Do Junior Weight Divisions Water Down the Sport?

[Madison Boxing]

i said something similar to this the other day and got slated and called an idiot (as i usually do). we dont need all these divisions, a few pounds between a jr division and a traditional division is **** all difference. get rid of them and get rid of all the ****ty 'super champ, diamond champ' belts

[BlakBread904]

I didn't say it wasn't. I said most people in bigger sized people countries have average sports fans + casual boxing fans who don't give a f#ck about lil guys.

I don't think I mentioned myself in my post at all so I got no clue where you are coming up with my personal opinion on something I'm giving the opinion of what sports fans & casual boxing fans think. Come on bro reading is fundamental ffs.



No f#cking ****. One of my favorite all time fighters is Ricardo Lopez & I always use him as my first example of guys to watch for anyone looking to learn about boxing.

Some of you guys love to act like someone is saying something different than what they are saying so you got a easy comeback & can try to insult another person.

So now you are giving us the opinions of others, rather than your own. Oh ok. I thought you were speaking for self when you mentioned that you are in the US.

In any case, the lower weights do have their place in boxing. They just don't move the needle much here in america, where size matters in general.

[NYC8224]

Agreed. Too many classes, ****s it up

[MasterPlan]

A dude a 108 could fart and get down to 105.

[Eff Pandas]

So now you are giving us the opinions of others, rather than your own. Oh ok. I thought you were speaking for self when you mentioned that you are in the US.

Well if you read my post you'd understand I was giving my thoughts on the opinions I've gauged from the sports fans & casual boxing fans I've encountered & talked about boxing with. So its not like its my opinion in the way you are suggesting.

I'd be curious to see the revenue generated by weight division to see how viable these smaller weight divisions are across the globe vs the bigger weight divisions that are more popular in the richer countries on average. Probably an impossible stat to come up with, but it'd be an interesting number to see if we could put a dollar value on weight divisions to see how worthwhile they were.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

There'd definitely be the possibility of better fights due to the reduced number of belts. That's a vote against them from me.

It's basic economics. When there is less money printed, it becomes more valuable. When there are fewer belts, they mean more. Imagine how many of those belts wound up at pawn shops. That would make a good episode of Pawn Stars. I could see him saying, "A championship boxing belt? I don't know, man. There are like thousands of those now. This ain't Raging Bull."

[Tony Trick-Pony]

A dude a 108 could fart and get down to 105.

So true...

[Pigeons]

Go with an even 10; strawweight, flyweight, bantamweight, featherweight, lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight, cruiserweight, and heavyweight.

[Sun_Tzu]

Against, Im also against there being 4-5 recognized championships. We sould go back to 8 divisions and one champ but it will never happen.

[Hype job]

I think the biggest issue is the gap between 175 and heavyweight. Everything in between should be manageable. In the mini weight classes you got 3/4 division champions that only moved up 10 pounds.

I agree with this.