Why do people even care about weight classes in boxing?

[DeadLikeMe]

How the **** is Pacquiao a Steve Nash lol. Nash is 6'3, Pacquaio is 5'5. Not even close. Early Boykins is 5'5 thus Pacquaio = Earl Boykins.

I was using size relative to the sports. I thought Pac for Steve Nash was a really good analogy. Skills declining, past his best days. A blazing fast offensive juggernaut with no defense.

[silentscoper]

So you're saying, just because boxers in the lower weight classes weigh less, we should throw away all their skill, heart, blood, sweat and tears just because they weren't built to be a heavyweight?

Manny Pacquiao can be considered more of an ATG because of his accomplishments and not because he weighs less.

Just like Michael Jordan is better than Earl Boykins because of his accomplishments and not that he weighs more.

Worst thread this week... Red K

[Canelo Kev]

You're clearly an idiot but there is a little substance to your arguement. I agree that there are FAR to many weight classes. If you went back to the old days before all the "SUPERS" and "JUNIORS" it would be waaaaaay better.

[T-97]

just this month? I was thinking more along the lines of worst thread ever created...

Nah dude~ this thread is terrible but it ain't got shit on

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=540296

And shit just turned 1 month old~

Yeah, it's easy to underestimate how ******ed people are here. On an all time level, this shit isn't even near the top.

But one of the worse in a while, which is impressive in it's own right

[Verstyle]

Can you imagine Wladamir vs Pacquiao? Haha. How would he reach him his head with those straight rights? Hahaha.

I sparred a 6'5 guy that's built like the Klit bros. He was punching at most half power and he was literally picking me up off the ground. I'm 5'7

[ChampBox@PR]

yes size matters, but isn't that the case with all sports? The NBA doesn't have separate leagues for midgets, the NFL doesn't have separate leagues for skinny guys. It's like saying current NBA player are only good because they're tall, and there are a bunch of 5'6 guys out there better than LeBron and Kobe. Or current NFL players are only good because they're big, and the best players are really 125 lb dudes. Point is, no one cares.

For example to say Pacquiao is more of an ATG than the Klits is crazy. Think about it. Earl Boykins is P4P better than Michael Jordan, so would you rank Earl Boykins ahead of Michael Jordan on the ATG list? makes absolutely no sense. So why do we do it in boxing.

Size is an attribute just like any other, just like speed. Some people are born with it some people are not. I think this is why boxing is seen as a joke. Every other sport only cares about the best, they don't care about setting handicaps for less genetically gifted people, while boxing is focused on these little guys who "cant help it" if they're small.

[vacon04]

Nah dude~ this thread is terrible but it ain't got shit on

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=540296

And shit just turned 1 month old~

LOL, WTF is that!

[edgarg]

I agree. Boxing is a sport just like any other, and size matters. To everyone saying, does that mean 140lb guys should fight 240 lb guys? No. The point is, if boxing didn't have weight classes, all these lower weight class guys would be forced to work at McDonald's or find another job. They wouldn't even be in boxing.

No, they'd naturally gravitate to fighting each other, giving them not only a better chance of winning, but making a better match so that the fans will enjoy it, rather than a big guy chasing a little guy all around the ring.

To me it's obvous and almost certainly the reason how weight classes, which changed limits over time, came into being.

[DeadLikeMe]

Can you imagine Wladamir vs Pacquiao? Haha. How would he reach him his head with those straight rights? Hahaha.

I sparred a 6'5 guy that's built like the Klit bros. He was punching at most half power and he was literally picking me up off the ground. I'm 5'7

I kickboxed at middleweight and I used to spar this 6'5" 230ish black southpaw. Every blocked shot might have well just gone unblocked because I was feeling them all. If he had been one of those ****s that goes 110% in sparring he could've KO'd me plenty of times. Heavyweights are faster than they look and they hit really damn hard.

[Daddy T]

and i thought threads around here couldn't get any more ******ed ... oh well live and learn