilder cycles throughout the history of the sport. Prior to the birth of the Cruiserweights, and a growth in the Heavyweight division, many of the cycles were about money. Billy Conn could probably have reigned for years at 175 lbs.
It was more profitable not to.
The 1970s and the first half of the 1980s saw the best of both worlds with a dominant champion for part of the decade in Bob Foster, an era of incredibly talented parity featuring men like Victor Galindez, Matthew Saad Muhammad, and Marvin Johnson, and then the consolidation of the division behind the great Michael Spinks. [Click Here To Read More]
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