Does Cruiserweight affect the Heaveyweight divsion

**THE REAL NINJA** · 03-28-2006, 09:28 AM

Originally posted by IwatchBoxing

Do you think the Cruiserweight divsion is taking away talent from the Heaveyweight divsion?

not really, it's never had all that much talent that could stay with the best HV's so far, other then Michael Morrer, Evander Holyfield and a few others

**scap** · 03-28-2006, 09:46 AM

Originally posted by IwatchBoxing

Do you think the Cruiserweight divsion is taking away talent from the Heaveyweight divsion?

Do you have a fighter in mind?

**IwatchBoxing** · 03-28-2006, 09:58 AM

Originally posted by scap

Do you have a fighter in mind?

Every fighter.

Cruiserweight is a weight class in boxing where previously contestants weighed between 176 and 190 pounds. Since 2003, the major boxing sanctioning bodies changed the weight to be between 176 and 200 pounds to attract better fighters and more fans. It was created as a separate category between light heavyweight and heavyweight, starting in the 1980s. Notable cruiserweight champions include Evander Holyfield and James Toney.

Ruiz has always been able to handle big fighters, but smaller ones have beenanle to beat him.

The cruiserweight class was created by the World Boxing Council in 1979

**+= El Jefe=+** · 03-28-2006, 10:05 AM

mmm are you trying to say, that Onei'l Bell would do some damage in the Heavies??
i think he could but idk i dont think he is big enough. to put up with Wlad.

**THE REAL NINJA** · 03-28-2006, 10:09 AM

Originally posted by =El Jefe+

mmm are you trying to say, that Onei'l Bell would do some damage in the Heavies??
i think he could but idk i dont think he is big enough. to put up with Wlad.

he's good and all but do you really see him beating Byrd, Brewster ,Toney,Rahman or even Peter

**IwatchBoxing** · 03-28-2006, 10:09 AM

Originally posted by =El Jefe+

mmm are you trying to say, that Onei'l Bell would do some damage in the Heavies??
i think he could but idk i dont think he is big enough. to put up with Wlad.

Well, everyones always talking about how the Heaveyweight divsion is dieing. To me it seems like it started dieing with the addtion of Cruiser. Tyson met Holyfeild, today fighters met Toney. They could make the Heaveyweight divsion much more intertesting.

**scap** · 03-28-2006, 10:09 AM

Originally posted by IwatchBoxing

Every fighter.

Cruiserweight is a weight class in boxing where previously contestants weighed between 176 and 190 pounds. Since 2003, the major boxing sanctioning bodies changed the weight to be between 176 and 200 pounds to attract better fighters and more fans. It was created as a separate category between light heavyweight and heavyweight, starting in the 1980s. Notable cruiserweight champions include Evander Holyfield and James Toney.

Ruiz has always been able to handle big fighters, but smaller ones have beenanle to beat him.

The cruiserweight class was created by the World Boxing Council in 1979

I would say the crusierweight division is a good division right now not because they are loaded with exceptional talent but because all the fighters are very competitve with each other.

IWATCH there is no fighter that could crack an egg at the horrid HW division. Look what happened to the 2 kings of the division recently...Jirov has been beaten to a pulp and JC Gomez got iced by Yanqui Diaz...are we good now IWATCH?

**scap** · 03-28-2006, 10:11 AM

Originally posted by IwatchBoxing

Well, everyones always talking about how the Heaveyweight divsion is dieing. To me it seems like it started dieing with the addtion of Cruiser. Tyson met Holyfeild, today fighters met Toney. They could make the Heaveyweight divsion much more intertesting.

Holyfield and Toney are all time greats...you cant just plug in an O'neil Bell or Guerrilmo Jones and call it good.

**Talking Turkey** · 03-28-2006, 10:12 AM

This is a moot point. fighters usually move up in weight, not down.

Does Cruiserweight affect the Heaveyweight divsion