What weight class should I fight in?

[RossyJames]

If you seen me two months ago, you'd instantly say heavyweight but as losing weight for me has been super easy I've been thinking about what weight class I should fight in a lot. Anything below super middleweight would be too much for me to cut so my options are that and above.

I stand at 6'2 and all the heavyweights seem to be giants in height giving them a big advantage so I want to stay away from being a heavyweight I think. I'm really stuck on what class I want to fight in.

I currently weigh in at 202lbs as of today (I weighed myself half an hour ago) but of course I'm intending to lose a lot more weight, I was 236lbs two months ago.

What's a good weight class for a 6'2 guy? This may seem like a novice question but I don't belong to a gym etc yet so I don't have anyone to advise me.

[Eff Pandas]

Whats your fat %?

I'm 6'2 too & I remember when I was considering fighting/training daily 165 was about my basement too weight-wise. But your fat % & body type plays into it more than your height.

Are you fighting or planning to fight amateur? That leap to 178 still seems like a big gap to close & 165 is a ways away still obviously. So just to get some experience I think I'd play around at 201 as you continue to drop weight & then see how you feel at 178 if you can get there. By then you should have some idea if 165 is reasonable/attainable.

[Longhaul]

If you seen me two months ago, you'd instantly say heavyweight but as losing weight for me has been super easy I've been thinking about what weight class I should fight in a lot. Anything below super middleweight would be too much for me to cut so my options are that and above.

I stand at 6'2 and all the heavyweights seem to be giants in height giving them a big advantage so I want to stay away from being a heavyweight I think. I'm really stuck on what class I want to fight in.

I currently weigh in at 202lbs as of today (I weighed myself half an hour ago) but of course I'm intending to lose a lot more weight, I was 236lbs two months ago.

What's a good weight class for a 6'2 guy? This may seem like a novice question but I don't belong to a gym etc yet so I don't have anyone to advise me.

Hard to say with out seeing what kind of frame you got.You basically got two choices 175 or cruiser wt.You might get down to 175 but with sparring and hard work outs you might feel to weak.

[RossyJames]

Whats your fat %?

I'm 6'2 too & I remember when I was considering fighting/training daily 165 was about my basement too weight-wise. But your fat % & body type plays into it more than your height.

Are you fighting or planning to fight amateur? That leap to 178 still seems like a big gap to close & 165 is a ways away still obviously. So just to get some experience I think I'd play around at 201 as you continue to drop weight & then see how you feel at 178 if you can get there. By then you should have some idea if 165 is reasonable/attainable.

I'm unsure I'll have to measure myself later, I'm planning to do white collar followed by amateur, white collar will give me an idea if I'm any good etc.

But yeah 202 to 178 is a big leap but 202lbs isn't my natural body size, I'm only this large due to being inactive for a few years due to bone problems (which is now sorted) so I'll be dropping in weight regardless.

I want to lose more weight, because 201 is basically what I'm at now and I still have flab etc I want to have a nice body haha, although that isn't a main priority I'd still like it to be a goal.

I do know my body type has always been broad though, before I became fat I was never a scrawny 6'2er so I was thinking of dropping to 194 regardless as that will fit into a healthy BMI and then I can see if I need to lose more or if 194 will look good for me.

I would love to fight at 178 but it all depends on if it makes me look stick thin or not.

[RossyJames]

Hard to say with out seeing what kind of frame you got.You basically got two choices 175 or cruiser wt.You might get down to 175 but with sparring and hard work outs you might feel to weak.

I've always been broad over scrawny, I'd quite like to fight at 175 I think but it all depends on if I can make that or not.

Cruiser weight is 200 lbs though, it's something I'm at now and I don't feel comfortable in that frame. I feel my punches are too slow and too heavy and just genuinely don't feel right.

It would be so much easier for me if they had a weight class in between light heavyweight and cruiserweight.