Comments Thread For: WBC May Create New Division, Split Heavyweight Class in Two

[Pandur]

Dont forget about those 2 Viva La Taco Bell Mulan Serichi Sauce Belts they wanted to give to Canelo!!!

Hahaha or that Money Belt for That Circus fight.

[nycsmooth]

something that could be considered at about 210 pounds... even a giant with no defense any poor division can still dominate... I doubt it will happen...

[Combat Talk Radio]

I'm actually not all the way against this..There should be a division for some of these physical freaks can keep to. Hell can you imagine a prime 5' 10" mike tyson fighting 6' 9" tyson fury, damn near a foot in difference.

[Shadoww702]

Go back and watch some old Chris Byrd fights. Especially Jameel McCline..

[Arthur Daley]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWUqT8oZQ1I

[Heromaker]

I don't know what to call the division but I think it's a fair idea. If your a 6' 210 heavyweight today your at a huge disadvantage. Aside from Mike Tyson there hasn't been a small heavyweight that could lead the division and he did have more trouble with real tall fighters. My favorite modern heavyweight Evander Holyfield had a hard time with guys 6'5 and above. Personally when I was boxing at 6'4 and fought a muscular fighter at 6'9 It was definitely a new experience for me. The fight was the only uncompetitive fight I can remember having.

[Santa_]

They should make Cruiserweight 175-190 like it used to be and then split Heavyweight 190-220 and everything above that can be Super Heavyweight.

[b Murphington]

It would make sense purely from a safety stand point. A 6'2, 210 guy shouldn't be fighting a 6'8, 280 walking monster.

Sure. You could pull anecdotal evidence and say, "oh but what about that time that this guy did this. He was outweighed by 70 pounds." Yes. That's true. But that's like 1 out of 100 occurrences. It's the same thing as having Leo Santa Cruz fight a super middleweight.

Then part of me thinks to myself, does this sport really need another weight class? I think what makes the most sense is to expand the cruiserweight weight and have it end at 225. Get rid of the smaller heavyweights.

Idk. I was never really a fan of all the "supers" and "lights" to begin with. If they're going to split the heavyweights, get rid of all those extra classes. It does get ridiculous after awhile.

[KillaCamNZ]

Probably tired of the fact that Wilder barely draws enough to rub two pennies together.

[Luilun]

what a disgusting fat piece of **** sulliman is. With all the millions they pull from fighters, cant he hire a chef and personal trainer and not walk around a fat slob all the time

Them Carnita and Carne Asada Tacos are just to hard to push away