How can Ring Magazine 154 belt be on the line?

[craigus1990]

You are plain wrong, though. It has happened many times before over the course of the history of the sport.

What fight has ever taken place where a fighter has been a welterweight and the other a JMW and the commission put a title on the line for it? (Or any other two weight classes).

[White_Knight]

So if Eddie Chambers won a heavyweight belt, he could arrange to have all his defenses at a catchweight of 203, and they would be legitimate heavyweight defenses?

[T.Horton]

So if Eddie Chambers won a heavyweight belt, he could arrange to have all his defenses at a catchweight of 203, and they would be legitimate heavyweight defenses?

heavyweight is and always has been an open class.

[Bolo Punch]

What fight has ever taken place where a fighter has been a welterweight and the other a JMW and the commission put a title on the line for it? (Or any other two weight classes).

Most recently, Pacquiao weighed in at 144.5 for a Jr Middleweight title fight.

Henry Armstrong weighed in under the Lightweight limit for the first portion of his world Welterweight reign and weighed 142lbs when he fought Ceferino Garcia for a version of the 160lb title.

Stanley Ketchel was only 170lbs when he challenged Jack Johnson for the Heavyweight title. Similarly, Carpentier weighed in at 172lbs when he fought for Jack Dempsey's Heavyweight crown.

Mike Spinks won the Heavyweight title at 199lbs.

This is just a few examples over the course of boxing history, there are many more. It's just a rarity these days, as the weigh-ins are no longer on the day of the fight, so most boxers simply cannot afford to come in so light or they'll be out-weighed by a huge amount.

[turkas]

Because its a jmw fight.

Your're wrong calling it "just a catch weight fight" because it is a jmw fight. Any fight contested above 147 and below 154.01 is a jmw regardless if there is a max weight.

You clearly don't understand weight classes if you think otherwise.


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[White_Knight]

heavyweight is and always has been an open class.

Fair enough.

Let's say Kovalev wins a cruiserweight title. Could he have all his defenses at a catchweight of 180 lbs? After all, this is within the 175-200 lb range.

[yoz]

If you can't come in at 153, 154 which is JMW how can it be called a JMW fight? It can't, it's a catch-weight fight and no title should be contested.

This ^^^^^^^.

[PACnPBFsuck]

Not true. Junior Middleweight means you can weigh a maximum of 154. It does not mean you must weigh 148-154. It means you can weigh anything UP TO 154. You can weigh 146. You can weigh 140. You can weigh anything UP TO 154. That's the definition of the Junior Middleweight weight class.

This fight is being contested at a maximum weight of 152. This is not a Jnr. MW bout.

Wait, so are you saying that Margarito was a welterweight when PAC destroyed him?

[Mr. Fantastic]

Ring is racist if they don't give a brotha a chance yo.

[HeroBando]

Was Hopkins/Calzaghe not scheduled for 170? Wright/Hopkins too I believe (I'm going off memory here)

Hopkins Pavlik and Wright