What is the biggest jump in weight?

[HeadBodyBodyBody]

OK, so I didn't word it great. What I was getting at is, what is the hardest jump in weight

[HeadBodyBodyBody]

No. Light heavyweight to cruiserweight is a 25 pound jump compared to only a jump of 8 pounds for middleweight to super middleweight.

sorry yeah, i meant what is the hardest weight class to jump from. Looking at Groves, who is a natural SMW, in comparison to Eubank.. the size difference is easily apparent, and I've seen that oftentimes when MWs make the jump up.

the jump from MW to SMW seems like the hardest jump for a boxer to make

[SAINTSTEVE]

OK, so I didn't word it great. What I was getting at is, what is the hardest jump in weight

There's no reason to believe that moving from 160 to 168 would be more difficult than any other jump up in weight (though slightly harder than moving up the 7lbs to lt. heavy). With the size of today's (super) heavyweights being about 245 lbs, it would reason that moving from cruiserweight to heavyweight would be the hardest bridge to gap.

[HeadBodyBodyBody]

cruiser to heavyweight surely?

i meant the hardest weight for a boxer to jump up to and from. Like, I don't perceive the jump from CW to HW to be so hard, we see Gassiev and Usyk talking about it, Bellew, Haye, i think the only thing that is quite limiting about a person's potential success is the fact that there is no ceiling to HW

I dunno, it just seems like the divide between MW and SMW is always a tricky one

[SAINTSTEVE]

Sure they talk about it but wait until you see them in the ring with vs a 245 lb opponent. (Joshua may come into the ring weighing a tad less than Parker btw according to rumors.) The success rate would be very low compared to middleweights. I never liked when the Klitschko bros fought former cruiserweights like Adamek or Mormeck because it looked like a man vs a boy.

[_Rexy_]

i meant the hardest weight for a boxer to jump up to and from. Like, I don't perceive the jump from CW to HW to be so hard, we see Gassiev and Usyk talking about it, Bellew, Haye, i think the only thing that is quite limiting about a person's potential success is the fact that there is no ceiling to HW

I dunno, it just seems like the divide between MW and SMW is always a tricky one

it's easier for Gassiev and Usyk because they are already basically heavyweights. Both come into their fights at 199.5lbs and thats with cutting water weight and such, so they're walking around as natural heavy's

keep in mind CW is a big division itself (25lbs) while MW is only eight pounds.

[SAINTSTEVE]

it's easier for Gassiev and Usyk because they are already basically heavyweights. Both come into their fights at 199.5lbs and thats with cutting water weight and such, so they're walking around as natural heavy's

keep in mind CW is a big division itself (25lbs) while MW is only eight pounds.

Well that's a point I hadn't thought of is that heavyweights don't have to cut weight. A quick google search revealed that Usyk walks around at 220.

[McNulty]

James toney went from mw to hw

Not in one fight he didn't.

[_Rexy_]

Not in one fight he didn't.

Maybe he should have tried harder...