Should we eliminate the 154 and 168 weight classes? Make it like the old days?

**jas** · 01-23-2015, 02:50 PM

No. Definitely no

**Eastcoast** · 01-23-2015, 02:51 PM

Yes, too many weight classes. If you look at JMW right now, it's a bunch of young guys who still weigh in on fight night like the MW's.

**Weebler I** · 01-23-2015, 02:53 PM

No, I like it the way it is.

**SN!PER** · 01-23-2015, 02:55 PM

But then Canelo would have to fight guys like Froch, Groves, and Ward.

That would be murder.

**soul_survivor** · 01-23-2015, 02:59 PM

Originally posted by JasonBoxing

The point of the 154 and 168 weight classes is ******. 168 can fight at 175 or 160(depending on the fighter) 154 is even more absurd. All those guys can either easily go up to 160 or stay at 147.

couldn't agree more! the extra weights are making fighters lazy and you just have fat guys standing at 5'7'' or 5'8'' making the middleweight limit, that's crazy.

**DeadLikeMe** · 01-23-2015, 03:03 PM

Originally posted by JasonBoxing

The point of the 154 and 168 weight classes is ******. 168 can fight at 175 or 160(depending on the fighter) 154 is even more absurd. All those guys can either easily go up to 160 or stay at 147.

Why would you get rid of those and keep all the pointless babby weights?

**Jim Jeffries** · 01-23-2015, 03:04 PM

Originally posted by valero

But then Canelo would have to fight guys like Froch, Groves, and Ward.

That would be murder.

No, all of those guys would have to fight guys like Kovalev, Stevenson, Pascal and Beterbiev. Canelo would be fighting Golovkin, an easy fight according to Bradley.

**KillerJones** · 01-23-2015, 03:05 PM

Originally posted by Eastcoast

Yes, too many weight classes. If you look at JMW right now, it's a bunch of young guys who still weigh in on fight night like the MW's.

There will always be drawbacks, and positives to either method. But I do see your point.

Like you said, at the moment, young guys are not all fighting within the spirit of the point of weight classes. But if you eliminated those two, I think there would a lot of fighters caught out.

Should probably go back to same day weigh ins, and stipulate a fighter cannot gain more than five pounds on that day, making everyone come in on their correct weight. No gimmicks to lose weight to squeeze in a division to have a weight advantage.

Sometimes I think, boxing is half a game of which fighter can most successfully squeeze into a division he doesn't really belong in.

**spanishboxing** · 01-23-2015, 03:49 PM

Originally posted by JasonBoxing

The point of the 154 and 168 weight classes is ******. 168 can fight at 175 or 160(depending on the fighter) 154 is even more absurd. All those guys can either easily go up to 160 or stay at 147.

I think the problem is one to many belts...to many champs ..the divisions are find w/me.

Should we eliminate the 154 and 168 weight classes? Make it like the old days?