Largest weight diffrence in a fight?

[soul_survivor]

Gotta be at home and likely haye v valuev.

Outside of hw no idea

[GodLike]

Are you talking about non heavyweight fights? Sergio Martinez vs Chavez jr has to be up there

Actually yeah i was i should have mentioned this lol

Heavyweight examples are still welcome tho, all interesting.

[Jimmy 23]

Cotto-Corley 17 lbs

[techliam]

Gotta be at home and likely haye v valuev.

Outside of hw no idea

Holyfield/Valuev probably had the same disparity. Some places report the weight +/- 1lb for some reason

[glory]

de la hoya / shaq

[New England]

if you're counting HW the numbers will sound really off. if you're athletic and can punch you can do plenty of damage once you get above 180-190 lbs or so. yeah, 6'6" juggernauts hit harder, but not hard enough to warrant half a dozen divisions, the way a 50 lb weight advantage would when you compare a 154 lber to a 105 lber.


the biggest advantage in size that i think i've seen in a televised fight in the weight classes was gatti - gamache. gatti was a very strong puncher and he filled out well up until 140 lbs. gamache was not an athletic guy and not a big 140 lber at all. probably could have made 135 or 130 if he had the athleticism and musculature to operate at a super low body fat like gatti, many other world class boxers in their primes.

gamache was damn near killed in a couple of rounds. rumor has it that gatti missed weight on the scales and nevada was in on it. unnoficially he had about 15-20 lbs on him on the HBO scales. looked like a middleweight fighting a lightweight. gatti hit him with a combination that legitimately damaged gamache's brain. he almost died.

[brettWall]

Canelo vs Khan

Canelo:224 lbs

Khan: 155.2 lbs

You have the winner here. Which is highly unlikely. 68.8 lbs difference.

[MurkaMan]

Cotto-Corley 17 lbs

same as Mayweather Marcos Madaina first fight. MM was 165, Floyd was 148

[Vlad_]

Haha, since the Mayweather-Conor fight is this week, I thought I'd add some MMA into the mix...

Don't hate on me!

Fedor (233lbs) vs. Zuluzinho (341lbs) was a pretty substantial weight difference...




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[_Maxi]

same as Mayweather Marcos Madaina first fight. MM was 165, Floyd was 148

No way Floyd was 148.