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

[Tony Trick-Pony]

A possible solution:

Heavyweight- No limit
Cruiserweight- 200
Light Heavyweight- 185
Super Middleweight- 170
Middleweight- 160
Welterweight- 150
Lightweight- 140
Featherweight- 130
Bantamweight- 120
Flyweight- 110

10 divisions, the organizations merge to one or maybe 2. At the most twenty champions at any given time. Prestige returned.

[Eastcoast]

A possible solution:

Heavyweight- No limit
Cruiserweight- 200
Light Heavyweight- 185
Super Middleweight- 170
Middleweight- 160
Welterweight- 150
Lightweight- 140
Featherweight- 130
Bantamweight- 120
Flyweight- 110

10 divisions, the organizations merge to one or maybe 2. At the most twenty champions at any given time. Prestige returned.

That would be ideal. And as mentioned, enforce a strict weigh-in protocol to prevent cheaters. If you rehydrate into the next weight class, then no go.

[Skip Bayless]

nah that would be too much size difference

140 and 147 should merged together
154 and 160 should be merged together

[Tony Trick-Pony]

That would be ideal. And as mentioned, enforce a strict weigh-in protocol to prevent cheaters. If you rehydrate into the next weight class, then no go.

I think the key word here is prevent cheaters. This sport needs to clean up it's act in a number of ways. Weight is a huge part of it. Plus who came up with these divisions to begin with? 112? Why not 110 or 115? 118? Why not 120? 126? why not 125? And 147? Why 147? Seems like they wanted complicated from the start.

[soul_survivor]

That would be ideal. And as mentioned, enforce a strict weigh-in protocol to prevent cheaters. If you rehydrate into the next weight class, then no go.

I've always maintained there should be a limit on rehydration. Somewhere around 5% of the fighters weigh in weight would do it imo. Didn't one of the organisations start enforcing something like that?

[Reloaded]

These extra weight classes allow more top fighters a chance of winning a world title other wise you would have top guys never getting a shot .

[mannyman]

Yes. Can you imagine how stacked with talent 160 would be without 154 and 168???

Canelo
Lara
Trout
Cotto
GGG
Martinez
Quillin
Lee
Murray
Ward
Froch
Groves
Degale
Direll
Many more
Possibly Mayweather?

I mean all these guys could fight each other anyway with the current weight class.

[mannyman]

A possible solution:

Heavyweight- No limit
Cruiserweight- 200
Light Heavyweight- 185
Super Middleweight- 170
Middleweight- 160
Welterweight- 150
Lightweight- 140
Featherweight- 130
Bantamweight- 120
Flyweight- 110

10 divisions, the organizations merge to one or maybe 2. At the most twenty champions at any given time. Prestige returned.

I like this - good shout.

[Daddy T]

yes you have a stacked middleweight division then ... which is as it should be.

[Daddy T]

Yes. Can you imagine how stacked with talent 160 would be without 154 and 168???

Canelo
Lara
Trout
Cotto
GGG
Martinez
Quillin
Lee
Murray
Ward
Froch
Groves
Degale
Direll
Many more
Possibly Mayweather?

I mean all these guys could fight each other anyway with the current weight class.

jesus that would be an unbelievable though a few of the bigger guys would prob just go to light heavyweight