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Going back to the old boxing days when there were only 8 divisions, you had Sugar Ray Robison fighting Jake La Motta when he was 146 lbs, with La Motta being 160lbs. Ray Robinson didn't complain, he still fought. I can't see Mayweather fighting Gennady Golovkin when he weighs 147lbs and GGG 160lbs.
In the Heavyweight division as long as you are over 200lbs you have to fight any other sized fighter. Eddie Chamber was 209lbs when he fought Wladimir Klitschko, 36lbs heavier. I like that this part of boxing has survived, it has seemingly been eradicated in the lower weight divisions. (apart from maybe cruiserweight)
When you've fighter saying "I'll go from 140lbs up to 142 or 143, and the other fella has to come in 2lbs lower or he'll have a huge advantage. The fight will have to be called off if he doesn't come down 2lbs."
I'm like: PLLLEEAAASEE!! There is none of this nonsense in the Heavyweight division. You weigh 200lbs and a 100th of an ounce? You could have fought 7'0 320lbs Nikolai Valuev going back a couple of years. There's no demands for Valuev to come down in weight.
There's no "Junior featherweight" or "Super Welterweight", there's just Heavyweight. Like when there was only 8 weight divisions, there was no "Junior" or "Super" weight classes.
In the Heavyweight division as long as you are over 200lbs you have to fight any other sized fighter. Eddie Chamber was 209lbs when he fought Wladimir Klitschko, 36lbs heavier. I like that this part of boxing has survived, it has seemingly been eradicated in the lower weight divisions. (apart from maybe cruiserweight)
When you've fighter saying "I'll go from 140lbs up to 142 or 143, and the other fella has to come in 2lbs lower or he'll have a huge advantage. The fight will have to be called off if he doesn't come down 2lbs."
I'm like: PLLLEEAAASEE!! There is none of this nonsense in the Heavyweight division. You weigh 200lbs and a 100th of an ounce? You could have fought 7'0 320lbs Nikolai Valuev going back a couple of years. There's no demands for Valuev to come down in weight.
There's no "Junior featherweight" or "Super Welterweight", there's just Heavyweight. Like when there was only 8 weight divisions, there was no "Junior" or "Super" weight classes.
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