Are weight classes in boxing designed to protect the bigger man?

[deathofaclown]

Which makes me wonder why is Kell Brook trying to go so heavy against GGG. He will lose the only advantage that he has.

But Kell isn't a slick fast fighter anyway. He's a very strong and accurate fighter.

I doubt his speed is that much quicker than GGG or his agility. So why go into a fight with the best MW in the world and fight in a style that's not how he usually fights?

He needs to go in and does what he normally does but being bigger than usual and hope that it's good enough. He never goes into a fight trying to use speed and be slick, so the worst thing he can do is fight in a way that is alien to him.

And that's basically why i think Brook will struggle in this fight, not just because of the weight. I think if you are moving up that far in weight, you do need attributes like speed and awkwardness in your favour. Kell doesn't have that style anyway. He's essentially moving up in weight to fight a guy who is better in most areas of their skill sets and that's a problem. It's not like Manny when he moved up and was super fast, or Floyd having such a great defence that he can avoid not getting caught.

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

Which makes me wonder why is Kell Brook trying to go so heavy against GGG. He will lose the only advantage that he has.

brook body Been starving he just let himself have that full meal and he body soaked it up, I dont think he will ever go back down to 147 anymore he will be fighting at 154.

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

Or the fact that Canelo's team are the ones who suggested 152 to start with and Floyd's team went with it.

like 4 years earlier, why didnt floyd figth him then?

why fight him year later after you disnounce catchweight just to have a catchweight.

Size matters, stop trying to save face admitting that takes nothing away from mayweatehr wins.

[deathofaclown]

like 4 years earlier, why didnt floyd figth him then?

why fight him year later after you disnounce catchweight just to have a catchweight.

Size matters, stop trying to save face admitting that takes nothing away from mayweatehr wins.

I'm not a Floyd fan.

Nor was it 4 years earlier. It was the same year when they suggested 152.

[Ray Corso]

The vast majority of the "moving up" reasons is simply growing!
A 19 year old at 5'7" can still make 130lbs but at 25 yrs is moving to 140+.
So maturation has more to do with weight class expansion than anything else.
The great Henry Armstrong could actually fluctuate from 126 to 147 and held those three titles at the same time but he was a one in a million
fighter.

This "moving up" popularity stems from Pac, Mayweather, Cotto, Mosley and the rest that could take advantage of the lack of depth in the classes from 140 to 154.
You saw what happened to Hatton when he moved up just 7 pounds and in caliber he got wiped out.
Mayweather made 147 easily because he was a very small welter, Hearns and Leonard grew out of the division and had to move up.

Many times champions will challenge champions from different weight class and although it's difficult to succeed over the higher weight it can be done.
Armstrong is the perfect example.
Ray