So, this big deal thing of Lomachenko moving up to his third division made me think... It all sounds very impressive when you say "3 divisions", but not if those 3 divisions actually should barely count as one division...
He moved from featherweight to super featherweight to lightweight. Meaning, he gradually moved from 126 pounds to 135 pounds. In other words, he now fights at 9 pounds heavier than he did at the start of his career... Is it really that big of a deal?
In UFC, you move up in weight for real. If you go up one division, you move up by 10 pounds. McGregor has moved up two divisions, 20 pounds, before...
This all makes boxers seem like divas or something. It shouldn't be that damn scary to put on a little weight. But it really isn't the boxers' fault. Yeah, I do get annoyed when I see a guy like Golovkin making 8 pounds sound like the equilavent of giving Ward the win. And yeah, I did get annoyed at Canelo for ducking Golovkin for so long (though Canelo at least manned up and did it as time passed). But again, not the boxer's fault. They have been pampered with all of these available belts and all of these weight divisions... In the future, there will probably be as many divisions as 160 lbs/162/164/166/168/170/172, etc., until boxers basically can move up and down as precisely as they want...
He moved from featherweight to super featherweight to lightweight. Meaning, he gradually moved from 126 pounds to 135 pounds. In other words, he now fights at 9 pounds heavier than he did at the start of his career... Is it really that big of a deal?
In UFC, you move up in weight for real. If you go up one division, you move up by 10 pounds. McGregor has moved up two divisions, 20 pounds, before...
This all makes boxers seem like divas or something. It shouldn't be that damn scary to put on a little weight. But it really isn't the boxers' fault. Yeah, I do get annoyed when I see a guy like Golovkin making 8 pounds sound like the equilavent of giving Ward the win. And yeah, I did get annoyed at Canelo for ducking Golovkin for so long (though Canelo at least manned up and did it as time passed). But again, not the boxer's fault. They have been pampered with all of these available belts and all of these weight divisions... In the future, there will probably be as many divisions as 160 lbs/162/164/166/168/170/172, etc., until boxers basically can move up and down as precisely as they want...


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