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Now that the weight limit for cruiserweights is 200 lbs. rather than 190, I believe that there are a few cruiserweights that could be top 20 in the heavyweight ranks. For example, I believe that David Haye will soon be unable to train down to cruiserweight and will be a legitimate heavyweight. Maybe Steve Cunningham will follow the same course. Guillermo Jones might look a little soft, but he's 6'4" and has had excellent results lately. The taller cruiserweights who obviously are very lean and trained down are certainly as big-framed as many of the heavyweights that are in the 210 to 220 lb. range.
In any case I see nothing wrong with having the cruiserweight division a legitimate and important weight class. Now that so many heavyweights weigh in excess of 230 lbs., it makes sense for guys hovering around the 200 lb. mark to train down to cruiserweight.
In fact, I don't see anything terribly wrong with a cruiserweight challenging for a heavyweight title if he's proven to be sufficiently dominating in the cruiserweight division. It certainly makes as much sense as Bob Foster fighting Frazier and Ali back in the early 1970s, or Billy Conn fighting Joe Louis much earlier.
Now that the weight limit for cruiserweights is 200 lbs. rather than 190, I believe that there are a few cruiserweights that could be top 20 in the heavyweight ranks. For example, I believe that David Haye will soon be unable to train down to cruiserweight and will be a legitimate heavyweight. Maybe Steve Cunningham will follow the same course. Guillermo Jones might look a little soft, but he's 6'4" and has had excellent results lately. The taller cruiserweights who obviously are very lean and trained down are certainly as big-framed as many of the heavyweights that are in the 210 to 220 lb. range.
In any case I see nothing wrong with having the cruiserweight division a legitimate and important weight class. Now that so many heavyweights weigh in excess of 230 lbs., it makes sense for guys hovering around the 200 lb. mark to train down to cruiserweight.
In fact, I don't see anything terribly wrong with a cruiserweight challenging for a heavyweight title if he's proven to be sufficiently dominating in the cruiserweight division. It certainly makes as much sense as Bob Foster fighting Frazier and Ali back in the early 1970s, or Billy Conn fighting Joe Louis much earlier.
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