Are some heavyweights just fat cruiserweights?

[Blond Beast]

Exactly. They lose punch resistance.

I’d love to know the comprehensive science behind that. I remember Chris Byrd dropping all the way to LH and getting tuned up. I considered him having a fairly decent chin at HW. Also the guys ur fighting when u come down shouldn’t be hitting as hard as ur previous opponents either. But the consensus/theory is that when u drop down divisions/weight ur chin doesn’t even stay relative but actually gets worse comparatively. i.e. If u had a “good” chin at HW, dropping to cruiser you might end up with an “average” or even “weak” chin. I don’t know how true or even all the precedents behind all this, but Id definitely love to know more about it at a detailed scientific level.

[Squ□redCircle34]

No the problem is that heavyweights of today are bigger than they’ve ever been collectively!

They need to make a new weight class for the super heavyweights!

Guys like Fury, Wilder, AJ and etc. are just too damn big for the rest almost!

[Marchegiano]

Some? Most and have been for over a decade now. We're just now seeing a few full sized in shape HWs.

[QueensburyRules]

Seems like if guys like Adam and Ruiz would just dedicate themselves more to the sport and have a proper diet, they'd be able to make 200 lbs and be relatively muscular and in shape. They have about the same dimensions as most cruiserweights,but with an additional 60-80 lbs*(got corrected by some great posters) of fat on them. What do you guys think?

- -U a bean pole who could easily make heavy if U were proper manly?

[mike1010011]

- -U a bean pole who could easily make heavy if U were proper manly?

I'm 5'9 and about 170. I'd be rolling around if it got to heavyweight.

[MartialMind]

No the problem is that heavyweights of today are bigger than they’ve ever been collectively!

They need to make a new weight class for the super heavyweights!

Guys like Fury, Wilder, AJ and etc. are just too damn big for the rest almost!

Wilder's tall but he's half-bean pole.

As we saw in the last fight weighing 230 lbs was too much for him and he's better around the high teens and low 220s.

[Squ□redCircle34]

Wilder's tall but he's half-bean pole.

As we saw in the last fight weighing 230 lbs was too much for him and he's better around the high teens and low 220s.

Wilder is actually a very tall cruiserweight! But has the length and height and power of of a super heavyweight!

I think he’ll come in at 224 in the trilogy match for more speed and agility!